Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Illenium concert stage build going on Thursday for event at Allegiant Stadium Saturday. Photo: Justin Weniger

Electronic Dance Music Performer Illenium Inaugurates Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium With Its First Concert Saturday: ‘We’re Coming Together Again’

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 Alan Snel Garth Brooks, Illenium, Justin Weniger, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The coronavirus pandemic was brutal to Las Vegas’ vaunted entertainment industry. Many technicians and performers

Golden Knights owner Bill Foley. Photo: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Foley Inc.: Vegas Golden Knights Owner Creates LLC To Oversee His Entertainment Properties

July 1, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Kerry Bubolz, Randy Morton

From LVSportsBiz.com: Vegas Golden Knights majority owner Bill Foley has a new official business organization to oversee his portfolio of

Aces

WNBA All-Star Game In Las Vegas Will Be Filled With Aces Players On Both Teams During This Olympic Year

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Chelsea Gray, Dearica Hamby, Kelsey Plum, Lisa Leslie, Liz Cambage, Tina Thompson

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Aces head coach Bill Laimbeer is going to have an interesting summer to

COVID-19 Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena

Allegiant Stadium Looking To Pack Venue 65,000 Strong For Garth Brooks Concert July 10 In Face of Rising COVID-19 Cases In Southern Nevada, Emergence Of Delta Variant

June 28, 2021June 29, 2021 Alan Snel Garth Brooks, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportBiz.com Return to normalcy. Return to packed stadiums. Return to packed arenas. Las Vegas saw packed

Golden Knights NHL T-Mobile Arena

NHL All-Star Game Scheduled for Las Vegas in 2022

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Alan Snel Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Gary Bettman loves Las Vegas. The NHL commish was an advocate for a new NHL

Gambling Golden Knights

Monday Morning Gambler: Turn Out The Knights, The Party’s Finally Over

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Alan Snel Mark Stone

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com It ain’t over until the fat lady tears up your betting tickets. So for Golden

Reigning WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson of the Aces.

Aces

Aces’ Olympians Help Las Vegas Defeat Seattle Storm In OT Sunday

June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Breanna Stewart, Chelsea Gray, Ji-Su Park, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aces and Seattle Storm have some of world’s premier women basketball players.

Bigtime boxing with fans is back in Las Vegas. Photo: Mikey Williams

Boxing

Bigtime Boxing Returns To Las Vegas With A Fury This Summer As Fight Capital Flexes Its Muscles With Fans In Seats

June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 Alan Snel Bob Arum, Daniel Cormier, Deontay Wilder, Errol Spence, Manny Pacquiao, Mark Davis, Masayoshi Nakatani, Shane Mosely, Teofimo Lopez, Tyson Fury, Vasyl Lomachenko

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Vasyl Lomachenko traveled from the Ukraine to reintroduce himself to the boxing audience in a

Golden Knights

VGK Season 4: Golden Knights Players Offer Final Thoughts On Coming Up Short Of Playing For Stanley Cup Title

June 26, 2021June 27, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Alex Pietrangelo, Bill Foley, Fleury, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Pete DeBoer, Reilly Smith, Robin Lehner

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights wrapped up Season 4 Saturday with media Zoom interviews with coach

Golden Knights NHL

Tampa Bay Joins Montreal In Stanley Cup Final Day After Golden Knights Are Eliminated

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Alan Snel Stu Sternberg, Yanni Gourde

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A lot of folks thought there would be a Vegas vs Tampa final for the

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.