Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Raiders Stadium

Latest Raiders Stadium Project Budget Is $1.97 Billion, Including $1.4 Billion For Construction; The M In Henderson Named Raiders’ Official Team Headquarters Hotel

November 13, 2019November 13, 2019 Alan Snel Marc Badain

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com How much does the new Raiders stadium in Las Vegas cost? Well, it depends on

Golden Knights will be rolling a VGK bicycle.

Golden Knights

On Sports Retail: Golden Knights Will Be Peddling VGK Theme Bicycle

November 12, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Golden Knights’ revenue-making ways are entering the human-powered, two-wheeled world as a bicycle with

Aviators

Baseball Big Leagues Return To Las Vegas For Two Weekends Of Spring Training Games In 2020

November 12, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Back in the good ol’ days when baseball was played at Cashman Field, the former

Raiders Stadium

Anatomy of a Season Ticket Upgrade: How Two Raiders Fans Improved Their Season Ticket Deal At New Allegiant Stadium In Las Vegas

November 11, 2019 Alan Snel Marc Badain

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Some of the best negotiations you will ever hear is between a sports fan and

UNLV basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger

Gambling Golden Knights UNLV

On Sports Betting: Runnin’ Rebels Pay First-game Bettors, But Most Road Wagers On Knights Fizzle

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com There’s one way for a new basketball coach to impress the home crowd — win

UNLV

Graying Of UNLV Basketball Fan Base Shows Need To Draw More Young Fans; Runnin’ Rebels Lose, 60-56, To Kansas State In Overtime Saturday

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 Alan Snel Amauri Hardy, Desiree Reed-Francois, Donnie Tillman, Jonah Antonio

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You would think a UNLV-Kansas State college basketball game on a Saturday afternoon would have

Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman makes the first bet at the remodeled William Hill sports book at the Plaza.

Gambling

Downtown Las Vegas Plaza Hotel Shows Off Remodeled William Hill Sports Book With Former Mayor Goodman Making First Bet Friday

November 8, 2019 Alan Snel Joe Asher, Jonathan Jossel, Oscar Goodman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman placed the first bet at the remodeled William Hill

Jonny Greco in an August 2017 interview with LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Entertainment Chief Greco Leaving VGK For New York

November 8, 2019 Alan Snel Jonny Greco, Kerry Bubolz

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights’ Mr. Entertainment, Jonny Greco, is leaving the Knights for a new

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Add Las Vegas Ford Dealers To Stadium Founding Partners List; Team Prez Expects ‘More Than A Dozen’ Founding Partners

November 6, 2019 Alan Snel Brad Jones, Gary Ackerman, Marc Badain, Reggie Kinlaw

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When casino tycoon/Las Vegas billionaire/local newspaper owner Sheldon Adelson bailed on the Raiders stadium and

UNLV

Small Crowd Watches UNLV Basketball Deliver Win In Otzelberger’s First Regular Season Game

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Alan Snel Amauri Hardy, Cheikh Mbacke Diong, Donnie Tillman, Elijah Mitrou-Long, Jonah Antonio, T.J. Otzenberger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The sight of all those empty red seats in

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.