Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Las Vegas Aces, UNLV Basketball Roll Out Funny Videos To Spark More Interest In Their Teams

January 20, 2020January 22, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Mbacke Diong

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Amid all the news of the Golden Knights firing coach Gerard Gallant, former UFC badboy-now-goodguy

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Knights Scuffle, But Runnin’ Rebels Stitch Together Wins

January 20, 2020 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com The serious Vegas Golden Knights fan wonders if the team has the moxie to make

Welterweight Conor McGregor beat Donald Cowboy Cerrone 40 seconds into round one with a TKO at T-Mobile Arena Saturday night.

UFC

Conor 2.0: UFC’s Meal Ticket Transforming His Brand and Marketing Style, But Will Mr. Nice Guy Deliver The Big Money?; Conor Whips Cowboy 40 Seconds Into Round One With TKO In Las Vegas Saturday

January 18, 2020January 19, 2020 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Donald Cowboy Cerrone, Khabib Nurmagomedov

By Cassandra Cousineau and Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Conor McGregor’s bad boy image for years was great for UFC’s financial

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Contact Personal Seat License Holders To Gather Info On Parking, Tailgating, Stadium Payment Methods

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 Alan Snel Marc Badain

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders are not selling Las Vegas Raiders T-shirts and hats yet. But they have

Summer Tapasa-Sataraka after the UFC 246 weigh-in at Park Theater in Las Vegas.

UFC

Former Best Buy Security Worker Meets UFC President Dana White For UFC 246, Looks Forward To Working For White At UFC In Las Vegas

January 17, 2020January 18, 2020 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Donald Cowboy Cerrone, Summer Tapasa-Sataraka

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Summer Tapasa-Sataraka didn’t know it at the time. But when the former Best Buy security

UFC

New Conor McGregor Sheds Old F-Bomb Skin, Says He’s More Grounded, Focused

January 16, 2020January 17, 2020 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Donald Cowboy Cerrone

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There’s no trash talking. The f-bombs are not flying. And there are no shenanigans this

Raiders Stadium

Raiders President Badain Says There Will Be More Parking Spaces Than Needed To Serve Allegiant Stadium With Plenty of Parking Spots For Tailgating; Raiders Stadium Point Man Webb Says Media Exaggerates Construction Hiccups

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020 Alan Snel Don Webb, Marc Badain, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com As public meetings go, the Raiders stadium board sessions have sailed along the last few

Former VGK coach Gerard Gallant

Golden Knights

Not An April Fools’ Joke: Golden Knights Fire Coach Gerard Gallant, Replace Him With Former Just-Fired San Jose Sharks Coach Peter DeBoer

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, Kelly McCrimmon, Mike Kelly, Peter DeBoer

In the biggest bombshell news of the Vegas Golden Knights’ three-year history, the Knights have fired coach Gerard Gallant.

Golden Knights

Many Golden Knights Season Ticket Holders Face New Price Increases

January 14, 2020January 15, 2020 Alan Snel Christopher Green

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s that time of year when season ticket prices increased for many Vegas Golden Knights

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Stadium Update: Personal Seat License Revenue Nearly $480 Million; Roof Completion Is Mid-May

January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Here’s the latest on the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium, according to the staff report for this

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.