Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Weekend Sports Gambler: Think Raiders Can Be Most Improved? The Odds Are Long

June 30, 2023 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Jimmy Garoppolo, Josh McDaniels

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Sports Betting Writer Think the Las Vegas Raiders will improve over last year’s performance?

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If Bill Foley Believes NBA Is Coming To Las Vegas, Then Book It; LVSportsBiz.com Position: NBA Is Better Fit For Vegas Than MLB

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, LeBron James, Marc Badain, Tim Leiweke

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Bill Foley thinks the NBA is coming to Las Vegas. But the Vegas

Aces Vs Liberty 6.29.23

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In WNBA Glamour Game, Aces Beat Down New York Liberty, 98-81, In Las Vegas Thursday

June 29, 2023June 29, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Candace Parker, Jonquel Jones, Kelsey Plum

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Cassandra Cousineau and Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne There were All-Stars and Olympians galore on

Golden Knights Stanley Cup Playoffs

Just Business: Misfit Reilly Smith Shipped To Pittsburgh To Create Cap Space So That Barbashev Is Signed Five Years At $5M Per

June 28, 2023June 28, 2023 Alan Snel Ivan Barbashev, Reilly Smith

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer They say it’s only business. As if getting moved by your company is

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Las Vegas Aces Show Big Spike In Home Attendance; Chelsea Gray Bobblehead Helps Pump Up Monday’s Crowd; Aces Face Liberty In Vegas Thursday

June 27, 2023June 27, 2023 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Candace Parker, Chelsea Gray, Jonquel Jones, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage, Sabrina Ionescu

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau and Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aces — off to a sizzling 13-1

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In Las Vegas’ Bread And Circuses Approach To Public Policy, Public Dollars Handed Out To MLB Team For Baseball Stadium On Strip

June 23, 2023June 24, 2023 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Jonathan Marchessault, Steve Hill, Tim Leiweke, William Karlsson

ADVERTSEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Things are kind of busy in Las Vegas in the sports world. Local

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What A Week: LVSportsBiz.com’s Top 10 SportsBiz Items In Las Vegas

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 Alan Snel Bernie Fratto, Chelsea Gray, Gary Bettman, Wayne Gretzky, William Karlsson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer One: Well, it’s officially official now. That’s because the U.S. Senate’s passage of

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Weekend Sports Gambler: Las Vegas Aces Tearing Up Competition, But Only Mediocre On Betting Line

June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 Alan Snel Becky Hammon

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Sports Betting Writer To no one’s surprise, the Las Vegas Aces of the WNBA

Aerial photos of Strip area show the F1 paddock facility under construction. Aerial photos for this story via Tom Donoghue.

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LVSportsBiz.com’s Exclusive Tour Of F1 Paddock Project East Of Strip For November’s Las Vegas Grand Prix Race

June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Randy Cannon, LVSportsBiz.com F1 Writer While Clark County and Las Vegas Grand Prix race organizers negotiate a

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Las Vegas and Golden Knights Celebrate Love Affair With Stanley Cup Championship Parade And Rally Saturday

June 17, 2023June 18, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Bill Foley, Bruce Cassidy, Jonathan Marchessault, Laurent Brossoit, Mark Stone, William Karlsson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It was a Las Vegas party to remember

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.