Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Boxing

Wilder vs Fury Mega Boxing Match At MGM Grand Garden Arena In Las Vegas Already Sold Out

December 28, 2019 Alan Snel Bob Arum, Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com You want to buy a ticket for the biggest boxing match of 2020 and the

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Pitching New Year’s Eve Ticket Deal With ‘Phil’ Part Of Promo

December 27, 2019December 28, 2019 Alan Snel Jim Frevola, VGK Phil

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights broke out their VGK character, “Phil,” as part of a promo

Golden Knights

How About This Christmas Present?: $140 Ticket For VGK Game On New Year’s Eve

December 24, 2019December 24, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On the day before Christmas, the Vegas Golden Knights alerted fans about a possible juicy

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Deliver Lumps of Coal With 7-3 Loss to Colorado Two Days Before Christmas

December 23, 2019December 24, 2019 Alan Snel Marc Andre-Fleury, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell There was a holiday spirit inside T-Mobile Arena Monday,

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Are the Golden Knights Ready to Break Out and Reward Bettors?

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, Marc Andre-Fleury, T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Are the Vegas Golden Knights finding their stride and poised to consistently reward bettors? With

UNLV basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger chats with a referee before a UNLV game last season.

UNLV

UNLV Basketball Draws Small Saturday Crowd, But Fans Enjoyed Second Half As Runnin’ Rebels Pull Away From Robert Morris

December 21, 2019 Alan Snel Amauri Hardy, Cheikh Mbacke Diong, Donnie Tillman, Jay Green, Marvin Coleman, T.J. Otzelberger, Vitaliy Shibel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com To be polite, it was a small UNLV basketball crowd. To be fair, it was

Column

Year in Review: LVSportsBiz.com’s Top 10 Sports-Business Stories of 2019

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Dana White, Derek Stevens, Desiree Reed-Francois, Floyd Kephart, Garry Bettman, Jim Murren, Kerry Bubolz, Kevin Camper, Marcus Arroyo, Seth Klarman, T.J. Otzelberger, Tony Sanchez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas is the frontier for sports business development in the U.S. It was difficult

T.J. Otzelberger on the UNLV basketball sidelines this season. (Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com)

UNLV

How Do You Market A College Basketball Team That Shows Effort Described As ‘Unacceptable’ By The Coach?

December 18, 2019 Alan Snel Nick Blair, T.J. Otzelberger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A visibly agitated and ticked-off UNLV basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger was so upset with the

National Finals Rodeo

National Finals Rodeo Draws Just Less Than 170,000 Attendance For Ten Days At Thomas & Mack Center

December 18, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Another National Finals Rodeo is in the books, with the 10-day rodeo event at Thomas

Minnesota goalie Alex Stalock after VGK forward Chandler Stephenson scored on him in period two.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Overcome Penalties To Quell Wild, 3-2, Before Announced Crowd Of 18,220 Tuesday

December 17, 2019December 18, 2019 Alan Snel Chandler Stephenson, Gerard Gallant, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Shea Theodore, Tomas Nosek

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Vegas Golden Knights drew their usual 18,000 plus

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.