Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Las Vegas and Boxing Industry: Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Includes Impressive Group

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 Alan Snel Andre Ward, Clarence Adams, Danny Lopez, Devin Haney, Fernando Vargas, James Toney, Jose Sulaiman, Julian Jackson, Lorenzo Fertitta, Mark Johnson, Miguel Cotto

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Southern Nevada made a strong showing in the 2020 Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame

City National Arena, where the Golden Knights train.

Basketball Golden Knights

Coronavirus and Sports: Golden Knights Step Up Cleanings At Training Center; Kids Area Where VGK Players Sign Autographs Closed Temporarily At City National Arena

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Welcome to the new normal of coronavirus and sports. The Vegas Golden Knights have recently

A Las Vegas man has created a private national organization for fans across the country.

Fans

Las Vegas Man Starts National Fan Group, Aiming To ‘Represent The Under-Represented’

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020 Alan Snel Andrew Kopel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Andy Kopel is a gaming law expert who worked for the casino industry, but then

Basketball

Mighty Gonzaga Advances To WCC Final Against Nemesis St. Mary’s As College Hoops Tourneys Take Over Las Vegas

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Walton

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The parade of college basketball conference tourneys marching through

Today's Lghts luncheon with the media.

Lights

Lights Soccer Team Returns For Season Three With Its Usual Wacky Promotional Stunts While Stadium Redevelopment, MLS Talks Lurk Behind The Scene

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He’s quite the earnest fella, this Brett Lashbrook guy who owns the Las Vegas Lights

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Golden Knights Miss a Beat or Two But Generally Reward Bettors

March 9, 2020 Alan Snel Israel Adesanya, Pete DeBoer, Robin Lehner

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com They’re on again. The Vegas Golden Knights, that is. Two days after having their eight-game

UFC

UFC Prez Dana White Last Year Predicted Ascension of Chinese Fighter; Zhang Defends Her Strawweight Belt Against Joanna in Fierce Battle at UFC 248 in Las Vegas

March 7, 2020March 8, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Zhang Weili

By Cassandra Cousineau and Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Even before Zhang Weili distinguished herself with a strawweight world championship belt

Aviators Basketball Column UFC

Exactly Three Years After Painful Near-Death, Day of Gratitude and Tripleheader of Sports-Business Events To Cover To Celebrate Life

March 7, 2020March 8, 2020 Alan Snel Brian Dutcher, Dana White, Kris Bryant, Sam Merrill, Steve Fisher

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The ambulance tech was wheeling me into the ER at Lawnwood Medical Center in Fort

San Diego State Aztecs mascot.

Basketball

LVCVA Promotion Arm Las Vegas Events Spends $1.1 Million On Sponsorships For Pac-12, Mountain West, West Coast Conference Tournaments In Las Vegas

March 6, 2020March 6, 2020 Alan Snel Cowboy Ken, Hunter Thompson, Neemias Queta, Sam Merrill

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They came to Las Vegas in force, filling bottom bowl sections at Thomas & Mack

Healthy fans should not give high fives at games. Photo credits: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Basketball

With Worldwide Virus in U.S., It’s OK to Attend Sports Events In Las Vegas Area If You’re Healthy But No High-Fives

March 5, 2020March 6, 2020 Alan Snel Amy Stone

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com If you feel healthy, it’s OK to attend sports events with big gatherings like Vegas

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.