Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You won’t find football fans at Las Vegas Raiders games at Allegiant Stadium. But you

Three Workers At Shriners Golf Tourney COVID-19 Testing Center Seen Without Masks

October 8, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Three workers at a COVID-19 testing station at the Suncoast hotel-casino parking said they were

COVID-19 Raiders Team

NFL’s Chief Medical Officer On COVID-19: ‘Risk Mitigation, Not Elimination, Is The Key;’ Raiders Player Tests Positive For Virus

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Alan Snel Allen Sills, Jon Gruden, Maurice Hurst, Thom Mayer

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The National Football League and NFL Players Association today released COVID-19 testing results for September

Aces

Social Justice Theme Woven Into WNBA’s Unprecedented Season In Florida During Pandemic; Aces Look Forward To Next Season After Finals Loss

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Cathy Engelbert, Dan Padover, Dearica Hamby, Kayla McBride, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage, Satou Sabally, Sydney Colson

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com In the team’s first trip to the WNBA Finals, the Las Vegas Aces came up

COVID-19 Raiders Team

NFL Cracks Down On Coronavirus Protocol Violations Leaguewide, Fines 10 Raiders Players For Fundraiser In Henderson Last Week

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Hunter Renfro, Jason Witten, Jon Gruden, Waller

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com With so much TV revenues at stake, the NFL is not playing around with trying

Raiders' Allegiant Stadium

Raiders Stadium

Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Will Not Be Used As Election Polling Site In Las Vegas After NFL Team Offered Venue For Election Day

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders offered Allegiant Stadium as a potential election voting site in November,

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Major League Baseball Brightens Up Autumn Sports Betting

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Alan Snel Blake Snell, LeBron James

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com It’s hard to beat autumn baseball. Even in a pandemic. There’s the slow, torturous playoff-style

COVID-19 Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Fumbles, Missed Opportunities Doom Las Vegas Raiders As Buffalo Bills Leave Sin City With 30-23 Win Sunday

October 4, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders’ first game in their new Las Vegas stadium worked out well Sept. 21.

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Fans Pay $400 For ‘Tailgate Zone’ Parking Space Outside Allegiant Stadium For Sunday’s Las Vegas-Buffalo Bills Game

October 4, 2020 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com This is as close as you can get to watching the Las Vegas Raiders play

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Set Up Tailgate Experience Outside Allegiant Stadium For Sunday’s Las Vegas-Buffalo Game

October 3, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It might not have the ambiance of the old tailgating experiences back in Oakland, but

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.

Author: Alan Snel

Pigeon Enjoys Visit To Allegiant Stadium Press Box During Raiders-Bills Game Sunday