Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

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

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.

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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

PBR

PBR Shifting World Finals From Las Vegas To Texas After 2021

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Alan Snel Chris Maathuis, Sean Gleason

Story presented by #SameHere. Click image for more information. ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It seems anyone who has

Raiders play Baltimore on Monday Night Football Sept. 13. Photos: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

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Raiders Secondary Market Ticket Prices Down 20 Percent Since Required Vaccination Announcement Two Weeks Ago

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Raiders owner Mark Davis knew he would draw some opposition for being the first NFL

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Raiders Remind Fans During Sunday’s Preseason Game On TV, Radio To Show COVID Vax Proof To Attend Games At Allegiant Stadium

August 29, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders have been very upfront about its position on the COVID-19 virus:

Basketball

LVSportsBiz.com Q/A: BIG3 CEO Chris Hannan; Las Vegas Serves As Anchor City

August 28, 2021August 29, 2021 Alan Snel Amy Trask, Chris Hannan, Clyde Drexler, Dana White, Ice Cube, Jeff Kwatinetz, Lisa Leslie, Nancy Lieberman

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com For BIG3 CEO Chris Hannan, professional basketball could use some innovation. Launched in 2017, the

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On Allegiant Stadium: Two Guns N’ Roses Concert Goers Offer Post-Event Stadium Comments Friday

August 28, 2021August 28, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz,com LVSportsBiz.com caught up with Laura Coronado, of Las Vegas, and Stephen Hayden, of Las Vegas,

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

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Raiders Owner Mark Davis Steps Into Spotlight With Strong Words On Required COVID Vaccinations, George Floyd In Past 15 Months

August 26, 2021April 19, 2023 Alan Snel Arthur Blank, Cliff Branch, Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, Jerry Jones, Mark Davis, Robert Kraft, Stan Kroenke, Tommie Smith

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He’s hardly a billionaire like Jerry Jones, Stan Kroenke, Robert Kraft or Arthur Blank. He

Bicyclist on Hacienda Avenue heading to Raiders' Allegiant Stadium.

Raiders Stadium

Allegiant Stadium To Host Major Neutral-Site College Football Game, USC Vs LSU, During Labor Day Weekend In 2024

August 26, 2021August 30, 2021 Alan Snel John Saccenti, Mike Bohn, Scott Woodward

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Allegiant Stadium will be the host of a major college football game to start the

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Former Raiders Controller Who Left Team In July Amid Resignations Of Other Business Execs Denies Involvement ‘In Any Financial Impropriety’

August 23, 2021December 20, 2021 Alan Snel Araxie Grant, Brandon Doll, Dan Ventrelle, Ed Villanueva, Marc Badain

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Former Raiders Controller Araxie Grant, a business executive who left the NFL team July 19,

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.

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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.