Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Samina the psychic at Mountain West Conference football media day courtesy of Hawaii coach Nick Rolovich

UNLV

Mountain West Football Media Event Delivers UNLV Coach Sanchez and Samina The Fortune Teller

July 23, 2019July 23, 2019 Alan Snel Britney Spears, Elvis Presley, Nick Rolovich, Tony Sanchez

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com There’s no official new Mountain West football TV deal, so the news out of the

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Sports Betting Line Moves Provide Great Entertainment

July 22, 2019 Alan Snel

Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com Watching sports betting lines move is almost as entertaining as people-watching in a Las Vegas dive bar

Late NBA legend Bill Russell watching Aces basketball. Photo by Steve Rosenthal/LVSportsBiz.com

Aces

Aces Polish Off Minnesota As NBA Legend Bill Russell Watches WNBA Game In Las Vegas

July 21, 2019July 21, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Russell, Kayla McBride, Liz Cambage

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Aces All-Star A’ja Wilson was injured with a bad ankle and couldn’t show

Raiders stadium construction site Sunday morning.

Raiders Stadium

One Year and 10 Days From Today Raiders Stadium Construction Scheduled To Be Complete

July 21, 2019July 22, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com The big stadium just off the Strip is scheduled to be complete in one year

Photo by Tom Donoghue

Boxing

Saturday Fight Night In Vegas: Pacquiao Wins Split Decision Before More Than 14,000 At MGM Grand Garden Arena

July 21, 2019July 21, 2019 Alan Snel Caleb Plant, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Mike Lee

Las Vegas might be a sports city in transition with new professional teams, but its soul will always have a

Caleb Plant will be fighting for both his daughter and mother at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Photo by Stephanie Trapp/TGB Promotions

Boxing

Fight Night in Las Vegas: Undefeated Plant Motivated By Painful Personal Losses Takes On Lee As Part Of Saturday’s Pacquaio-Thurman Fight Card

July 19, 2019July 19, 2019 Alan Snel Caleb Plant, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquaio, Mike Lee

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com Tennessee native and Las Vegas-based boxer Caleb Plant should’ve been counted out a long time

Executive Director Mike Newcomb oversees the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus.

Thomas & Mack Center

Inside Las Vegas Sports Marketing: Thomas & Mack Center Executive Director Mike Newcomb on Hosting NBA Summer League

July 18, 2019 Alan Snel Mike Newcomb

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com They packed up the NBA Summer League hardwood and the thousands of NBA players, coaches,

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Add $40 Million of Luxury Seating, Club, Technology Improvements to Las Vegas Stadium Budget

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 Alan Snel Don Webb

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders are padding their stadium budget by $40 million for a new north end

Aviators

How Howard Hughes Corporation Gentrified Minor League Baseball in Las Vegas Thanks to an $80 Million Gift from LVCVA for Aviators Ballpark

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 Alan Snel Don Logan, Rossi Ralenkotter

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Back in the day before mega-giant ultra-bright scoreboards, outfield pools, $100-per-person party suites, air-flow mesh

NBA Summer League executive director Warren LeGarie (right) after the summer league title game Monday night at Thomas & Mack Center.

NBA Summer League

LeGarie on NBA Summer League: We Were At Social Media Epicenter

July 15, 2019July 16, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Albert Hall, Brandon Clarke, Brandon McCoy, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal, Steve Sisolak, Warren LeGarie

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com It began with Zion-mania filling Thomas & Mack Center July 5 when an earthquake put

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.

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.