Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Aces' playoff game is Sept. 15 at 2 pm at Thomas and Mack Center.

Aces

WNBA Aces’ Host Playoff Game Sunday at 2 PM at Thomas and Mack Center

September 8, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aces finished fourth out of 12 WNBA teams with its win over

The Aviators ballpark in Downtown Summerlin

Aviators

Aviators’ First Season In New Summerlin Ballpark Transcends Playoff Loss To Sacramento

September 8, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Triple A baseball did just fine in its new suburban baseball home in Downtown Summerlin

Halftime cash drop.

Lights

Helicopter Cash Drop Lone Bright Moment During Lights’ 3-0 Loss To El Paso Before 6,308 Fans

September 7, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The dollar bills flew through the air and then tumbled

Raiders Team

Antonio Brown Saturday Update: Talented Receiver/Video Maker Released By Raiders, Signed By Patriots

September 6, 2019September 7, 2019 Alan Snel Antonio Brown, Jon Gruden

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Antonio Brown, 31-year-old Miami native, father of four, ex-professional football player and video maker, no

Laborers Local 872 union leader Tommy White (left) and Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom might not love each other but they both love Pinkbox Doughnuts

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Only Doughnuts Can Make Tommy and Tick Arm-in-Arm Buddies

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Alan Snel Judith Siegel, Stephen Siegel, Tick Segerblom, Tommy White

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com They’re a Las Vegas Odd Couple. Raiders super fan/Laborers 872 union ringleader Tommy White and

MGM Resorts' new sports betting alliance.

Gambling

MGM Resorts International Beefs Up Sports Betting Profile With New Alliance With Buffalo Wild Wings

September 5, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Global sports bar franchise Buffalo Wild Wings is joining forces with Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts

Memorial garden for the 58 people who lost their lives Oct. 1 from the mass shooting at the country music festival. Photos by J. Tyge O'Donnell for LVSportsBiz.com

Raiders Stadium

MGM Resorts Will Use Route 91 Harvest Mass Shooting Site on Strip For Raiders Stadium Parking, Then Community/Athletic Center

September 3, 2019September 3, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com With the second anniversary of the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Strip less than

Photo by Tom Donoghue

Aviators

Las Vegas Aviators Finish Home Season Averaging 9,299 Announced Attendance Per Game To Lead Minor League Baseball

September 2, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aviators completed a banner first inaugural season in their new ballpark in

NASCAR and Las Vegas Motor Speedway is trying to carve out attention for the Sept. 13-15 NASCAR weekend and South Point 400 race on Sept. 15. LVSPortsBiz.com photos by Daniel Clark

Speedway

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Uses TV Spot To Create Ticket Buzz For Under-the-Lights NASCAR Race In Tight Market, Busy Schedule

September 1, 2019September 2, 2019 Alan Snel Kevin Camper

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com It’s a busy September sports month in Las Vegas. And right smack in the middle

The Aces' big crowd Saturday night.

Aces

WNBA Aces Draw Big Crowd of 8,430 as Team Defeats LA Sparks, 92-86, On Busy Las Vegas Saturday Sports Night

August 31, 2019August 31, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Jim Murren, Kelsey Plum, Mark Davis

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aces drew one of the team’s biggest crowds ever in Las Vegas

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.