Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

COVID-19 Golden Knights

VGK GM Kelly McCrimmon In Isolation For Testing Positive For COVID-19; Vegas Seeking To Tie NHL Final 4 Series Sunday

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 Alan Snel Dominique Ducharme, George McPhee, Kelly McCrimmon

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Perhaps you’re walking up and down the aisles of your local supermarket without a mask

Boxing Golden Knights

Former Broadway Performer Transitions To Sports Entertainment As Las Vegas Market Grows Its Sports Options

June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 Alan Snel Mark Shunock, Phil Esposito, Tony Esposito, Wayne Gretzky

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He’s part-fan, part-Broadway entertainer and part-former hockey player. This unique blend results in his go-with-the-flow

MTL 3 VGK 2 OT Friday. Source: NHL

Golden Knights

Montreal Scores Late To Tie VGK, Then Wins In Overtime Friday; Canadiens Lead Best-of-7 Semifinals, 2-1; Game 4 In Montreal Sunday

June 18, 2021June 18, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Carey Price, Cole Caufield, Dominique Ducharme, Fleury, Josh Anderson, Luke Richardson, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Nic Roy, Pete DeBoer, Reilly Smith, Tomas Nosek

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was time for the postgame zoom press conference and Vegas Golden Knights forwards Mark

NHL

Tampa Bay Lightning Halfway Home To Reaching Stanley Cup Final

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Brayden Point

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com For those expecting a Vegas vs Tampa Stanley Cup Final, the Lightning took another step

Sports Marketing

No Joke: College Bowl Game Signs Naming Rights Deal With Late-Night Show Host Who Grew Up In Las Vegas

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Alan Snel Jimmy Kimmel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Jimmy Kimmel’s dream came true. Then again, he also has enough money to fulfill this

Golden Knights

NHL Final 4 In Vegas: Montreal Holds On For 3-2 Win Over Golden Knights Before 17,920 In Game 2 To Tie Series

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Alex Pietrangelo, Carey Price, Fleury, Joel Armia, Paul Byron, Tyler Toffoli

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The winning team jumped out to a first period lead, relied on rock-solid goaltending and

Pete DeBoer, VGK coach

Golden Knights

LVSportsBiz.com Minute With Golden Knights Coach Pete DeBoer

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, Kelly McCrimmon, Pete DeBoer

We asked VGK coach Pete DeBoer about his own personal wild ride from coaching the San Jose Sharks against the

Aces

Las Vegas Aces Roundup: Aces Rout NY Tuesday; All-Star Game In Vegas July 14; WNBA Looking At Allowing More Fans

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com At T-Mobile Arena where the Vegas Golden Knights play, about 18,000 fans are packing the

NHL

NHL Final 4: In Tampa, Lightning Tie Series With 4-2 Win Over Islanders Tuesday

June 15, 2021June 15, 2021 Alan Snel Andrei Vasilevskiy, Brayden Point, Brock Nelson, Jan Rutta, Mat Barzal, Ondrej Palat, Victor Hedman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders are locked at one game apiece in

Golden Knights

NHL Final 4: Golden Knights Take Game One, 4-1, Over Montreal At T-Mobile Arena Monday

June 14, 2021June 15, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Fleury, Gary Bettman, Mattias Janmark, Nick Holden, Pete DeBoer, Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Vegas

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.