Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Golden Knights

NHL Says Game On: League, Players Approve Jan. 13 Start; 56-Game Sked With Division Only Games; Playoffs Conclude Mid-July

December 20, 2020December 21, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights now know when their fourth NHL season will start. Here’s a

UNLV

Stadium That People Thought Hosted Final College Football Game In Las Vegas Is Home For Five Games During COVID-19 Pandemic; San Jose State 34 Boise State 20 Saturday

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Alan Snel Matt Mecurio, Nick Starkel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com At 50 years old, she’s not a glamorous, young beauty like new palatial Allegiant Stadium.

Aces Aviators Boxing COVID-19 Gambling Golden Knights National Finals Rodeo PBR Raiders Stadium Raiders Team UFC

LVSportsBiz’s 2020 Year In Review: A Stadium Is Born, Coping With COVID-19 And Different Paths To Racial Justice

December 18, 2020December 20, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Dana White, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A highly-contagious worldwide virus shut down sports in Las Vegas for several months in 2020

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Mariota Plays Well Off Bench, But Chargers Win In OT, 30-27, Over Raiders In Prime Time Thursday

December 17, 2020December 18, 2020 Alan Snel Darren Waller, Derek Carr, Jon Gruden, Josh Jacobs, Justin Herbert, Marcus Mariota, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Everybody said, “Whoa,” in the press box. That meant a touchdown for the Raiders, a

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Preview: Chargers Come To Las Vegas For Thursday Night Football

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders’ stadium playing field looked a bit worn and ragged Thursday, just four days

A motorist of this white box Isuzu truck drove the vehicle into a group of bicyclists Thursday along US highway 95 in Southern Nevada. Photo: Nevada Highway Patrol

Bicycling

Arizona Truck Driver Charged With DUI And Faces 12 Felony Charges In Connection To Thursday’s Crash That Killed Five Cyclists South Of Las Vegas

December 16, 2020December 21, 2020 Alan Snel Aksoy Ahmet, Erin Roy, Gerrard Nieva, Jordan Alexander Barson, Jordan Barson, Mike Murray, Pat Treichel, Steve Wolfson, Tom Trauger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Authorities have identified the truck driver who killed five bicyclists in Southern Nevada last Thursday

COVID-19 Raiders Team UNLV

Las Vegas’ COVID-19 Woes Tuesday: UNLV Basketball Coach Otzelberger Tests Positive, Raiders’ Receiver Ruggs Placed On COVID List

December 15, 2020December 16, 2020 Alan Snel Henry Ruggs III, T.J. Otzelberger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The COVID-19 pandemic has been absolutely brutal to Las Vegas’ vaunted sports and entertainment industry,

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 30: Workers sanitize the Octagon between fights during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on May 30, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

COVID-19 UFC

COVID-19 and Sports: UFC Spends $17 Million On 26,300 COVID-19 Tests To Make Sure MMA Fight Shows Go On This Year

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Snel Charles Oliveira, Dana White, Diego Lima, Tony Ferguson

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Saturday was the pay-per-view finale for Las Vegas-based UFC and typically the year’s last major

Gambling Raiders Stadium Raiders Team UFC UNLV

On Sports Betting: Bet On The Raiders? The ‘Experts’ Warned Against It

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Hank Goldberg, Marcus Arroyo

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Bet on the Las Vegas Raiders? In a key late-season game vs. the Indianapolis Colts?

Colts controlled Raiders Sunday. Photo credit: Colts Twitter

Raiders Team

Ugly Loss For Raiders As Indy Colts Pull Away, 44-27, To Damage LV’s Playoff Aspirations Sunday; Defensive Coordinator Paul Guenther Fired

December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 Alan Snel Darren Waller, Derek Carr, Foster Moreau, Kenny Moore II, Nelson Agholor, Philip Rivers, Rodrigo Blankenship, T.Y. Hilton

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was a competitive, one-score game heading into the fourth quarter, And the Las 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.

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.