Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren is stepping down. He was a big sports advocate for MGM Resorts. He's with WNBA Las Vegas Aces center Liz Cambage after an Aces win at Mandalay Bay Events Center last year.

Aces Jim Murren

MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren, Driving Force Behind WNBA Team Acquisition, T-Mobile Arena Construction, Betting Partnerships With Sports Leagues, Will Step Down

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Alan Snel Jim Murren

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com MGM Resorts International Chief Executive Jim Murren, the driving force behind MGM Resorts acquiring the

Lights fans hope the team moves to the MLS one day.

Lights

Las Vegas Officials Scrub MLS Stadium and Cashman Redevelopment Plan From Feb. 19 City Council Agenda; Private Developers Working On ‘Timing Issues’

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Carolyn Goodman, Floyd Kephart, Seth Klarman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Don’t start saving up your money for Major League Soccer games in downtown Las Vegas

Jared Fisher, bicycle marathon man who pedaled across the country in 18 days in July. He tells his adventure story Thursday at Las Vegas Cyclery bike shop.

Bicycling

Las Vegas’ Bicycle Marathon Man Shares His Cross-Country Bike Adventure At Video Event At Las Vegas Cyclery Thursday

February 11, 2020February 14, 2020 Alan Snel Heather Fisher, Jared Fisher

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com If someone told you a bicyclist pedaled 3,421 miles across the U.S. from the Pacific

Another NASACAR weekend is coming soon to Las Vegas. LVSportsBiz.com photos by Daniel Clark

Speedway

Las Vegas NASCAR Preview: Speedway’s Sales/Marketing Chief Says 60,000+ Expected For Pennzoil 400 This Month

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Alan Snel Kevin Camper

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Another NASCAR weekend is heading straight for Las Vegas Motor Speedway this month. The big

Golden Knights take on Carolina at T-Mobile Arena Saturday night. LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O'Donnell

Gambling Golden Knights UNLV

On Sports Betting: Golden Knights Tempt Bettors, Runnin’ Rebels Not So Much

February 10, 2020 Alan Snel Pete DeBoer, T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer of LVSportsBiz.com Tough match-up for the Vegas Golden Knights. And a tough game for sports bettors to

Fans have put down $50 per seat for more than 4,000 seats for the new VGK AHL minor league team in Henderson.

Golden Knights

More Than 4,000 Season Ticket Deposits For Golden Knights’ New AHL Minor League Team In Henderson

February 9, 2020February 11, 2020 Alan Snel Marc Andre-Fleury, Pete DeBoer, Ryan Reaves, Shea Theodore, Zach Whitecloud

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights have received more than 4,000 season ticket deposits for a future

Pete DeBoer, VGK coach

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Return To Big Ice House After Four-Week Absence, Lose 6-5 Heartbreaker To Carolina In Shootout Before 18,417 Saturday

February 8, 2020February 9, 2020 Alan Snel Jon Merrill, Max Pacioretty, Pete DeBoer, Shea Theodore

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Golden Knights’ return to Las Vegas after

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Stadium Update In Pictures This Morning

February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com This morning’s visit to the NFL Raiders stadium — officially called Allegiant Stadium under a

Circa Sports owner Derek Stevens

Gambling

Las Vegas-Based Circa Sports Cuts Sports Betting Deal With Colorado Hotel-Casinos

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Stevens

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In November 2019 Colorado voters approved sports betting and Las Vegas-based Circa Sports wasted little

Artist's Palette -- check the colors and you'll understand the name for the scenic stop along Artist Road.

Bicycling

On Bicycling: The Artist’s Natural Beauty of Death Valley

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Grand Canyon. Zion. Glacier. Rocky Mountain. Yosemite. All national parks with spectacular jaw-dropping, ultra-dramatic scenery.

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.

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.

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.