Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

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

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Preview: Indy Colts Visiting Raiders In Las Vegas

December 13, 2020December 13, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr

By Alan Snel of L:VSportsBiz.com Good morning from Allegiant Stadium, home of the Las Vegas Raiders and UNLV Rebels football

UNLV

Want To Play A College Football Game At Sam Boyd Stadium? New Mexico Did Three Times At $30,000 A Game

December 12, 2020December 13, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell They’re dressed in red jerseys and red pants and

Bicycling

Tears For Aksoy, Erin, Gerrard, Mike, Tom: When Will Carnage On Our Roads Stop?

December 12, 2020December 13, 2020 Alan Snel Aksoy Ahmet, Erin Ray, Gerrard Nieva, Heather Fisher, Jared Fisher, Justin Jones, Mike Murray, Pat Treichel, Tom Trauger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Today is the second day of Chanukah and I love this tradition. I’m not much

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

Five Bicyclists Killed By Motorist Driving Box Truck On US 95 In Southern Nevada Thursday Morning: ‘It’s A Horrific Tragedy. We Just Lost The Lives Of Five People’

December 10, 2020December 12, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Five dead bicyclists. Families and friends of five people are grieving today because their loved

COVID-19 UNLV

New Mexico’s Football Partial Bubble In Las Vegas Can Be Template For NFL, Other College Football Programs During Pandemic

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Alan Snel David Williams, Desiree Reed-Francois, Eddie Nunez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the sports world in March, LVSportsBiz.com made a bold

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.