Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Basketball Sports Tourism

Gonzaga Fans Make Spring Break Field Trip To Las Vegas For WCC Fun

March 7, 2022 Alan Snel

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Every early March they make their migration to Las

UNLV

Five Years Ago Today A Distracted Motorist Knocked Me Out And Knocked Me Back To Las Vegas To Start LVSportsBiz

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Alan Snel Chris Maathuis, Joe Capozzi, Sharon Wynne

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The final touches on my last story I wrote in Florida came on the night

Basketball Fans Gambling Golden Knights Speedway T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

Monday Morning Gambler: Vegas Golden Knights On-Again, Off-Again For Bettors

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Alan Snel Alex Bowman, Colby Covington, Jorge Masdival, Kevin Kruger, Pete DeBoer

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com On-again, off-again. If you’ve been betting the Vegas Golden Knights, you know it’s been a

Dollar Loan Center Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

Struggling Knights Show Fire, Emotion In Celebrating Eichel’s Game-Winning Goal With Five Seconds Left In Regulation Against Ottawa To Win, 2-1, Sunday

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brady Tkachuk, Brayden McNabb, Evgenii Dadonov, Jack Eichel, Jake Leschyshyn, John Baratta, Jonathan Marchessault, Keegan Kolesar, Max Pacioretty, Nick Holden, Robin Lehner

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Just the facts: Vegas Golden Knights 2 Ottawa

Speedway Sports Tourism

March Madness, Car Race-Style: NASCAR Fans Make Pilgrimage To Las Vegas To See Alex Bowman Win Sunday’s Pennzoil 400

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 Alan Snel Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Marcus Allen

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell My, how things have changed in one year

MMA Thomas & Mack Center UFC Uncategorized

Ukrainian UFC Fighter Maryna Moroz Delivers Strong Message Amid Masvidal-Covington Theatrics At UFC 272 At T-Mobile Arena Saturday

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 Alan Snel Colby Covington, Dana White, Fidel Castro, Jorge Masvidal, Maryna Moroz

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Maryna Moroz had a lot on her mind at T-Mobile Arena tonight. Draped in a

Basketball Sports Marketing

Expect West Coast Conference To Be Returning To Las Vegas For College Hoops Tourney Action

March 5, 2022 Alan Snel Gloria Nevarez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They seem to fit well into Orleans Arena every March, so it looks like the

Photos for this story by LVSportsBiz.com

UFC

Nothing But Netflix: Halle Berry’s Love For MMA/UFC Drove Storytelling In ‘Bruised’

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 Alan Snel Dana White, Halle Berry, Valentina Shevchenko

By Alan Snel of @LVSportsBiz.com Dana White had simple advice for Halle Berry about her movie, Bruised. Make it real.

Aviators Baseball

MLB Labor Impasse Means Big League Weekend Spring Training Games At Las Vegas Ballpark Are Canceled March 12 and 13

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 Alan Snel Don Logan

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The labor stoppage in Major League Baseball means the spring training games between the Cleveland

Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

Where Is The Misfits Vibe?: Boston Bruins Polish Off Golden Knights, 5-2, Thursday Before 18,109

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Craig Smith, David Pastrnak, Erik Haula, Jack Eichel, Jeremy Swayman, Jonathan Marchessault, Robin Lehner, Tomas Nosek

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Five years into their existence as a NHL team,

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.