Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Robin Lehner has a home. The 29-year-old goaltender for the Vegas Golden Knights discussed Saturday

Golden Knights

If You Have $180, Golden Knights Have A New Jersey For You

October 2, 2020October 2, 2020 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com If you’re team has “gold” in its name, it’s always a logical move to make

COVID-19 Raiders Team

Raiders Players Draw Heat For Not Wearing Masks At Waller’s Charity Event, Violating Coronavirus Protocols

September 30, 2020October 2, 2020 Alan Snel Darren Waller, Derek Carr, JC Tretter, Jon Gruden, Mark Davis

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com As the NFL is coping with a COVID-19 outbreak of three players and five staff

Raiders Stadium

Las Vegas Raiders To Start Guided Tours and Drink With A View Experience At Allegiant Stadium, Where Fans Are Not Allowed At Raiders Games

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders are not allowing fans at home games at new Allegiant Stadium,

Raiders Stadium UNLV

Allegiant Stadium’s First Football Fans In Attendance Could Be UNLV Football Fans

September 29, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Marcus Arroyo, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UNLV football games might end up having the first fans at the Raiders’ new Allegiant

Lightning win the Pandemic Cup. Photo: NHL Twitter

Golden Knights

NHL Concludes Pandemic Stanley Cup Tournament With Solid Game Presentation Minus Fans

September 29, 2020 Alan Snel Carnell Johnson, Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com And so it ended, the most unique Stanley Cup playoff tournament in National Hockey

Bicycling

On Bicycling: When Weather Is Fine, Seattle Area Is Magic

September 29, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Those drizzling May mornings and cold, rainy late November days and the endless gray skies

Aces Gambling Raiders Team

On Sports Betting: Las Vegas Aces Illustrate How Zigzag Theory Works

September 28, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Cam Newton

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com You were ready and chomping on the bit to bet the Las Vegas Aces in

Raiders Stadium

By The Numbers: Allegiant Stadium’s Al Davis Memorial Torch

September 25, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Al Davis memorial torch is a prominent visual focal point in the Las Vegas

Gambling

MGM Resorts Enlisting Jamie Foxx To Pitch BetMGM Sports Betting Platform In Ad Campaign

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Alan Snel Jamie Foxx, Marc Badain, Matt Prevost

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com MGM Resorts International is all in with actor/musician Jamie Foxx, hiring the popular entertainer to

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

It’s Official: Golden Knights’ Lehner Discusses Five-Year, $25 Million Contract Saturday