Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Frank Harnish at his condo.

27-Year Radio Worker Lost His Golden Knights Pre/Post Game Show Job And Big Piece Of His Identity From Lotus Broadcasting Layoff During Pandemic: ‘What The Hell Will I Do?’

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Alan Snel Frank Harnish

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When you listened to Frank Harnish before or after Vegas Golden Knights game broadcasts on

Funnyman Bill Murray taking a few cuts during a home run derby in Baltimore in 1993.

Column

In A Crazy, Strange Sports World During COVID-19, Baseball Starts Season July 23

July 23, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Murray

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You know the universe is out of kilter — or a virus pandemic has an

Training camp in the age of COVID-19

Golden Knights

Training Camp In July: VGK Prep For Stanley Cup Playoffs In August

July 21, 2020July 22, 2020 Alan Snel

Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Text by Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com 1. Best goalie tandem in the league 2. Don’t

SoFi Stadium

NFL Raiders Stadium

NFL’s Two Newest Stadiums In LV and LA Are An Odd Couple

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Alan Snel Eric Garcetti, Mark Davis, Stan Kroenke

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You could not conceive two more architecturally diverse football stadiums than the two new NFL

Esports

Allied Esports Plans To Use Giant Entertainment Truck In Partnership For Music and Esports Battle Show

July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The company with strong connections to the esports scene in Las Vegas is back at

Raiders Stadium

Mortenson-McCarthy Will Fight OSHA Fine For Worker Social Distancing Violations At Raiders Stadium Construction Site In Las Vegas

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Eric Grenz, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The builder of the Raiders stadium says the two-company construction team will fight a $13,494

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Professional Golf an Entertaining Diversion? You Can Bet on It

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Alan Snel

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Who really wants to watch golf? Or bet on it? Golf lacks the

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Stadium Workers Finishing Signage, Parking Space Striping Saturday

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s two weeks and counting until the Las Vegas Raiders’ new stadium is supposed to

Lights

The Lights Go Back On In Las Vegas August 1; Owner Lashbrook Discusses Soccer Returning To Sin City Amid Pandemic

July 17, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Team sports return to Las Vegas in August as the Las Vegas Lights FC, the

PBR

No Stranger To Las Vegas, Pro Bull Riders Make History By Hosting Fans At Events During Pandemic

July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 Alan Snel Kosha Irby, Kristi Noem

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Sure, good ol’ Dana White is having a grand time on his Fight Island

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.