Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Becky Hammon, new Aces coach. Photo credits: Aces

Aces/Raiders Owner Mark Davis All In With Hiring Of Hammon And Other Key Women Leaders For WNBA Las Vegas Team

January 3, 2022January 4, 2022 Alan Snel Becky Hammon, Bill Laimbeer, Blair Hardiek, Cathy Engelbert, Jennifer Azzi, Mark Davis, Nikki Fargas

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Enter Michelob Ultra Arena during a Las Vegas Aces home game and you can’t miss

Raiders Team

More Off-Field Troubles For Raiders: Nate Hobbs Arrested For DUI Early Monday

January 3, 2022January 3, 2022 Alan Snel Henry Ruggs III, Nate Hobbs, Rich Bisaccia

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When will they learn? Two months after former Raiders player Henry Ruggs III was accused

Gambling Golden Knights Raiders Team UNLV

Monday Morning Gambler: Will Raiders Reward or Disappoint Futures Bettors?

January 3, 2022 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, Derek Carr, Pete DeBoer, Rich Bisaccia

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Who’s really sweating the Las Vegas Raiders as they head down the stretch? Interim

Uncategorized

UNLV President Names Erick Harper Athletics Director; ‘Interim’ Title Is No More

January 3, 2022 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Erick Harper

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The “interim” part of Erick Harper’s title at UNLV is gone. Harper is now UNLV’s

Raiders fans. Credit: Tom Donoghue

Allegiant Stadium Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders vs Chargers Game In Las Vegas Switched To Sunday Night Football

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers game, which has shaped up to be a play-in

Pete DeBoer

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Play Two Games In One, Snag A Point But Lose 5-4 In OT To Winnipeg Sunday

January 2, 2022 Alan Snel Fleury, Gerard Gallant, Kyle Connor, Laurent Brossoit, Mattias Janmark, Mike Amadio, Nate Schmidt, Paul Stastny, Pete DeBoer, Ryan Reaves

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com After the Las Vegas Raiders scored a wild last-second win over the Indianapolis Colts Sunday,

Raiders Team

The Ghost Of John Madden Visits Indianapolis For Raiders’ Last-Second 23-20 Win Over Colts During Crazy Season

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 Alan Snel Carson Wentz, Daniel Carlson, Derek Carr, Hunter Renfrow, John Madden, Jonathan Taylor, Josh Jacobs, Rich Bisaccia, Zay Jones

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The ghost of John Madden. In some cases Sunday, Madden’s presence was obvious like the

Basketball UNLV

UNLV Hoopsters Wilt Down Stretch Against San Diego State; Marketing Ideas: Tarp Upper Bowl, All Fans In Lower Bowl, Lower Ticket Prices

January 1, 2022January 1, 2022 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, Donovan Williams, Kevin Kruger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com I was strolling the Thomas & Mack Center concourse at halftime of the UNLV vs

LVSportsBiz.com photo by J. Tyge O'Donnell

Allegiant Stadium Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

New Year’s Day Q and A With Jeremy Aguero On Allegiant Stadium

January 1, 2022January 1, 2022 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com After LVSportsBiz.com was born in June 2017, the first person we interviewed about the Las

COVID-19 Golden Knights

New Year’s Eve, Golden Knights Style: VGK Smother Anaheim, 3-1, In 12 Noon Game Friday

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 Alan Snel Adam Brooks, Alex Pacioretty, Chandler Stephenson, Evgenii Dadonov, Laurent Brossoit, Mark Stone, Mattias Janmark, Max Pacioretty, Nic Roy, Robin Lehner, Ryan Getzlaf

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The final day of 2021 was a lot like most days this year. With lots

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

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.