Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

The Las Vegas Lights FC wants to make improvements to Cashman Field, but is in a holding pattern until 51s submit 60-day lease termination notice. Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo/LVSportsBiz.com

Lights

Las Vegas Lights Soccer Team Still Chugging Along With Promotions Despite Rough Season In Standings

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s been a rough season for the Las Vegas Lights pro soccer team,

Aces coach Bill Laimbeer.

Aces COVID-19

Aces Coach Laimbeer Says It’s “Not Acceptable” For Team To Check In At Chicago Hotel With 400 People In Lobby During COVID-19 Pandemic

September 7, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Aces coach Bill Laimbeer highlighted more WNBA team travel problems when

Allegiant Stadium COVID-19 UNLV

UNLV Will Spend More Than $150,000 Per Game To Play Football At Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium In 2021

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 Alan Snel Vince Alberta

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UNLV is expected to spend more than $150,000 per game during the 2021

College football returns with fans. Photo: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Aces Gambling UNLV

Monday Morning Gambler: College Football Grabs Center Stage (For Now)

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Laimbeer, Bryce Harper, Charles Williams, Dearica Hamby

ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer of LVSportsBiz.com For now, college football is The Big Show. The crowds have swelled in the

Allegiant Stadium Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

With So Much Public Money Invested In Birth Of Stadium, So Much At Stake For Las Vegas’s Tourism Industry; BYU Defeats Arizona, 24-16, In Vegas Kickoff Classic Saturday

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, John Saccenti

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell I’m back at Allegiant Stadium for today’s BYU

Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson in action this season. Photo: Aces

Aces WNBA Aces

Las Vegas Aces’ Crowd Increases As WNBA Team Allows Non-Season Ticket Holders To Attend Home Games

September 3, 2021September 4, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Dearica Hamby, Kelsey Plum, Kia Stokes, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis, Riquna Williams

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Well, it’s been a while. You have to go back to those pre-COVID

Allegiant Stadium COVID-19 UNLV

UNLV Loses Crazy 2 OT Wild One To Eastern Washington, 35-33, At Allegiant Stadium Thursday As Rebs Coach Still Seeks First Win

September 2, 2021September 3, 2021 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Charles Williams, Daniel Gutierrez, Desiree Reed-Francois, Doug Brumfield, Marcus Arroyo, Sheldon Adelson

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Allegiant Stadium

Las Vegas Looks To Become Western Hub Of Neutral Site Major College Football Games Thanks To Allegiant Stadium

September 2, 2021 Alan Snel John Saccenti

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com With fans allowed in the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium, there are a lot of

VGK owner Bill Foley. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

VGK Owner Bill Foley’s Empire Expands With Acquisition Of Santa Barbara Resort

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley likes buying stuff. His Foley Entertainment Group

UNLV football coach Marcus Arroyo at Allegiant Stadium.

Raiders Stadium UNLV

Another First For UNLV Football: Rebels Play First Full-Capacity Game At Allegiant Stadium Thursday

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 Alan Snel Charles Williams, Marcus Arroyo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Officially speaking, the first fans to pass through the turnstiles at Allegiant Stadium

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.