Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

VGK’s Minor League Team Plays First Exhibition Game At Orleans Arena Friday And One Thing Is Sure: Goal Horn Is Loud

January 29, 2021January 30, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Deryk Engelland

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights games without fans at high-powered T-Mobile Arena had some of the

COVID-19 Golden Knights

Golden Knights-San Jose Sharks’ Two-Game Series Postponed Feb. 1 and 3

January 29, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Three Vegas Golden Knights coaches and Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo are being isolated because

Gambling

Nevada’s Sportsbooks Handle Dropped To $4.3 Billion in 2020 From $5.3 Billion in 2019 Because Of Pandemic

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Nevada’s sportsbooks handled a total of $4.3 billion for 2020, including $588.4 million in sports

COVID-19 Golden Knights

COVID-19 Prompts Postponement of Thursday’s Golden Knights-Blues Game At T-Mobile Arena; VGK Defenseman Alex Pietrangelo On NHL Protocol List

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Alan Snel Deryk Engelland, Kelly McCrimmon

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com COVID-19 problems have prompted the Vegas Golden Knights vs St. Louis Blues game

Conor McGregor. Photo from UFC.

Marketing UFC

UFC, Panini Have Trading Card Deal

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Mark Warsop, Tracey Bleczinsk

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas-based UFC and Panini America, the sports collectible company, have a new, multi-year licensing

Knights lose a shootout to Blues Tuesday night. Photo from NHL

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Coaches Missed VGK-Blues Game Because of COVID-19 Protocols; Golden Knights Come Back To Force OT, But Lose Shootout As GM Coaches Team Tuesday

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Brayden Schenn, David Perron, Jaden Schwartz, Jordan Binnington, Kelly McCrimmon, Max Pacioretty, Pete DeBoer, Reilly Smith, Robin Lehner, Ryan Reaves

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com COVID-19 caught up with the Vegas Golden Knights Tuesday when the Golden Knights’ coaching staff

NFL

LVSportsBiz Roundup: Super Bowl TV Commercial, Circa Watch Party Updates; UNLV Holds On For Win Over Utah State Monday

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, David Jenkins Jr., Moses Wood, T.J. Otzelberger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Even with this COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL has made it through a unique season with

Column

Yes Las Vegas, That’s Snow: What Would You Expect In Hockey Vegas USA?

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, Las Vegas has turned into the hockey town of the desert, a place where

Alex Pietrangelo when he was playing for the Blues against the Vegas Golden Knights. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell of LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights’ Big Off-Season Acquisition Plays Against Former St. Louis Mates Tuesday

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Alex Tuch, Pete DeBoer

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When Alex Pietrangelo signed with the Vegas Golden Knights last year, he had no idea

VGK made their first road trip to the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Photo by @VGKFlamingo

Gambling Golden Knights NFL

On Sports Betting: Vegas Golden Knights Streak Ends, But They Recover Quickly

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Alan Snel Dan Hooker, Dustin Poirier, Michael Chandler, Pete DeBoer, William Karlsson

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com All streaks come to an end. Eventually. For the Vegas Golden Knights, their four-game winning

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.