Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Las Vegas Lights FC owner Brett Lashbrook during as game at Cashman Field in 2019. Photos for this story by J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Lights

United Soccer League Will Play In 2020, Lights Prepare For Amended Season During COVID-19 Pandemic

June 20, 2020June 20, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The United Soccer League and the USL Players Association have reached a deal to play

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Stadium Construction Marches On With Legacy Bricks, Outdoor Digital Ad Board, More Paving

June 19, 2020June 20, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders began installing fans’ legacy personalized bricks outside the NFL team’s new Las

Gambling

Circa Hotel-Casino In Downtown Las Vegas Hits Milestone With Topping Off Construction Ceremony Friday

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Stevens

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You have to hand it to Derek Stevens. I always admired the guy for wearing

Fired Lights coach Eric Wynalda. Photos for this story by J. Tyge O'Donnel of LVSportsBiz.com

Lights

Fired Lights Soccer Coach Eric Wynalda on Owner Brett Lashbrook: ‘He Doesn’t Want To Pay For Anything Right Now’

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com So much for the Las Vegas soccer fairy tale of American soccer legend Eric Wynalda

Silver Knights banner on the Henderson pavilion building.

Golden Knights

Henderson Group Opposing Public Money For VGK’s Minor League Hockey Arena At Pavilion Site Asserts New Silver Knights Logo Looks Like Dark Horse Wines’ Logo

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Eric Tosi, John Dalrymple

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Things might be getting a little sticky for the Vegas Golden Knights in the city

Golden Knights Raiders Stadium

Tuesday’ SportsBiz Roundup: Raiders Stadium Hosts 2021 Pro Bowl; Big D Heads To Nashville; VGK Fans Mourn Loss Of Popular Arena Usher

June 16, 2020 Alan Snel Mike Cohen, Wayne "Big D" Danielson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders have lined up one of their 46 live events for their new stadium

Aces Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

SportsBiz Update: Raiders Brand Outweighs Losses Since Expansion; Aces and WNBA Start in Florida in July; NHL Playoffs at the Big Ice House by the Strip

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders’ latest media buy has a new digital billboard message along valley

NFL

Kaepernick Is Back, But What If His Protest Had Taken Different Route?

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020 Alan Snel Colin Kaepernick

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Colin Kaepernick is back. It just took four years and the brutal death of a

COVID-19 Golden Knights Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena

Media Reports: Top Rank’s Bob Arum Looking At Raiders Stadium For Fury-Wilder 3; NHL Looking At Las Vegas For Eastern Conference Playoffs

June 13, 2020 Alan Snel Bob Arum, Deontay Wilder, Marc Badain, Tyson Fury

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com From the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, LVSportsBiz.com suggested the NBA, NHL and WNBA use

Raiders Stadium

Paving Trucks Rolling At Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Friday

June 12, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders have been releasing interior stadium videos on their website lately, 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.