Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

VGK coach Pete DeBoer

With Stone, Pietrangelo Out, Golden Knights Blanked By Wild, 2-0, in Minnesota Monday

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Brayden McNabb, Chandler Stephenson, Fleury, Jonathan Marchessault, Kaapo Kahkonen, Keegan Kolesar, Kevin Fiala, Mark Stone, Pete DeBoer, Robin Lehner, Shea Theodore

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Vegas Golden Knights coach Pete DeBoer said Monday’s VGK vs Minnesota Wild game

UNLV

Prof’s Fifteen-Year Efforts Result In Sport Management Master’s Degree At UNLV

March 8, 2021 Alan Snel

By Nancy Lough for LVSportsBiz.com On Friday, the approval was finally granted for a new Sport Management master’s degree at

Gambling Golden Knights UFC Uncategorized UNLV

Monday Morning Gambler: UNLV Bettors Get To Cash A Ticket In Dramatic (Point Spread) Outcome

March 8, 2021 Alan Snel Brad Keselowski, Israel Adesanya, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Exciting finish. Close. Very close. It was No. 22 ranked San Diego State at UNLV,

Speedway

Fans Return To Las Vegas Motor Speedway As Kyle Larson Wins NASCAR Race Sunday

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Alan Snel Chris Powell, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson

Story and photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Las Vegas Motor Speedway welcomed fans for the first time during the COVID-19

Major League Baseball

He Still Has The Eye: Former Newspaper Photographer Frames MLB Spring Training From Arizona

March 7, 2021March 9, 2021 Alan Snel

(Publisher’s Note: One of the best parts of working as a newspaper writer all across the country was collaborating with

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 06: (R-L) Amanda Nunes of Brazil punches Megan Anderson of Australia in their UFC featherweight championship fight during the UFC 259 event at UFC APEX on March 06, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

COVID-19 UFC

UFC Two-Belt Champion Amanda Nunes: ‘I’m Going To Retire Undefeated’

March 6, 2021 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Dana White, Felicia Spencer, Megan Anderson, Nina Ansaroff, Ronda Rousey

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Amanda Nunes is one of the most dominant fighters in MMA history. On Saturday, the

Pete DeBoer, VGK coach

COVID-19 Golden Knights

Golden Knights Find New Lodging In San Jose After Fairmont In Downtown SJ Declares Bankruptcy; VGK Blank Sharks 4-0 Behind Fleury, Tuch Saturday

March 6, 2021March 6, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Chandler Stephenson, Fleury, Jonathan Marchessault, Mark Stone, Nick Holden, Pete DeBoer, Reilly Smith

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com What can you say? When the Vegas Golden Knights play the Sharks in San Jose,

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Move To 15-4-1 With 5-4 OT Win Over Sharks In San Jose Friday

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pacioretty, Alex Tuch, Brent Burns, Chandler Stephenson, Kurtis Gabriel, Logan Couture, Martin Jones, Matt Nieto, Max Pacioretty, Oscar Dansk, Reilly Smith, Ryan Reaves

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com After 10 consecutive starts by VGK goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, the Knights had a new goalie

Gambling UFC

UFC Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Epstein Breaks Down UFC’s DraftKings Sponsorship Deal

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Lawrence Epstein

LVSportsBiz.com talked with UFC Chief Operating Officer Lawrence Epstein to break down the Las Vegas-based MMA promotion’s $350 million, five-year

Dana White is heading to Florida for UFC 261 . Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

COVID-19 UFC

UFC Boss Man Dana White Tells LVSportsBiz He’s Looking At Houston To Host UFC Fights After ‘Dallas Shot Us Down’

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Greg Abbott

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Not one to don a COVID-19 mask, UFC President Dana White told LVSportsBiz.com Thursday he

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

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.

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.