Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Less COVID-19 restrictions in Texas and Florida helped the Dallas Cowboys, Jacksonville Jaguars and Tampa

Golden Knights

Even In Wall Mural Showing Core VGK Players At Team Ice Center, Lehner In, Fleury Out

January 6, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Shea Theodore, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On the third day of Vegas Golden Knights training camp, I got my first look

Conor McGregor will be on drive-in screens.

UFC

UFC Will Show UFC 257, Conor Fight At Drive-In Theaters Across U.S. Jan. 23

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas-based UFC will be showing its UFC 257 fight event on drive-in theaters across

Bicycling Raiders Team UNLV

Las Vegas Area Roads: DUI Cases Become Sports Stories

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 Alan Snel Eric Echevarria, Jon Gruden, Josh Jacobs, Robin Brown, Zaon Collins

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com As if COVID infection rates/vaccines and national/Georgia politics weren’t enough to take up space in

Golden Knights Marketing Sports Marketing

NHL Signs Up Sponsors For Division Naming Rights Deals

January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 Alan Snel Gary Bettman, Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com During this age of COVID-19, the Vegas Golden Knights play in a newly-reconfigured West Division

Mark Stone, perhaps a future VGK captain one day?

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Prepare For Fourth Season By Opening Training Camp Monday

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Alan Snel Alex Pietrangelo, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Pete DeBoer

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com An abbreviated preseason started Monday for the Vegas Golden Knights as they joined 30 other

Gambling Raiders Team

On Sports Betting: Bettors Bask In A Bevy Of Bowl Games

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Alan Snel

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Call it a bacchanal of bowl games. From the Myrtle Beach Bowl early on Dec.

VGK start training campo Monday. Photo credits: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

NHL Pandemic Season: Golden Knights Hit Ice Monday To Start Training Camp At Summerlin HQ

January 3, 2021 Alan Snel Kelly McCrimmon

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The NHL’s new season for the Vegas Golden Knights starts Monday when VGK players and

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders’ Inaugural Yo-Yo Season In Las Vegas During COVID Pandemic Ends, 8-8, With Wild 32-31 Win In Denver Sunday

January 3, 2021January 4, 2021 Alan Snel Daniel Carlson, Darren Waller, Derek Carr, Jon Gruden, Josh Jacobs, Tim Brown

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In this surreal NFL pandemic season for the Raiders in their first season in Las

Golden Knights Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Goodbye Raiders, Hello Golden Knights: Las Vegas Market Pivots From NFL to NHL In January Of New Year

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Marc Andre-Fleury, Robin Lehner

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Buh-bye 2020 and Las Vegas Raiders. Hello 2021 and Vegas Golden Knights. The Raiders’ crazy

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.

Author: Alan Snel

During Pandemic Times, Dallas Cowboys and NFL Teams In Texas and Florida Lead League In Attendance

Even In Wall Mural Showing Core VGK Players At Team Ice Center, Lehner In, Fleury Out

UFC Will Show UFC 257, Conor Fight At Drive-In Theaters Across U.S. Jan. 23

Las Vegas Area Roads: DUI Cases Become Sports Stories

NHL Signs Up Sponsors For Division Naming Rights Deals

Golden Knights Prepare For Fourth Season By Opening Training Camp Monday

On Sports Betting: Bettors Bask In A Bevy Of Bowl Games

NHL Pandemic Season: Golden Knights Hit Ice Monday To Start Training Camp At Summerlin HQ

Raiders’ Inaugural Yo-Yo Season In Las Vegas During COVID Pandemic Ends, 8-8, With Wild 32-31 Win In Denver Sunday

Goodbye Raiders, Hello Golden Knights: Las Vegas Market Pivots From NFL to NHL In January Of New Year