Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

No Bidding: What Happens At LVCVA Board Meeting Includes R&R Partners Staying As Public Tourism Agency’s Ad Company For $530 Million

May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 Alan Snel Billy Vassiliadis, Jim Gibson, Kate Wik

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Billy Vassiliadis did not miss this LVCVA meeting Tuesday morning. His

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Anaheim Ducks Use Power Play To Score 4-3 Win Sunday, Evening Series At 2-2; Game 5 Is In Las Vegas Tuesday

May 10, 2026 Alan Snel Beckett Sennecke, Brett Howden, Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The hometown Ducks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3, tonight and guaranteed

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Sorry Anaheim, It Was A Mitch Of A Loss To VGK Friday As Golden Knights Ride Marner’s Hat Trick And Beat Ducks, 6-2, To Take A 2-1 Series Lead

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 Alan Snel Brayden McNabb, Mitch Marner, Shea Theodore

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer ANAHEIM, California — Their team color is orange, their arena still has a cozy hockey

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LVCVA Spends Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars On Sports, But Has Not Publicly Disclosed Salaries For Three New Sports Marketing Staffers; Also, LVCVA Board To Vote On Massive Contract For R&R Partners Tuesday

May 8, 2026May 8, 2026 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Erick Harper, Janis Burke, Jennifer Hawkins, Will Hunter

How Las Vegas spends your public dollars: The LVCVA meets Tuesday May 12 and the public tourism agency board will

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Torts On Possibly Coaching Against Martin St. Louis In Potential Stanley Cup Final: ‘Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, Whoa’

May 8, 2026 Alan Snel John Tortorella, Martin St. Louis

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — At 1 PM Thursday, Vegas Golden Knights coach John Tortorella had a

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Getting Defensive: Anaheim Earns Split In Las Vegas In Round 2 Series, Beating VGK, 3-1, In Game 2 Wednesday

May 6, 2026May 7, 2026 Alan Snel Beckett Sennecke, Carter Hart, Joel Quenneville, John Tortorella, Leo Carlsson, Lukas Dostal, Mark Stone

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The

UNLV AD Erick Harper: UNLV mulling all options. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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UNLV Signs Athletics Director Erick Harper To Four-Year Contract Extension To 2030 With Annual Base Salary Of $505,000

May 5, 2026May 5, 2026 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Dan Mullen, Desiree Reed-Francois, Erick Harper, Josh Pastner

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — UNLV has extended Athletics Director Erick “Harp” Harper’s c0ntract

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Golden Knights Hold On For 3-1 Win Over Anaheim Thanks To Stellar Goaltending In Game 1; Anaheim Ticked Off At Non-Icing Call That Led To VGK’s Winning Goal

May 4, 2026May 5, 2026 Alan Snel Brett Howden, Carter Hart, Ivan Barbashev, Joel Quenneville, John Tortorella, Lukas Dostal, Mikael Granlund, Mitch Marner, William Karlsson

* Get in ticket price for Games 1 and 2 on secondary market: VGK tickets are sold out online

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Golden Knights Host Anaheim Monday and Wednesday In Games 1 And 2; First Time For VGK To Play Ducks In Playoffs

May 1, 2026May 2, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After knocking out the feisty Utah Mammoth in six games, the

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What About Market Saturation? Can Las Vegas Support Raiders, VGK, Aces — Plus A’s, NBA, Possible MLS? Soccer Team Proposal For Las Vegas Submitted To MLS

April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 Alan Snel B. Wayne Hughes, Don Garber, Grant Gustavson, Nassef Sawiris, Tamara Gustavson, Wes Edens

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — How many major league sports teams can this growing

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

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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.