Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

NHL Expands Sports Betting Deals With FanDuel, BetMGM Across North America Into Canada

April 7, 2022 Alan Snel Keith Wachtel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The National Hockey League is diving more into the sports betting world with two multiyear

Not the Knights' night.

Bill Foley Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

Not The Knights’ Night: Points-Hungry VGK Drop Lackluster 5-1 Decision To Vancouver Wednesday

April 6, 2022April 7, 2022 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Alex Tuch, Bo Horvat, Brad Richardson, Brayden McNabb, Elias Pettersson, Erik Haula, Fleury, Jack Eichel, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell What can you say after that Golden Knights’ brutal loss

51s Aviators Baseball Las Vegas Ballpark

Pro Baseball Returns To Las Vegas Tuesday With Aviators’ Opening Night Win Before 8,475

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Alan Snel

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell They get to eat a mountain of nachos out of plastic

NFL Draft

NFL Starts Building ‘Draft Theater’ For Its Player Draft Event Behind High Roller Wheel Next To Caesars Forum

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The NFL is coming to Las Vegas to stage the college player draft event April

Photos for this story by LVSportsBiz.com photographer J. Tyge O'Donnell

Dollar Loan Center Silver Knights

Arena Review: LVSportsBiz’s Assessment Of Dollar Loan Center In Henderson After Saturday’s Packed House For Minor League Hockey

April 3, 2022April 5, 2022 Alan Snel Bill Foley

(Publisher’s Note: This story was corrected to reflect the fact that the city of Henderson owns the arena, not Bill

Dollar Loan Center Silver Knights

New Arena In Henderson Underwent ‘Stress Test” With Big Crowd For Silver Knights Game As Confused Security Issues Need To be Cleaned Up

April 2, 2022April 5, 2022 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Eric Tosi, Paul Cotter

(Publisher’s Note: This story was corrected and updated to reflect the fact that the city of Henderson owns the

Brooks Downing, who has promoted several college football, hockey and golf events in Las Vegas

Stadiums/Arenas (General) T-Mobile Arena

Can Proposed New Arena South Of Strip In Las Vegas Survive Without An NBA Team? Hoops Promoter Brooks Downing Has A Thought On That

April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 Alan Snel Brooks Downing, Tim Leiweke

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com reached out Friday to Brooks Downing to discuss the proposed $3 billion entertainment district/arena

Basketball

Duke Vs North Carolina In Final Four Saturday Reveals A State Divided By The Letter, ‘K’

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Alan Snel Dean Smith, Forrest “Phog” Allen, Hubert Davis, Joe Thoma, Justus Heizer, Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams, Van Goodman

By Willie Drye for LVSportsBiz.com CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA — A ringing telephone kept interrupting bartender Justus Heizer’s conversation with

There's Antron Brown on the far right, drag racer and now team owner.

NHRA

Meet Businessman Mr. Brown: Drag Racer Turned Team Owner

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Alan Snel Antron Brown

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Antron Brown is a very popular and successful drag racer in Las Vegas this week

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team Sports Marketing Stadiums/Arenas (General)

He’s Back: Former Raiders President Marc Badain Enlisted By Tim Leiweke’s Oak View Group To Work On Ambitious $3 Billion Entertainment/Arena Project South Of Strip In Las Vegas

March 31, 2022 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Steve Sisolak, Tim Leiweke

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He’s back in the public eye. For five years in Las Vegas, Marc Badain was

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.

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.

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.