Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

World-Famous Las Vegas Strip Is Dark, While Construction At Raiders Stadium Is A Go After Governor’s Business Shutdown Announcement Tuesday Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

March 17, 2020March 18, 2020 Alan Snel Steve Sisolak, Tommy White

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered the shutdown of all hotels, casinos, restaurants and bars across

Golden Knights Raiders Team

Raiders Give Season Ticket Holders Another Month To Make Ticket Payments

March 17, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The NFL Las Vegas Raiders and NHL Vegas Golden Knights have contacted season ticket holders

The NFL draft layout on the Strip.

NFL Draft

A Throwback NFL Draft: League Scrubs Public Events From Draft In Las Vegas April 23-25; Las Vegas Motor Speedway Says NHRA’s Four-Wide Nationals April 3-5 Postponed

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Alan Snel Chris Powell, Roger Goodell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In this age of social distancing and a worldwide coronavirus threat, it came to no

Gambling Sports Tourism Travel

Las Vegas Sports-Business World Absorbs Punch to the Gut as MGM Resorts, Wynn Will Shut Down Operations Starting Tuesday in Response to Virus Pandemic

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 Alan Snel Jim Murren

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The spread and threat of coronavirus hit Las Vegas in the gut Sunday when two

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Stadium Update: Garth Vadar Stadium Just Needs an “m” To Complete Allegiant Stadium Sign Sunday

March 15, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Even for a late Sunday morning, it was more quiet than usual at the Raiders

UFC President Dana White

UFC

UFC Prez Dana White Will Not Be Denied: ‘Fights Will Go On’ During COVID-19 Virus Crisis

March 14, 2020March 15, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UFC President Dana White knows only one way: To put on fights. That’s why he is

Travel

On Tourism: With Sports Industry Closed For Coronavirus It’s Day Trip Time

March 14, 2020March 15, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com No lines for food here. I have two plastic containers of dates — honey and

The SuperBook

Gambling

Life In The Sportsbook During COVID-19: ‘We’ll Spend More Time Doing Other Things We Like To Enjoy’

March 13, 2020 Alan Snel Jay Kornegay

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com These are surreal times for Jay Kornegay, who oversees the Westgate SuperBook as vice president

Golden Knights

Sports Events Workers Looking For Freelance Jobs Amid Sports Industry Shutdown Caused By Coronavirus Pandemic

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Alan Snel Carnell Johnson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The shutdown of sports and entertainment events because of the coronavirus pandemic means the freelance

Gambling

Coronavirus Deals Las Vegas a Bad Hand: Sportsbook ‘Eerily Quiet’

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Alan Snel

(Publisher’s Note: Daniel Behringer writes a weekly sports betting column and this week he added this story based a visit

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.

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.