Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

UFC

UFC Prez Dana White Invites Fired Best Buy Employee To UFC 246 After Worker Stopped Shoplifter At Store In Hawaii; White: ‘What A Bad Ass This Chick Is’

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Donald Cowboy Cerrone, Summer Tapasa-Sararaka

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was classic Dana White. The UFC president saw a Best Buy worker take down

Golden Knights

Deja Lose: LA Kings Jump Out To 4-0 Lead Over Golden Knights After First Period, Hold On For 5-2 Win Before 18,281 Thursday; Gallant: ‘Same Old Story’

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, Malcolm Subban, Max Pacioretty, Paul Stastny, Reilly Smith

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Arena announcer Bruce Cusick used his soft voice between

Raiders Stadium

Proposed Raiders Stadium 10-Year, $30 Million Sponsorship Deal With Southern Nevada Water Authority Has Time Commitment That Is Too Long, Several Water Authority Advisory Committee Members Say Wednesday

January 8, 2020January 9, 2020 Alan Snel John Restrepo, Peter Guzman, Scott Huntley

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Raiders, don’t count on that $30 million, 10-year stadium sponsorship deal with the

Golden Knights

Golden Knights’ Winning Streak Snapped as Pittsburgh Defeats VGK, 4-3, Before Announced 18,298 Tuesday

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 Alan Snel Cody Eakin, Gerard Gallant, Marc Andre-Fleury, Max Pacioretty, Paul Stastny, Reilly Smith

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell This time, the Vegas Golden Knights could not stage

Aviators

Goodyear Blimp Beats The Nasty CES Show Traffic In Las Vegas

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The traffic around Las Vegas Convention Center is a mess with the mega CES show

Bicycling

CES Features Exhibitors Peddling Bicycle Light Safety Features

January 6, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There are isolated cases when motorists intentionally drive into bicyclists. But typically, motorists’ get-out-jail and

Raiders Stadium

Visual Update of Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Under Construction

January 5, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They post their images of the stadium on a daily basis. Locals driving on Interstate

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Party Time: Golden Knights Roll, Runnin’ Rebels Have a Win Streak

January 5, 2020 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com There was a little party in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve, and about 330,000

Column

Brace Yourself Las Vegas, CES Starts This Week (And Yes, CES Includes Sports)

January 5, 2020January 5, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s that wonderful techy time of year in Las Vegas, when 60,000 international CES

UNLV

UNLV Defeats Air Force, 71-59, at Thomas & Mack Saturday, Moves to 8-8 on Season

January 4, 2020January 4, 2020 Alan Snel Amauri Hardy, Marvin Coleman, Mbacke Diong, T.J. Otzelberger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was the first Saturday night of 2020 in Las Vegas, a night to pay

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.