Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Athletics Look To Make Las Vegas Connections This Week For Big League Weekend Spring Training Games

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 Alan Snel

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VGK President Kerry Bubolz

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Golden Knights Transform Front Office With Original Staffers Gone And New Faces Installed; VGK Looking To Hire New Communications VP

March 1, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bryan Harper, Eric Tosi, John Penhollow, Kerry Bubolz, Rich Wang, Scott Kegley, Todd Pollock

ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The Golden Knights have seen popular original players

Bicycling Road safety

Bicycle Safety Mural In Downtown Las Vegas Builds Awareness To Improve Road Safety In Vegas Area

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 Alan Snel

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Raiders president Sandra Douglass Morgan (right) and Aces president Nikki Fargas (left). Photos by Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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LVSportsBiz.Com News Roundup: Two Team Presidents Form Duo At Preview Vegas; VGK’s First Employee Moves On; Flavor Flav Invites U.S. Gold Medal-Winning Women’s Team To Vegas To Celebrate

February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 Alan Snel Eric Tosi, Flavor Flav, Jack Eichel, Kerry Bubolz, Mark Stone, Mitch Marner, Nikki Fargas, Noah Hanifin, Sandra Douglass Morgan, Shea Theodore, Todd Pollock

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Bicycling Road safety

Let’s Take A Bicycle Ride: What It’s Like To Bike On Local Roads in Las Vegas/Clark County

February 25, 2026March 3, 2026 Alan Snel Justin Jones

(Disclosure: LVSportsBiz.com publisher Alan Snel paused his newspaper reporting career in early 2006 to start a bicycle store coalition in the

Allegiant Stadium Fans Rugby Sports Marketing Travel

Australia’s Rugby League Plants Down Under Flag In Las Vegas For This Week To Launch Its Season

February 23, 2026February 23, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The big sports events like the Super Bowl and F1 come to

Bicycling Road safety

City of Las Vegas, RTC of Southern Nevada Spent Nearly $5 Million On Road Safety Reports, But Where Are Bicycle, Pedestrian Improvements?

February 23, 2026 Alan Snel

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Las Vegas Becoming More Tangible For Nomadic Athletics Franchise That Began In Philly

February 22, 2026February 22, 2026 Alan Snel Brent Rooker, Denzel Clarke, Jacob Wilson, Jeff McNeil, Luis Severino, Mark Kotsay, Shea Langeliers, Tyler Soderstrom

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A’s Super Fan Ready To Roll At Athletics Spring Training Opener At Camelback Ranch Saturday; A’s Home Opener In Mesa Sunday

February 21, 2026February 21, 2026 Alan Snel Jacob Wilson, John Fisher, Luis Severino, Mark Kotsay, Tyler Soderstrom

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A’s Will Charge Personal Seat Licenses (PSLs) On Premium Seats At New Stadium On Strip; Roughly 6,000 of 30,000 Seats Will Have PSLs

February 19, 2026February 20, 2026 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Sandy Dean, Steve Hill

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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.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

BRIEFS

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.

The Thrill is back: The pro women’s volleyball team, the Thrill, was out of business last year but a press release says the Thrill has a new local owner and a new coach and details will be reveled at a Monday presser. The Las Vegas Thrill of Major League Volleyball used to play at the Lee Family Forum in Henderson.

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.