Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

LVSportsBiz Friday Roundup: COVID Causes Raiders-Browns Game To Shift From Saturday To Monday; Aces Hire New Business Execs

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 Alan Snel Blair Hardiek, Casey Hayward, Jennifer Azzi, Nikki Fargas

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Outbreaks of COVID-19 among three National Football League teams, including the Las Vegas Raiders’ next

Credit: Raiders.com

NFL Raiders Team

Close Friend of Raiders Owner Mark Davis Provides Advisor Role For Davis While Serving As Las Vegas Aces CEO

December 16, 2021December 31, 2021 Alan Snel Al Davis, Henry Ruggs III, Jeremy Aguero, Kevin Manara, Larry Delsen, Mark Davis, Michael Crome, Nikki Fargas

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Officially speaking, Larry Delsen’s Las Vegas Raiders business card says he’s a member of the

Basketball Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

UNLV Pulls Away From Omaha In Second Half For 84-71 Win Wednesday

December 15, 2021 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, Donovan Williams, Royce Hamm Jr.

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The team from Omaha, Nebraska won a mere game

T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas

Allegiant Stadium T-Mobile Arena

Las Vegas Arenas, Theaters and Stadiums Pile Up Ticket Sale Gross Numbers For Concerts In 2021, According to Pollstar Yearend Report

December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com After the COVID-19 pandemic devastated the show and concert industry in 2020, the ticket sale

Mark Davis with fans at Allegiant Stadium. Photo: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Allegiant Stadium NFL Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

It’s Super Duper Official: The Super Bowl Is Coming! The Super Bowl Is Coming!

December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com If you rent event tents, have a food catering business and drive an Uber-mobile in

Allegiant Stadium and T-Mobile Arena in background.

Allegiant Stadium NFL Raiders Stadium Raiders Team Sports Tourism

2024 Super Bowl At Allegiant Stadium Is No Surprise After Big Game In New Orleans Was Moved To 2025

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com More than a year ago, New Orleans needed to shift its Super Bowl hosting job

Gambling Golden Knights Raiders Team UFC UNLV

Monday Morning Gambler: Vegas Golden Knights Are Streaking — Will It Continue?

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Chandler Stephenson, Julianna Pena, Pete DeBoer, Rich Bisaccia, Zach Whitecloud

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz,com Deep in December, the Vegas Golden Knights were suddenly hot. Or at least they appeared

Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

Whitecloud’s 2 Goals, Stephenson’s 4 Assists Help Golden Knights Win Another Wild One Over Minnesota In Las Vegas Sunday

December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Chandler Stephenson, Marcus Foligno, Max Pacioretty, Pete DeBoer, Robin Lehner, Zach Whitecloud

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Minnesota Wild came visiting to Las Vegas. So,

Raiders Team

Raiders Season In Freefall: Chiefs Pummel Las Vegas For Second Time In A Month Sunday

December 12, 2021 Alan Snel Daniel Carlson, Darren Waller, Denzel Perryman, Derek Carr, Hunter Renfrow

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Those heart-thumping overtime wins and the 3-0 and 5-2 records seem so long ago even

T-Mobile Arena UFC

Giant UFC Crowd of 18,471 Watches Pena Shock World With Upset Over Nunes In Las Vegas Saturday

December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Julianna Pena

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com In perhaps the greatest upset in women’s MMA history, Julianna Peña shocked the world to

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.