Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UFC President Dana White is flying to Washington, D.C., this week to meet his friend,

Golden Knights coach Pete DeBoer during a Zoom media session.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Scoring Goals While Also Scoring In The Chirping Department: ‘They’re Witty Guys’

August 24, 2020 Alan Snel Jonathan Marchessault, Pete DeBoer, Ryan Reaves, William Karlsson, Zach Whitecloud

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The NHL is calling it playoff hockey. But without fans and the collective experience of

Bicycling

Selling Bicycle Man the Book During Pandemic Is Like Bicycling Across County: Keep Peddling and Pedaling

August 24, 2020August 26, 2020 Alan Snel

Posts By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s no easy task selling self-published books during a pandemic. No book signing events.

Las Vegas, NV - March, 10, 2020: The set of The Daily Wager at the ESPN Las Vegas Studio (Photo by Al Powers / ESPN Images)

Gambling

ESPN Opens 6,000-Square-Foot Studio With Sports Gambling Focus At LINQ On Strip

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Alan Snel Chris Calcinari, Chris Holdren, Doug Kezirian

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com ESPN is coming to the Strip. Already here in Las Vegas covering programming like UFC

Dearica Hamby

Aces Gambling Golden Knights

On Sports Betting: Las Vegas Aces Were Hot, Then Cold, Then Hot Again

August 24, 2020 Alan Snel Frankie Edgar, Pedro Munhoz, Robin Lehner

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aces were hot. The WNBA team was 8-2 since the season’s restart

Golden Knights

What Goalie Controversy? Golden Knights Shut Out Vancouver To Win First Game In Second Round Series Sunday

August 23, 2020August 24, 2020 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Allan Walsh, Jacob Markstrom, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt, Pete DeBoer, Peter DeBoer, Robin Lehner

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Nothing like a dominating Game 1 playoff win to soothe a red-hot goalie controversy fueled

Golden Knights

Agent For VGK’s Marc-Andre Fleury Removes Shocking, Drama-Creating Tweet Showing Image Of Fleury Being Stabbed In Back By Sword With DeBoer’s Name On it

August 23, 2020August 23, 2020 Alan Snel Allan Walsh, Marc Andre-Fleury

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A usual care-free, smiling and jovial Marc-Andre Fleury sat serious Sunday morning as he answered

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Pumps Brakes On Hiring Part-Time Workers In Light Of No Fans, Cancelled Events

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A mere two months ago, the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium was looking to hire 4,500 part-time workers

Gambling Golden Knights

Golden Knights Face Vancouver In Round 2; Five Questions With SuperBook’s Jay Kornegay On VGK In Pandemic Playoffs

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Alan Snel Jay Kornegay

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights now know their second round opponent — the Vancouver Canucks, a

Raiders Derek Carr. Photo: Raiders

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Dig Cleats Into New Domed Stadium’s Grass For First Time During Practice Friday

August 21, 2020August 22, 2020 Alan Snel Bruce Cusick, Jon Gruden, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In 2016, it began with a governor signing a bill into law — a bill

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

President Trump’s Republican Convention Card Features A Heavy Hitter: UFC Prez Dana White

Golden Knights Scoring Goals While Also Scoring In The Chirping Department: ‘They’re Witty Guys’

Selling Bicycle Man the Book During Pandemic Is Like Bicycling Across County: Keep Peddling and Pedaling

ESPN Opens 6,000-Square-Foot Studio With Sports Gambling Focus At LINQ On Strip

On Sports Betting: Las Vegas Aces Were Hot, Then Cold, Then Hot Again

What Goalie Controversy? Golden Knights Shut Out Vancouver To Win First Game In Second Round Series Sunday

Agent For VGK’s Marc-Andre Fleury Removes Shocking, Drama-Creating Tweet Showing Image Of Fleury Being Stabbed In Back By Sword With DeBoer’s Name On it

Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Pumps Brakes On Hiring Part-Time Workers In Light Of No Fans, Cancelled Events

Golden Knights Face Vancouver In Round 2; Five Questions With SuperBook’s Jay Kornegay On VGK In Pandemic Playoffs

Raiders Dig Cleats Into New Domed Stadium’s Grass For First Time During Practice Friday