Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

College basketball tournament life in Las Vegas.

A College Basketball Tourney Organizer’s Life: ‘You’re Cutting Deals Everywhere You Can’

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Alan Snel Brooks Downing

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Meet Brooks Downing, basketball tourney traveling man. He’s in Las Vegas Tuesday as the college

Deontay Wilder v Luis Ortiz on the FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Fight Night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 23, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Fox Sports/PictureGroup)

Boxing UFC

On Boxing/MMA: 2020 Could Be A Monster Boxing and MMA Year In Las Vegas

November 26, 2019November 27, 2019 Alan Snel Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Raiders football is not the only big sport set to make a big splash in

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Enlist Marchessault For Home Alone Video Spoof To Pitch $350, Three-Game Holiday Ticket Deal, But Is This A Good Ticket Price?

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Alan Snel Jonathan Marchessault, Todd Pollock

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com From the NHL team with the fourth most expensive average ticket comes a holiday ticket

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Stadium Point Man: “What Other Stadium Has a View of the Strip on One Side and the Snow of Mount Charleston on the Other Side?

November 25, 2019November 26, 2019 Alan Snel Don Webb

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Don Webb, the Raiders’ point man on the NFL team’s $1.97 billion stadium project, was

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Waiting for Runnin’ Rebels to Find Their Stride Going to Take Patience

November 25, 2019 Alan Snel T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Was that the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels team everyone wanted to see? The local basketball team bounced off

Golden Knights

Edmonton Methodically Grinds Down VGK In 4-2 Win Before 18,319 Saturday

November 23, 2019November 23, 2019 Alan Snel Connor McDavid, Gerard Gallant, Nick Holden, Shea Theodore

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by Steve Rosenthal Less than a minute remained in the Golden Knights’ 4-2

LVSportsBiz.com photographer J. Tyge O'Donnell meets Pope Francis in Japan.

Golden Knights Pope

LVSportsBiz.com Photographer Tyge O’Donnell Meets Pope Francis In Japan To Honor His Dad’s World War II Photo Legacy This Weekend

November 23, 2019November 28, 2019 Alan Snel Pope Francis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s a moment that LVSportsBiz.com photographer Tyge O’Donnell will never forget. O’Donnell, who works as

UNLV football fans give a final toast to Sam Boyd Stadium Saturday.

UNLV

UNLV Football Says Goodbye To Sam Boyd Stadium With Dramatic 38-35 Win in 299th Home Game Saturday

November 23, 2019November 25, 2019 Alan Snel Tony Sanchez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Sure, she’s not much to look at compared to other iconic and ultra-moden college

Floyd Mayweather is back, seeking money and attention.

Boxing

Holiday Time + Big Boxing Match in Las Vegas = Talk of Another Floyd Mayweather Comeback

November 23, 2019 Alan Snel Al Haymon, Dana White, Deontay Wilder, Floyd Mayweather, Luis Ortiz

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Here we go again. It’s the holiday season and that can mean only one thing:

The Golden Knights' mascot, Chance, participates in a demolition event to start the ice center center project in Henderson.

Golden Knights

In Rebranding Play, Paper Goods and Janitorial Supplies Company Buys Naming Rights To New Golden Knights Community Ice Center In Henderson

November 22, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A Henderson company specializing in reusable paper goods and janitorial supplies plans to use a

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.

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.