Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Getting Stadium Band Back Together With Hill, Aguero, Mortensen McCarthy For Athletics Stadium On Strip; Construction Starts April 2025

October 25, 2023October 26, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Chris Daly, Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, Mark Arnold, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak, Zach Conine

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne Well, here we go again. It’s Stadium 2.0 for

Golden Knights NHL T-Mobile Arena

Late Game Heroics Pave The Way For Golden Knights’ Seventh Straight Win Tuesday To Open Defense Of Their NHL Stanley Cup Title

October 24, 2023October 25, 2023 Alan Snel Brayden McNabb, Bruce Cassidy, Cam Atkinson, Ivan Barbashev, John Tortorella, Logan Thompson, Noah Cates, Paul Cotter, Shea Theodore

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell This time, Shea Theodore did not

Aces Aces Basketball T-Mobile Arena WNBA WNBA Aces

Las Champions: Vegas Throws Party Monday To Celebrate Aces’ WNBA Crown; Aces Take Aim For 3-Peat In 2024

October 23, 2023October 24, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Candace Parker, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, Kelsey Plum, Kiah Stokes, Mark Davis

Story by Cassandra Cousineau and Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Las Vegas and

Allegiant Stadium Athletics Baseball Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Raiders Stadium Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Las Vegas Stadium Board Scheduled To Vote On Spending $1 Million In Public Dollars On Legal Costs Related To Athletics Stadium On Strip

October 23, 2023October 23, 2023 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Mark Arnold, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Amid all the sports hub-bub in Las Vegas these days, the Oakland Athletics’ planned baseball

Allegiant Stadium UNLV

Catching Winning Spirit In Las Vegas: UNLV Wins Thriller On Last Second Field Goal, 25-23, Over Colorado State Saturday; With Sixth Win In Seven Games, UNLV Becomes Bowl Eligible

October 21, 2023October 21, 2023 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Daniel Gutierrez, Donavyn Lester, Jayden Maiava, Jose Pizano, Kerry Bubolz, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Amid the emotional frenzy of the Vegas

Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas Bowl UNLV

Maybe UNLV’s Football Team Will Play In Bowl Game Hosted By Rob Gronkowski In Los Angeles — It Could Happen

October 21, 2023October 21, 2023 Alan Snel Jimmy Kimmel, Rob Gronkowski

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The new-and-improved UNLV football team has a lot to play for this season. After winning

Aces T-Mobile Arena WNBA WNBA Aces

New Aces Championship Parade Route Ends With WNBA Title Rally On Plaza At T-Mobile Arena Monday; Celebration Begins 5 PM

October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Different championship parade route and rally staging site but same Las Vegas celebratory spirit.

Aces WNBA WNBA Aces

Repeat WNBA Champs: Without Two Starters, Las Vegas Aces Led By A’ja Wilson Polish Off New York Liberty To Win Second Straight League Title Wednesday; Las Vegas, Get Ready To Party Again

October 18, 2023October 19, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Alysha Clark, Becky Hammon, Breanna Stewart, Cayla George, Chelsea Gray, Courtney Vandersloot, Dearica Hamby, Jackie Young, Jim Murren, Jonquel Jones, Kelsey Plum, Kiah Stokes, Mark Davis, Riquna Williams, Sandy Brondello

By Alan Snel and Cassandra Cousineau Champs. Again. The Las Vegas Aces went back-to-back in WNBA Championships Wednesday when Finals

Golden Knights NHL T-Mobile Arena

Dallas, Vegas Battle Early Season Game With Playoff Intensity, With VGK Defeating Stars, 3-2, In Shootout Tuesday; Attendance Announced At 17,612

October 17, 2023October 17, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Bruce Cassidy, Craig Smith, Evgenii Dadonov, Jake Oettinger, Jamie Benn, Joe Pavelski, Jonathan Marchessault, Kaedan Korczak, Mason Marchment, Misha Donskov, Nic Hague, Pete DeBoer, Shea Theodore

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Dallas Stars are here for the Vegas Golden

Aces Allegiant Stadium NFL Raiders Raiders Stadium WNBA WNBA Aces

Mark Davis Spins Web Of Raiders, Aces, Tom Brady; Raiders Squeeze Out Another Close Win As Davis Watches Aces Lose In New York To Liberty Sunday

October 15, 2023October 15, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Belichick, Brian Hoyer, Chelsea Gray, Courtney Vandersloot, Dana White, Dave Ziegler, Jimmy Garoppolo, Josh McDaniels, Mark Davis, Maxx Crosby, Tom Brady

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Mark Davis had that good problem again. His Raiders were hosting the New England Patriots

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.