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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

LVSportsBiz.com’s Written Word Series: Our storytelling focuses on original story lines.

June 2024: A father’s connection

June 2026: Baseball and the radio

April 2018: NHL team born in the desert

March 2020: Gratitude for being alive

June 2017: Birth of a website

August 2026: Team president does it all

BRIEFS

A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

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.