Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Construction at the Raiders stadium site is moving ahead after a second worker at the

New LVSportsBiz.com Contributors Adding Insight: Today’s Guest Writer Is Attorney Dan Lust

April 8, 2020 Alan Snel

(Publisher’s Note: You may have noticed some new names of contributing writers. In addition to Cassandra Cousineau who reports on

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Baseball Feature: Best of LVSportsBiz’s Weirdest Baseball Cards

April 8, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There are few more intense emotional bonds between people and things than the connection baseball

UFC

UFC 249 Will Be Held At Domestic U.S. Location, Not The Mystery Island; Reports Point To UFC 249 Being Held On Tribal Land In California

April 7, 2020April 8, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UFC President Dana White wants to clear something up — UFC 249 will happen in

Basketball COVID-19 Golden Knights

Sports Industry Facing Strange New World To Navigate During COVID-19 Era; Sports Options Down To UFC White’s Plan For UFC 249 On Mystery Island

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s the morning after what was supposed to be college basketball’s national championship game. For

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

UFC

UFC Prez Dan White Forges Ahead With UFC 249 Event April 18 Amid COVID-19 Pandemic As U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 10K

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com If you thought Dana White pulling of a magic trick like getting Conor McGregor to

Raiders Stadium

Las Vegas Stadium Authority Has Sufficient Cash Flow To Cover Bond Payments With Expected Hotel Room Tax Revenue Decreases For March, April

April 5, 2020April 6, 2020 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s obvious hotel room tax revenues being collected to help fund the Raiders’ $1.97 billion

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How Sports Teams Can Beat COVID-19

April 5, 2020 Alan Snel Katie Taylor

By Vivi Lin for LVSportsBiz.com TW: @vivishootvids IG: @vivionthespot4tv FB: ViviLinOnTheSpot In the wake of COVID-19, team owners and leaders

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Stadium Update: Making of a Sports Palace

April 5, 2020February 14, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They grow up so fast these days. Sports venues — domed stadiums and baseball parks.

COVID-19

On COVID-19: LVSportsBiz.com Goes 1-on-1 With Las Vegas Small Business Owner Who Generates Major Revenue From Sports Events

April 2, 2020 Alan Snel Anthony Rossi

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The coronavirus pandemic and the shutdown of small businesses deemed non-essential under a state order

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

Second Worker At Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Construction Site Tests Positive For Coronavirus