Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

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How Much Is Clark County Paying For Las Vegas Grand Prix Road Resurfacing? County Still Doesn’t Know; Las Vegas Tourism Board Also Approves $7 Million Grand Prix Ticket Deal

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Alan Snel Jim Gibson, Kevin Bagger, Michael Naft, Steve Hill

(Publisher’s Note: Security at the Las Vegas Convention Center initially refused to allow LVSportsBiz.com to attend a public LVCVA board

Fans Formula 1 Formula One LVCVA Sports Tourism Travel

Las Vegas Tourism Agency Proposes Using Public Dollars To Buy $7 Million Worth Of Las Vegas Grand Prix F1 Race Tickets

March 13, 2023February 14, 2026 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Las Vegas’ publicly-funded tourism agency, charged with drawing visitors to Southern Nevada, likes

Basketball Dollar Loan Center Fans LVCVA Marketing Raiders Stadium Sports Marketing T-Mobile Arena Travel

March Madness Had Las Vegas In Its Grips This Week As More Than 100 College Basketball Teams Competed For Ticket To NCAA Big Dance

March 11, 2023March 12, 2023 Alan Snel Ajay Mitchell, Bill Walton, Desi-Rae Young, Joe Pasternack, Todd Simon

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Emotions run deep in the Madness. UC Santa Barbara’s Ajay Mitchell sobbed in

NBA superstar LeBron James wants to own a team in Las Vegas.

AFC Bournemouth Allegiant Stadium Marketing Michelob Ultra Arena MLS NASCAR NBA T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center

Next Major League Sports Team In Las Vegas? Follow The Venues

March 10, 2023March 12, 2023 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Don Garber, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, LeBron James, Tim Leiweke

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer More than 100 college basketball teams have played in Las Vegas this week.

Athletics Gambling Golden Knights Major League Baseball UNLV

Weekend Sports Gambler: Yes, There’s Exhibition Baseball – And You Can Bet On It

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Alan Snel Kevin Kruger, Mick Cronin

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Sports Betting Writer Psst … there are Major League Baseball teams already playing baseball

Formula 1 Formula One Marketing Sports Tourism

Formula 1 Race In Las Vegas Makes Another Push To Sell Tickets For Grand Prix Event In November; Ticket Prices Start At $500

March 10, 2023March 12, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The Las Vegas Grand Prix, the Formula 1 road race set for Nov.

Basketball Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

UNLV Makes Stunning Comeback To Force Overtime Against Boise State, Then Loses Heartbreaker In OT In Mountain West Quarterfinals Thursday

March 9, 2023March 10, 2023 Alan Snel David Muoka, EJ Harkless, Justin Webster, Kevin Krueger, Leon Rice, Omari Moore, Shane Nowell, Tim Miles

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The loss hurt. UNLV was

Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

Gone Dancin’: UNLV Lady Rebels Sweep Through Mountain West Regular Season, Tournament For Berth In NCAA Tournament

March 8, 2023March 9, 2023 Alan Snel Alyssa Durazo-Frescas, Desi-Rae Young, Essence Booker, Lindy La Rocque

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The UNLV women are going dancing. The Lady Rebels basketball team swept through

Wyoming's Barrel Man is always a popular socialite at games.

Basketball Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) Thomas & Mack Center Travel UNLV

Mountain West Conference Renews For Two More Years To Hold Hoops Tourney At Thomas & Mack Center Through 2024

March 8, 2023March 9, 2023 Alan Snel Craig Thompson, Gloria Nevarez, Javan Hedlund, Richard Pitino, Tim Miles

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Las Vegas, Nevada — Mountain West Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez said Thursday the conference

Basketball Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

UNLV Survives Air Force With 78-70 Overtime Win In Mountain West Tourney, Advances To Play Boise State Thursday

March 8, 2023March 9, 2023 Alan Snel Elijah Harkless, Javan Hedlund, Justin Webster, Kevin

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Perhaps UNLV should make believe that a first half of basketball or even

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.