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Author: Alan Snel

Bicycling 

On Bicycling: The Call of Yosemite –and Mount Whitney, Too

October 22, 2019October 23, 2019 Alan Snel

  By Alan Snel for LVSportsBiz.com Whitney Portal, California 8,374 feet elevation — Still giddy and in a little bit of

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Gambling 

On Sports Betting: : Fans Buzz Over Baseball, But Football Creates Tidal Wave Of Sound

October 21, 2019 Alan Snel

By Dan Behringer of LVSportsBiz.com When Didi Gregorious of the New York Yankees drove a ball deep to right field

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Ryan Reaves squares off in period 1.
Golden Knights 

Golden Knights Score Shootout Win, 3-2, Over Ottawa Before 18,171 Thursday

October 17, 2019October 17, 2019 Alan Snel Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Ryan Reaves

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell So much for that easy win against the Ottawa Senators.

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Golden Knights Marketing Raiders Stadium 

Las Vegas Sports Market Alluring For San Manuel Casino In SoCal

October 16, 2019October 17, 2019 Alan Snel Peter Arceo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Their casino might be three hours away by car, but the Las Vegas sports market

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Golden Knights 

NHL Commish Bettman Talks With VGK Owner Foley Wednesday About Holding Golden Knights Hockey Game At West Point’s Michie Stadium

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 Alan Snel Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman talked with Golden Knights owner Bill Foley Wednesday morning about staging

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Tuesday was a rough night for VGK goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and the Knights.
Golden Knights 

Nashville Drops Golden Knights, 5-2, Before 18,188 At The Big Ice House Tuesday

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Alan Snel Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Matt Helfst, Reilly Smith

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell A VGK two-game weekend win streak ended abruptly Tuesday when

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Gambling 

Old-Time Vegas Meets High-Tech Vegas At International-Flavored G2E This Week; Golden Knights Sign IGT As Official Team Partner

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Alan Snel Nolan Bushnell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The blinking and colorful Vegas Golden Knights machine at the AGS gaming display was a

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San Manuel Band of Mission Indians CEO Loren Gill at the Raiders sponsorship announcement at the Raiders preview center in Town Square.
Gambling Raiders Stadium 

Raiders Cut Multi-Year Founding Partner Stadium Deal With San Manuel Casino

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 Alan Snel Loren Gill, Marc Badain

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders has struck a founding partner stadium deal with Southern California’s San

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Rugby 

Rugby Games Being Discussed For Las Vegas Ballpark In February

October 14, 2019 Alan Snel Rob Cornelius

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Details still need to be ironed out, but there’s an effort underway to stage rugby

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Gambling 

On Sports Betting: Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, Football and A Pro Golfer By The Name Of Vegas

October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 Alan Snel

By Daniel Behringer of LVSportsBiz.com Two Game 5s in major league baseball. Five NBA preseason games. Three NHL hockey games.

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LVSportsBiz Contact

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.

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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

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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.

 

 

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