Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Three amigas and Raiders fans stop at the construction site.

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Stadium Watch: Construction Site Is Las Vegas Tourist Attraction

October 13, 2019October 13, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders are piling up personal seat license, corporate sponsorship and ticket sale revenues as

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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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.

Author: Alan Snel

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

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

Las Vegas Sports Market Alluring For San Manuel Casino In SoCal

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

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

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

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

Rugby Games Being Discussed For Las Vegas Ballpark In February

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

Raiders Stadium Watch: Construction Site Is Las Vegas Tourist Attraction