Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

LVCVA representative Brian Yost tries to reassure the Clark County Commissioners that everything will be a-ok at the Las Vegas Grand Prix F1 race next week.

Las Vegas Grand Prix: Epic Sports Event Or Epic Logistics Disaster? County Commissioners Get Update On F1 Race Plan Tuesday

November 7, 2023November 8, 2023 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Jim Gibson, Marilyn Kirkpatrick

F1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix event next week: Epic event? Or epic disaster? Las Vegas Grand Prix and LVCVA representatives

Proposed Athletics ballpark site -- Tropicana hotel on the Strip. Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

Athletics Baseball Major League Baseball Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark

Judge Sacks Educators Group’s Legal Attempt At Forcing Public Vote On Government Funding Of Planned Athletics Stadium On Strip

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Dave Kaval

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer A First District Court judge in Carson City has struck down a lawsuit Monday that

New Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce

Allegiant Stadium NFL Raiders Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Look Rejuvenated Under New Coach Antonio Pierce, Deliver 30-6 Win Over New York Giants Sunday

November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 Alan Snel Aidan O'Connell, Amik Robertson, Antonio Pierce, Champ Kelly, Daniel Carlson, Daniel Jones, Hunter Renfrow, Jakobi Meyers, Josh Jacobs, Josh McDaniels, Tommy DeVito, Tre Tucker, Wan'Dale Robinson

Just getting started.#NYGvsLV | #RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/SWVYloEIgx — Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) November 6, 2023 By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer

Allegiant Stadium Raiders Raiders Team

Another Las Vegas Raiders Executive Is Gone; This Time, Chief Operating Officer Mike Newquist Is Gone After Getting Hired In August

November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 Alan Snel Antonio Pierce, Jeremy Aguero, Josh McDaniels, Mark Davis, Mike Newquist, Sandra Douglass Morgan

Only three months after the Las Vegas Raiders announced that Mike Newquist was the NFL team’s chief operating officer, Newquist

Golden Knights NHL

Golden Knights Shut Down Avalanche, 7-0, In Vegas Saturday; Improve to 11-0-1 To Start Season

November 4, 2023November 4, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, William Carrier, William Karlsson

Photos and coverage by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Vegas Golden Knights pummeled the Colorado Avalanche, 7-0, Saturday night thanks

Formula 1 Formula One LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

Formula For Headaches: Las Vegas Locals Sound Off About F1 Grand Prix Race Taking Over Strip, Creating Traffic Snarls, Causing Havoc For Hotel Workers

November 1, 2023November 8, 2023 Alan Snel

By Toni Hitchcock, LVSportsBiz.com Guest Columnist There has been a small rebellion against the much hyped Formula 1 race in

Mark Davis NFL Raiders Raiders Team

New Raiders Interim Head Coach Antonio Pierce On First Team Meeting: ‘I Had Their Eyes’

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 Alan Snel Antonio Pierce, Champ Kelly, Dave Ziegler, Josh McDaniels, Mark Davis, Rich Bisaccia

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It’s actually rather common in the business world. Someone gets hired to manage the

NFL Raiders Raiders Team

Patriot Way Ends In Las Vegas Halloween Night: Raiders Owner Mark Davis Pulls Plug On McDaniels, Ziegler As Coach, GM; Names Antonio Pierce As Interim Coach, Champ Kelly As Interim GM

November 1, 2023November 1, 2023 Alan Snel Antonio Pierce, Champ Kelly, Dave Ziegler, Jon Gruden, Josh McDaniels, Mark Davis, Rich Bisaccia

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer At 1:02 PM Tuesday, Josh McDaniels walked into what would become his last media conference

Golden Knights NHL T-Mobile Arena

Golden Knights Improve to 9-0-1 With Third Shootout Win Of Season Over Montreal, 3-2, Before 17,791 Monday

October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Bruce Cassidy, Chandler Stephenson, Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault, Nick Suzuki, Paul Cotter, Sam Montembeault, Shea Theodore, William Carrier

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Vegas Golden Knights are banking those points early

Ben Thomas, Golden Knights' new director of Latino Marketing and Outreach

Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

Golden Knights Beefing Up Outreach To Hispanic-Latino Fans With ‘LosVGK’ Initiatives; Final: Chicago 4 Vegas 3 OT In Nevada Day Matinee

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Ben Thomas, Bruce Cassidy, Connor Bedard, Eric Tosi, Jesus Lopez, Pavel Dorofeyev, Philipp Kurshev, Ryan Donato, Shea Theodore, William Karlsson

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne It’s hardly a secret that the National Hockey League has a

July 5, 2021

Alan Snel, veteran journalist and LVSportsBiz.com publisher. ASnel@LVSportsBiz.com.

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking news on Las Vegas’ sports/stadium industry. Our stories are quoted nationally and we set the sportsbiz news agenda in Las Vegas. Publisher Alan Snel has reported on the business of sports and stadiums in Denver, South Florida, New York, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

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Another day, another NBA arena idea in Las Vegas: During a quarterly earnings report call, VICI Properties execs said they’re teaming up with Caesars Entertainment on an idea to build an NBA arena behind three hotel-casinos in the center of the Strip just north of Flamingo Road.

Union deal at Allegiant Stadium: The Culinary Union announces tentative agreement on union contract reached with Oak View Group for 730+ cooks, servers, bartenders, & concessions workers at Raiders-run Allegiant Stadium.

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Sphere extend deal: F1, Sphere announces new five-year agreement that extends their partnership through 2030, with Las Vegas Grand Prix utilizing Sphere’s exterior campus each year during race week.

The F1 track as it nears the Sphere. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV’s sports conference — the Mountain West — has a new slogan and “refreshed brand identity.” Built Bold is the “new defining tagline.”

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president Marc Badain

Marc Badain

LVCVA spends $8.25 million on A’s sponsorship

Big League Sports With Small Town Politics

Man of Many Hats

Athletics’ long, strange journey for new ballpark

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

May 24, 2021

LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel is a nationally-known bicycle rights leader and bicycle travel writer.

Alan focuses on reducing road violence and has asked government to enforce road safety laws, design better roads for bicyclists and walkers not just motorists, educate drivers, install more penalties for reckless motorists and lower speed limits.

Here are Alan’s travel story samples, literary adventures based on Alan’s expansive and curious approach to reporting sports-business news and a bicycle life:

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel has also written two books: Long Road Back To Las Vegas and Bicycle Man. Purchase Long Road Back To Las Vegas on Amazon and contact Alan to buy Bicycle Man at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com.