Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne I caught the NIT fever in 1974

LVCVA board meeting attendee looks at Las Vegas Grand Prix Formula 1 race route Tuesday morning. Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

Formula 1 Formula One Grand Prix Sports Tourism Travel

Gentlemen At Las Vegas Paving, Start Your Construction Engines: Las Vegas Grand Prix Route Repaving (And Traffic Jams) Start April 2

March 30, 2023March 31, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Las Vegas Grand Prix has contracted with Las Vegas Paving Corp. to repave

Basketball Marketing Orleans Arena Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

College Basketball’s NIT Visits Las Vegas, With North Texas Playing UAB In Final At Orleans Arena Thursday; Tuesday’s Semifinals’ Announced Attendance, 2,931

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne The Las Vegas sports

Golden Knights Sports betting Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) T-Mobile Arena Travel

With Oilers Fans Flowing Into Las Vegas For Big Crowd of 18,391, Edmonton Scores Four Straight For 7-4 Win Over VGK Thursday

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 Alan Snel Brett Kulak, Darnell Nurse, Evan Bouchard, Jonathan Marchessault, Jonathan Quick, Laurent Brossoit, Leon Draisaitl, Michael Amadio, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Stuart Skinner, William Karlsson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Well, the good

Basketball Orleans Arena Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

NIT Update: LVCVA Tourism Agency Pays $150,000 To NIT/NCAA For College Basketball Tournament Semifinals, Finals At Orleans Arena In Las Vegas

March 27, 2023March 28, 2023 Alan Snel Lisa Motley, Trey Woodbury

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) paid $150,000 to sponsor the

Allegiant Stadium Basketball Desert Dogs Knight Hawks Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena

Fans Belly Up To Las Vegas Sports Buffet In City Of Stadiums/Arenas Saturday; March Madness, XFL, Lacrosse, Boxing, Even Racing+Swift

March 25, 2023March 26, 2023 Alan Snel Caleb Plant, David Benavidez, Mark Davis, Nic Roy

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer It was inevitable. Eventually, there would be nights like this in Vegas.

Caleb Plant this week. Photos for story" Cassandra Cousineau/LVSportsBiz.com

Boxing Marketing MGM Grand Garden Arena Sports Marketing

Benavidez-Plant Fight Night In Vegas Saturday: ‘We’re Gonna Put On A Big Fight, This Is What Boxing Needs’

March 25, 2023March 25, 2023 Alan Snel Anthony Dirrell, Caleb Plant, David Benavidez

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com Boxing Writer Every now and then boxing fans get what they wish for— a

Basketball Gambling Golden Knights MGM Grand Garden Arena Sports betting Sports Marketing

Weekend Sports Gambler: NIT Set For Championship at Orleans Arena Next Week

March 24, 2023 Alan Snel Caleb Plant, Logan Thompson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Sports Betting Writer The NIT Championship is coming! The NIT Championship is coming! Yes,

MGM Grand Garden Arena Sports Marketing WWE

WWE Makes Stop At MGM Grand Garden Arena In Las Vegas Tonight Before Major Event Next Month In LA

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Alan Snel Ari Emanuel, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, John Cena, Ric Flair, Vince McMahon

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com Combat Sports Writer Amid NCAA’s March Madness at T-Mobile Arena, a prominent boxing match

Basketball Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena

NCAA Does Vegas This Week, With Gonzaga Defeating UCLA In Wild Finish To Advance To Saturday’s West Regional Final; Announced Attendance, 18,544

March 23, 2023March 24, 2023 Alan Snel Drew Timme, Julian Strawther, Mark Few, Mick Cronin

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The NCAA finally came to Las Vegas Thursday and gifted Sin City with another

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.

Author: Alan Snel

NIT Title Dr. Seuss Would Love: Mean Green Of North Texas Win Trophy In Las Vegas Thursday