Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

VGK majority owner Bill Foley at arena construction site

Golden Knights Owner Bill Foley Wants To Increase Fan Capacity At T-Mobile Arena, Supports Arena Vaccination Sections, Says Most VGK Players Received First Vax Shots

March 31, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights are currently at 22 percent attendance capacity — or

Raiders Team

Extra Home Game For Raiders Season Ticket Holders In 2021 Does Not Mean Extra Game Ticket Charge; ‘Same 10 Game Cost’

March 30, 2021March 31, 2021 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Raiders season ticket holders will be treated to a ninth regular-season home game

Golden Knights Silver Knights Sports Marketing Stadiums/Arenas (General)

New Henderson Silver Knights Arena Will Be Called Dollar Loan Center Under 22-Year Naming Rights Deal (Hey, At Least It’s Better Than UpickTrade Arena)

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Chuck Brennan, Kerry Bubolz

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Henderson Silver Knights’ new arena off Green Valley Parkway in Henderson has

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Start Busy Week In Vegas With 4-1 Win Over LA Kings Monday

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Jonathan Quick, Matt Roy, Nic Hague, Pete DeBoer, Reilly Smith, Robin Lehner, Tomas Nosek

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell of LVSportsBiz.com It’s going to

Gambling Golden Knights UFC

Monday Morning Gambler: Short Favorite Wins Heavyweight Crown For Bettors In UFC 260

March 29, 2021March 31, 2021 Alan Snel Francis Ngannou, Frank Fertitta, Gerrit Cole, Lorenzo Fertitta, Pete DeBoer, Shane Bieber, Stipe Miocic

By Dan Behringer of LVSportsBiz.com After 52 seconds in Round 2 and a series of powerful left hands from Francis

UFC

Saturday Night In Las Vegas UFC Crowned A New Heavyweight Champ, Hosted Celebrities, Dealt With Security Issue

March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Francis Ngannou, Israel Adesanya, Kamaru Usman, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Kourtney Kardashian, Megan Fox, Stipe Mioci

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com It was a wild night for Las Vegas-based UFC Saturday. At UFC’s Apex building, which

COVID-19 Golden Knights

In Battle Of The West, Golden Knights Bounce Back To Defeat Colorado, 3-2, In OT In Denver Saturday

March 27, 2021March 27, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Alex Tuch, Fleury, Max Pacioretty, Nathan MacKinnon, Philipp Grubauer, William Carrier

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Before the Vegas Golden Knights’ inaugural season started, there was some anxiety about

COVID-19 Golden Knights UFC

NBA’s Miami Heat Having Two Arena Sections Reserved For Vaccinated Fans Starting April 1 — Option Vegas Golden Knights Could Consider To Increase Fan Capacity At T-Mobile Arena

March 26, 2021March 27, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Kerry Bubolz

ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights are applying to increase fan attendance capacity at T-Mobile Arena

Basketball COVID-19 LVCVA Sports Marketing

Las Vegas Events Agency Pays One-Third Of Normal College Basketball Tournament Sponsorship Fees Because Of COVID-19, No Fans; Pandemic Forces Sports Partnership Deals To Be Renegotiated

March 26, 2021 Alan Snel Michael Mack

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Usually at the West Coast Conference basketball tourney at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, it

Golden Knights

Colorado Avalanche Roll With Four-Goal Second Period, Bury Golden Knights, 5-1, In Denver Thursday

March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 Alan Snel Alec Martinez, Cale Maker, Fleury, Gabriel Landeskog, J.T. Compher, Max Pacioretty, Robin Lehner

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com An old fella wearing a Vegas Golden Knights jersey with “Pate” on 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. 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.