Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

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

Golden Knights

Down-to-Earth Las Vegas Radio Man Frank Harnish Lived His Life His Way: With Kindness, Sports, Classic Rock

November 30, 2021December 1, 2021 Alan Snel Dan D'Uva, Frank Harnish

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Frank Harnish loved being a radio man. In an age of live streaming, social media

The Raiders defeated Dallas on Thanksgiving. Photo: Raiders

Gambling Golden Knights Raiders Team UNLV

Monday Morning Gambler: Raiders Favored vs. Washington after OT Win over Dallas

November 29, 2021December 2, 2021 Alan Snel Kevin Kruger, Marcus Arroyo, Pete DeBoer, Rich Bisaccia

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com So now are you ready to bet the Las Vegas Raiders? After the dramatic overtime

National Finals Rodeo Thomas & Mack Center

NFR Returns To Las Vegas After Year Away In Texas Because Of COVID; Crews Convert Thomas & Mack From UNLV Basketball To Rodeo Sunday

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 Alan Snel Michael Mack

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They’re back. The cowboys, horses, country music and the more than 300,000 National Finals Rodeo

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Fall Behind, 3-0, To Edmonton And Can’t Climb Back From Deficit: Oilers 3 VGK 2 Saturday

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 Alan Snel Chandler Stephenson, Jesse Puljujarvi, Max Pacioretty, Mikko Koskinen, Reilly Smith, Robin Lehner, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Just

UNLV

UNLV Could Have Used Freddie Banks’ Shooting Touch In 22-Point Loss To UCLA Saturday

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, Freddie Banks, Johnny Juzang, Kevin Kruger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, the competition sure got more challenging the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels basketball team Saturday afternoon

Marketing Raiders Team

The Raider Image Retail Store Expanding To Downtown Summerlin In 2022

November 27, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders are opening a new team store in Downtown Summerlin in early

A sticker on a dispenser in the men's bathroom in the T-Mobile Arena upper bowl.

Golden Knights

They Came For A Vegas Golden Knights Game and An Anti-Biden Chant Broke Out; Some Fans Concerned Brandon Chant Finds Its Way Into VGK Games At T-Mobile Arena

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Donald Trump

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Legions of fans come to Vegas Golden Knights games to T-Mobile Arena to cheer for

Basketball Sports Tourism

College Basketball Thanksgiving Week Feast In Las Vegas Features Duke-Gonzaga Heavyweight Showdown With Blue Devils Edging Zags, 84-81, Before 20,389 Friday

November 26, 2021November 27, 2021 Alan Snel Brooks Downing, Chet Holmgren, Mark Few, Mike Krzyzewski, Paolo Banchero

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The solitary figure in the darkened tunnel leading to the basketball court at T-Mobile Arena

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.