Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

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

Golden Knights National Finals Rodeo Raiders Team

Las Vegas Hat Trick Of Big League Sports Sunday — Raiders, NFR, Golden Knights — Shows Off Buffet Of Fan Demographics

December 5, 2021December 6, 2021 Alan Snel Rich Bisaccia

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was the Triple Crown of sports demographics — the mix of locals

Las Vegas Bowl

Las Vegas Bowl’s First Game In Allegiant Stadium Has Its Teams: Wisconsin vs Arizona State Dec. 30

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 Alan Snel John Saccenti

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The first Las Vegas Bowl in Allegiant Stadium will match Wisconsin against Arizona State Dec.

Allegiant Stadium Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Lose Heartbreaker, 17-15, To Washington On Last-Minute Field Goal At Allegiant Stadium Sunday; Raiders Drop To 6-6 After 5-2 Start

December 5, 2021December 31, 2021 Alan Snel Antonio Gibson, Brian Johnson, Daniel Carlson, Derek Carr, DeSean Jackson, Hunter Renfrow, Josh Jacobs, Maxx Crosby, Taylor Heinicke

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders saluted NASCAR legend Richard Petty, sung Happy Birthday to two-time Super Bowl-winning

Boxing

Too Many Pay-Per-View Fights? LVSportsBiz Takes A Look; Haney Keeps WBC Belt With Win Over Diaz At MGM Grand Garden Saturday

December 4, 2021 Alan Snel Caleb Plant, Canelo Alvarez, Devin Haney, Eddie Hearn, JoJo Diaz, Marvin Hagler, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns

By Cassanda Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com You’d be hard-pressed to ask a boxing fan about the Four Kings and not get

Allegiant Stadium COVID-19 Raiders Stadium Sports Tourism

Announced Attendance at Allegiant Stadium for Utah/Oregon Pac-12 Title Game Was 56,511; Utah 38 Oregon 10

December 3, 2021December 3, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com If they’re wearing red or green around Allegiant Stadium, chances are they’re out-of-towners staying overnight

Golden Knights

Former Golden Knights Chief Marketing Officer Moves On To CMO Job With Legends

December 3, 2021 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Former VGK Chief Marketing Officer Brian Killingsworth, the man who guided the growth of the

National Finals Rodeo

Las Vegas Sports Market Is A Whirlwind, But There’s Always Steady National Finals Rodeo For Time Machine Experience

December 2, 2021December 3, 2021 Alan Snel Pat Christenson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You know, the sports industry in Las Vegas has been moving as fast as

National Finals Rodeo

Nearly 170,000 NFR Fans Expected To Pack Thomas & Mack For 10 Days: Las Vegas Becomes A Many-Horse Town

December 1, 2021December 1, 2021 Alan Snel George Taylor, Karl Stressman, Tom Glause

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There’s a new PRCA commissioner in town to take in his first National Finals Rodeo

Bicycling

On Bicycle Tourism: LVSportsBiz’s Tips For Enjoying Zion National Park (Hint, Bicycle Is Involved)

December 1, 2021December 2, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On the last day of November, Zion National Park was bathed in sunshine. It

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.