Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Raiders owner Mark Davis has purchased the Las Vegas Aces

Raiders Owner Mark Davis Purchases WNBA Las Vegas Aces From MGM Resorts International

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis, frequently seen at Las Vegas Aces basketball games in

Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

In This Crazy World, Vegas Golden Knights Season-Opener On Strip Brings Smiles And Pinch Of Normalcy Thursday

January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Snel Deryk Engelland, Gerard Gallant, Jon Merrill, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Nate Schmidt, Pete DeBoer, Reilly Smith

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In this messed-up, sadness-filled, convoluted world of a novel coronavirus that has killed 383,000 Americans,

Golden Knights Sports Marketing

Golden Knights Add Credit One Bank, Allegiant Corporate Logos To Helmets In Sponsorship Deals

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s not exactly a NASCAR racer’s jumpsuit covered with corporate logos, but the helmets being

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Name Franchise’s First Captain: Mark Stone

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Brayden McNabb, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Pete DeBoer

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Golden Knights coach Pete DeBoer loves his emotion on the ice. The fans adore his

Golden Knights

VGK Training Camp: Knights Prep For Thursday’s Season-Opener Of What Will Be A Very Unique NHL Season

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Cody Glass, George McPhee, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Pete DeBoer, Robin Lehner, Ryan Reaves, Tomas Nosek, William Carrier

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Vegas Golden Knights are slicing some payroll fat

Captured on 09,14, 2017 by Brian Walker / Brian Walker Photography

Golden Knights

NHL Commish Bettman Says NHL Will Lose $1 Billion Plus In Revenues Because Of Pandemic, Shortened Season

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Snel Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the league will lose $1 billion this new season that

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Las Vegas Hotel-Casino Tycoon Sheldon Adelson Dies; Adelson Helped Pass Stadium Hotel Room Tax To Build Raiders Venue

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Hotel-casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, the major force behind Nevada legislation in 2016 that helped build

Bicycling

On Bicycling: With Las Vegas As Your Hub Base, Valley of Fire, Death Valley and Zion Are A Natural Triple Crown

January 11, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s January and cold in the mornings in Las Vegas. But by mid-day, it’s in

Gambling Golden Knights NFL UNLV

On Sports Betting: Fading UNLV Runnin’ Rebels Proves Hazardous To Betting Bankrolls

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Alan Snel T.J. Otzelberger

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Fade the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels in their first game in more than a month

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Fans Will Not Be At T-Mobile Arena Next Week, But ‘Golden Pipes’ Will Be There To Sing Anthem Before VGK Puck Drop

January 10, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Carnell Johnson, Golden Pipes, Pete DeBoer, Ryan Reaves

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There will be no fans to watch the Vegas Golden Knights play at T-Mobile Arena,

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.