Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

UFC's Dana White

UFC, DraftKings Cut Major Sportsbook, Fantasy Partner Sponsorship Deal

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Jason Robins

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas-based UFC and DraftKings announced a big partnership deal Thursday that outlines a plan

COVID-19 Golden Knights

Fans Return Again As Golden Knights Sweep Minnesota With 5-1 Win At Big Ice House Wednesday

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Ayron Sequeira, Chandler Stephenson, Cody Glass, Fleury, Jonathan Marchessault, Mark Stone, Nic Hague, William Carrier

ADVERTISER By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com PA announcer Bruce Cusick welcomed 2,605 hockey fans back to the Big Ice House

Gambling Speedway Sports Marketing

Richard Childress Racing Debuts BetMGM Car at Pennzoil 400 in Las Vegas Sunday

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Alan Snel Austin Dillon, Richard Childress

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com BetMGM has another deal. Richard Childress Racing (RCR) and BetMGM unveiled the first NASCAR racecar

Aviators COVID-19

COVID-19 Prompts Las Vegas Aviators Season To Start In May

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aviators, the Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, are now scheduled to

Column COVID-19 Fans Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

One Golden Knights Fan Was Missing At T-Mobile Arena Monday Night

March 2, 2021March 3, 2021 Alan Snel

ADVERTISER By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They danced and screamed and cheered Monday night. The Vegas Golden Knights fans were

COVID-19 Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

Golden Knights Welcome Fans Back Into Arena With Wild 5-4 Comeback OT Win Over Minnesota Monday

March 1, 2021March 2, 2021 Alan Snel Cody Glass, Fleury, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Nic Hague

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com — Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell of LVSportsBiz.com A worldwide virus kept Vegas Golden

Gambling Golden Knights

Monday Morning Gambler: Looking For Value On VGK? Better Pick Your Spots

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 Alan Snel Marc Andre-Fleury, T.J. Otzelberger, Tiger Woods, William Karlsson

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsCom.com You want to find value in betting the Vegas Golden Knights? It was right there

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Send Fans Attending VGK vs Minnesota Game Monday COVID-19 Instructions For T-Mobile Arena

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021 Alan Snel Bruce Cusick, Carnell Johnson, Clint McComb, Katie Marie Jones, Lee Orchard, Mark Shunock

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights have specific instructions for fans attending Monday’s VGK home game against

Golden Knights

Karlsson, Fleury, Pietrangelo Lead Golden Knights To 3-2 OT Win Over Ducks In Anaheim Saturday

February 27, 2021February 28, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, John Gibson, Marc Andre-Fleury, Pete DeBoer, William Carrier, William Karlsson

ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He scored 43 goals in the Golden Knights’ historic Season 1 and you had

Gambling Golden Knights

Golden Knights Pull Plug On Sponsorship Deal With UpickTrade After Sports Betting Industry Criticized Agreement

February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com After sports betting veterans and industry insiders blasted a Vegas Golden Knights sponsorship deal this

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.