Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Weekend Sports Gambler: Panthers Derail VGK’s Cup Run, Again Short Favorites In Game 4 In South Florida Saturday

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Becky Hammon, Erik Spoelstra, Irene Aldana, Jack Eichel, Jimmy Garoppolo, Josh McDaniels, Matthew Tkachuk

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Sports Betting Writer Put the broom away. Down 2-1 in the Stanley Cup Final

Golden Knights Stanley Cup Playoffs

Don’t Plan That VGK Stanley Cup Parade On Strip Yet; Florida Scores Late In Game To Force OT, Then Defeats Vegas, 3-2, In Overtime In Game 3 Thursday

June 8, 2023June 9, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Bruce Cassidy, Carter Verhaeghe, Jonathan Marchessault, Laurent Brossoit, Leon Draisaitl, Mark Stone, Matthew Tkachuk, Paul Maurice, Sergei Bobrovsky

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer We have a series. Admit it. With less than three minutes left in

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Assembly, Senate Adjourn Until Monday: No Movement On Subsidized Athletics Stadium Bill In Carson City Thursday

June 8, 2023June 8, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Round 2 of the Great Athletics Stadium Subsidy Debate never took place Thursday.

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Dysfunctional Baseball: Oakland Athletics’ Bizarre, Strange, Surreal Adventure To Win $380 Million In Government Assistance From Nevada For Ballpark On Strip

June 7, 2023June 8, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Fabian Donate, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Nicole Cannizzaro, Rob Manfred, Rochelle Nguyen, Steve Hill, Steve Pastorino, Wayne Coy

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Nobody invited the Oakland Athletics and their owner, John Fisher, to Las Vegas

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Another Sports Organizer Wants Public Dollars In Las Vegas: Formula One Asks Clark County For $40 Million Toward $80 Million Las Vegas Grand Grand Prix Infrastructure Work

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Alan Snel Jim Gibson, Justin Jones, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Michael Naft

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Now it’s Formula One’s turn to belly up to the public trough and

Golden Knights NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs

Stanley Cup Final Game 2: Vegas Routs Florida, 7-2, Before Giant Crowd Of 18,561 Monday; VGK Two Wins From Hoisting Stanley Cup

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Alec Martinez, Alex Lyon, Billy Smith, Brett Howden, Bruce Cassidy, Ivan Barbashev, Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault, Kevin Weekes, Mark Stone, Matt Tkachuk, Michael Amadio, Paul Maurice, Wayne Gretzky, William Karlsson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Golden Knights dominated the Florida Panthers

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Nevada Legislature Takes No Action On Athletics Stadium Subsidy Bill; But Proposed A’s Ballpark Legislation Goes To Special Session For Extra Innings Vote

June 5, 2023June 7, 2023 Alan Snel Joe Lombardo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer On the last day of the 120-day session for the Nevada Legislature Monday,

Golden Knights NHL T-Mobile Arena

NHL Commish Says League Revenues Pushing $6 Billion A Year; Game 1: VGK 5 Fla 2 Before 18,432

June 3, 2023June 4, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Anthony Duclair, Bruce Cassidy, Eric Staal, Gary Bettman, Jonathan Marchessault, Mark Stone, Paul Maurice, Reilly Smith, Sergei Bobrovsky, Shea Theodore

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The National Hockey League’s annual revenues

Golden Knights Sports Marketing Stanley Cup Playoffs T-Mobile Arena

Stanley Cup Game Day In Vegas: VGK vs Panthers In Game 1 at 5 PM

June 3, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Vincent Viola

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer They’re up early and working early. Arena crews and security were getting music

Golden Knights Sports Marketing Stanley Cup Playoffs T-Mobile Arena

NHL Welcomes Media Friday For Sunbelt Stanley Cup Final: Game 1 For VGK vs Florida Starts Saturday In Las Vegas

June 2, 2023 Alan Snel Adin Hill, Aleksander Barkov, Alex Ovechkin, Alex Pietrangelo, Bruce Cassidy, Jack Eichel, Jonathan Marchessault, Paul Maurice, Steve Mayer

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Compared to the manic

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.