Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Gambling

Super Bowl 54 Preview: 26 Million Americans Will Bet $6.8 Billion On Big Game, According To Gambling Trade Group

January 28, 2020January 28, 2020 Alan Snel Bill Miller

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Americans will place bets of about $6.8 billion on Sunday’s Super Bowl, while close to

Westgate SuperBook's Jay Kornegay oversees the book's operations.

Gambling

Super Bowl 54 Preview: For The Record, SuperBook’s Superman Did Not Call Broncos Coach To Put Bubby Brister Into Super Bowl Game

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Alan Snel Bubby Brister, Jay Kornegay, Mike Shanahan

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Jay Kornegay is bracing for the tsunami of Super Bowl fans who will pack the

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Bettors Playing Vegas Golden Knights Have Little To Cheer About

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Maybe they should fire the coach. Nevermind, the Vegas Golden Knights have already tried that.

Kobe Bryant and daughter Gigi at the WNBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas last season.

UNLV

Kobe Bryant’s Death Felt At UNLV-San Diego State Game Sunday As Moment Of Silence Held For Ex-Lakers Legend; UNLV Loses To Unbeaten No. 4 SD State, 71-67

January 26, 2020January 26, 2020 Alan Snel Kobe Bryant

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was 50 minutes before UNLV was going to play an undefeated, number-four-in-the-nation San Diego

NFL Draft Sports Marketing

NFL Allows All Strip, Hotel, Las Vegas Images In LVCVA Tourism Promotion Ads, With Only Sportsbook, Sports Betting Images Not Allowed

January 25, 2020January 26, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The National Football League would like those who want to promote Las Vegas in TV

Gov. Steve Sisolak and Raiders President Marc Badain with Las Vegas Raiders proclamation Wednesday.

Raiders Stadium

Always Present At Raiders Stadium PR Events In Name Only

January 24, 2020January 24, 2020 Alan Snel Marc Badain, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com At the Las Vegas Raiders re-naming pep rally Wednesday, Raiders owner Mark Davis invoked his

Gambling Jim Murren Raiders Team

No Surprise Here: Raiders’ New Gaming Partner Is MGM Resorts International

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Alan Snel Chuck Bowling, Jim Murren, Marc Badain

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Of all the corporate partnerships the Las Vegas Raiders have been racking up, this one

It's official -- Las Vegas Raiders is the name.

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Official Las Vegas Raiders Merchandise Goes On Sale When NFL Draft Hits Las Vegas April 23-25; Team Officially Declared Las Vegas Raiders Wednesday

January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Jim Plunkett, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s not every day the governor of your state visits your city for a big

Sports Tourism

Las Vegas Goes Big: NFL Outlines April 23-25 Player Draft Event Plan On Strip Before Clark County Commission Tuesday; LVCVA Head Says Public Tourism Agency Will Spend $2.5 Million On Draft

January 21, 2020January 22, 2020 Alan Snel Jonathan Barker, Marc Badain, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s Las Vegas, so the NFL Draft red carpet will be in the middle of

Raiders coach Jon Gruden and team owner Mark Davis at Raiders stadium site.

Raiders Stadium

Jon Gruden On Raiders Stadium: ‘Look At This Place Man’

January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 Alan Snel Jon Gruden, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Raiders’ $10 million-a-year coach Jon Gruden got a look at the NFL team’s $1.97 billion

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.