Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Vegas Golden Knights minority owners Joe Maloof (left) and Gavin Maloof (right) at the VGK first home game on Oct. 10, 2017. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Walk Back In Time: How Foley Combined Forces With The Maloofs To Create Vegas Golden Knights

May 2, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gavin Maloof, Joe Maloof

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com (Bill Foley is the public face of ownership for the Vegas Golden Knights. He’s a

LeBron James wants to own an NBA team in Vegas and arena projects are lining up. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Basketball COVID-19

LVSportsBiz.com Legal Analysis: May 10 Is Key Date For NBA To Avoid Cancelling Season

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Alan Snel LeBron James

By Dan Lust for LVSportsBiz.com May 10 is the first hurdle to avoid a cancelled NBA season. I had the

COVID-19 Golden Knights Raiders Team

NHL, Players Release Statement On Returning To Ice; No Timelines But Maybe Small Player Groups Practicing Mid Or Late May

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The NHL and the players association issued a statement Thursday, with the best case scenario

Raiders owner Mark Davis signing stadium worker's helmet in January.

Raiders Team

Different From Most NFL Owners, Raiders’ Down-to-Earth Davis Makes Mark In Las Vegas

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Joe Maloof, Jon Gruden, Marcus Allen, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com At the Raiders event in January when the NFL team was officially dubbed the Las

COVID-19

Gov. Sisolak Extends Stay-at-Home Directive To May 15, But Loosens Restrictions On Outdoor Activities Like Golf

April 30, 2020April 30, 2020 Alan Snel Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Nevadans, you’re ordered to keep staying at home until May 15. Gov. Steve Sisolak’s office

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in May 2018. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

From LVSportsBiz.com’s Archives: How Bill Foley and The Maloof Family Formed A Union To Create An NHL Team In Las Vegas

April 29, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Joe Maloof, Kerry Bubolz, Marc Andre-Fleury, Todd Pollock

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You might have noticed by now that the media types who determine programming on TV

Raiders Stadium

Seven Construction Workers At Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Construction Site Have Now Tested Positive For COVID-19

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Alan Snel Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The number of workers at the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium construction site who have tested positive

COVID-19 Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center

Las Vegas Has Sports Venue, Hospitality Infrastructure To Serve As Western USA Major League Sports Hub For Interim Period Of Televised, Fan-free Games

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Alan Snel Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com These are New Normal Times of #flattenthecurve, social distancing, local telethons and donated masks and

UFC President Dana White. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Gambling UFC

Sports Betting and COVID-19: May 9 Date Is Set, Betting Lines Are Posted For UFC 249 In Florida

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Sports fans and sports bettors who were hoping to see the New York Yankees host

Receiver Henry Ruggs III celebrated in 2020 when the Las Vegas Raiders made him a first round draft pick.

Column

More Than 50 Years Ago When A Player Challenged The NFL Draft

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Alan Snel Curt Flood, James "Yazoo" Smith

By Dan Lust for LVSportsBiz.com I have a legal question for you: How are players forced to go to the

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.