Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

National Finals Rodeo

NFR’s Final Night Brings 17,373 To Thomas & Mack Center Saturday, With 10-Night Total Attendance Hitting 169,539

December 11, 2021December 12, 2021 Alan Snel

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Tom Donoghue They packed Thomas & Mack Center every night, with about

Amanda Nunes, UFC champ

UFC

UFC 269 Will Be A Mother Of A Fight Event In Las Vegas Saturday

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Cris "Cyborg" Justino, Dana White, Julianna Pena, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Miesha Tate

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com UFC 269 is making history in Las Vegas Saturday. It’s the first time in the

Basketball UNLV

Free Tickets For Saturday’s UNLV Game On Strip Help Runnin’ Rebels Draw More Fans Than Wednesday’s Crowd of 637

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 Alan Snel Brooks Downing, Bryce Hamilton, Donovan Williams, Jordan McCabe, Kevin Kruger, Lon Kruger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s hard to imagine a college basketball team with an NCAA championship on its resume

Bicycling

Saturday’s Memorial Bicycle Ride On Strip At Sunrise Has Message For Motorists: Stop Killing Bicyclists

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 Alan Snel Aksoy Ahmet, Erin Roy, Gerrard Nieva, Mike Murray, Pat Treichel, Tom Trauger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There was an impressive number of bicyclists who braved freezing temperatures to pedal along the

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Skate Into Trap, Drop 4-3 Decision To Philadelphia Friday

December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 Alan Snel Carter Hart, James Van Riemsdyk, Jonathan Marchessault, Kevin Hayes, Laurent Brossoit, Maxwell Willman, Reilly Smith, Sean Couturier, William Karlsson

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Golden Knights were coming off two impressive

Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley and General Manager Kelly McCrimmon

Golden Knights Stars T-Mobile Arena

Golden Knights Storm Back In Third Period With Three Straight Goals To Fizzle Stars, 5-4, After Lehner Was Pulled Wednesday

December 8, 2021December 9, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Braden Holtby, Jason Robertson, Joe Pavelski, Jonathan Marchessault, Kelly McCrimmon, Laurent Brossoit, Max Pacioretty, Michael Amadio, Robin Lehner, Tyler Seguin

There’s an indoor mask mandate to lower the COVID rate in Clark County. Not everyone complies inside T-Mobile Arena. Owner

MLS Soccer

MLS Commish Say Las Vegas Is Frontrunner For 30th League Team, But San Diego, Phoenix In Play, Too

December 7, 2021 Alan Snel Don Garber

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas is the frontrunner to be Major League Soccer’s 30th team with Milwaukee Bucks

National Finals Rodeo Thomas & Mack Center

Before T-Mobile Arena, Allegiant Stadium There Was Thomas & Mack Center Helping NFR Grow Into Major Las Vegas Event

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 Alan Snel Dennis Finfrock, Pat Christenson

By Pat Christenson, special to LVSportsBiz.com The Thomas & Mack Center looked more like a garage than an arena when

Golden Knights Knight Hawks Silver Knights Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Media Gets Look At New Arena In Henderson Monday; First Event Slated For March

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Alan Snel

By LVSportsBiz.com Business Wire Bill Foley Inc., also legally known as the Foley Entertainment Group, LLC, gave the media a look

Gambling Golden Knights Las Vegas Bowl Raiders Team

Monday Morning Gambler: Raiders Bettors Feel Pain Again with WFT Outright Win

December 6, 2021December 6, 2021 Alan Snel Kevin Kruger, Rich Bisaccia

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Edge, Washington Football Team and slight to the under? So wrote well-known Las Vegas handicapper

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.