Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Jonny Greco in an August 2017 interview with LVSportsBiz.com

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

Boxing UFC

On Combat Sports Marketing: Saturday’s UFC vs. Boxing Showdown Was A Win For All Fans

November 4, 2019 Alan Snel Canelo Alvarez, Dana White, Jorge Masvidal, Nate Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya, Sergey Kovalev

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com It was the night that a championship boxing bout in Las Vegas and a high-profile

Gambling

On Sports Betting: It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over, But Baseball Is Over — For Now

November 4, 2019 Alan Snel Canelo Alvarez, Jorge Masvidal, Nate Diaz, Sergey Kovalev

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Sometime in late October, when Las Vegas daytime high temperatures dip perilously into the 60s

Golden Knights

VGK Lose in OT After Blowing 2-Goal Lead in Period 3– Again; Golden Knights Observe Dia de los Muertos at VGK-Winnipeg Game Saturday

November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 Alan Snel Jonathan Marchessault, Malcolm Subban, Max Pacioretty

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It happened again. The Golden Knights could not hold

Boxing

Boxer Blair Cobbs Brings Compelling Back Story To Bout In Las Vegas Saturday

November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 Alan Snel Blair Cobbs, Canelo Alvarez, Eugene Cobbs

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Blair Cobbs made his MGM Grand Garden arrival amid a chorus of WWE-style “WHOOOs,” but

Montreal scored in OT to beat the Knights, 5-4.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Blow 4-2 Lead In Third Period And Lose, 5-4, To Montreal In OT On Halloween

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Brendan Gallagher, Cody Glass, Gerard Gallant, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Max Domi, Nate Schmidt, Tomas Tatar

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell A Halloween crowd of 18,035 watched the Vegas

Sports Marketing

On Sports Marketing: Bud Light Seizes World Series Home Run Moment From Sunday With Turn-Around TV Beer Commercial For Games 6, 7

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Alan Snel Dana White, Jeff Adams

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Tip of the sports marketing cap to Bud Light for creating a TV commercial spotlighting

Raiders Stadium Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Raiders Release Eighth Allegiant Stadium Construction Video Report

October 30, 2019October 30, 2019 Alan Snel Tim Brown

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Photos by Tom Donoghue The Raiders are using a series of video reports entitled,

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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

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.

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.