Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas and MGM Resorts International, owner of the Las Vegas Aces, received high grades

MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren chats with Aces staffer Rushia Brown after a recent Aces-Seattle Storm game.

Aces

WNBA All-Star Game Preview: Las Vegas Aces’ Rushia Brown Advises Players On Careers

July 25, 2019 Alan Snel Jim Murren, Kayla McBride, Liz Cambage, Rushia Brown, Tamara Young

(We start our WNBA All-Star Game weekend coverage with a 1-on-1 with Rushia Brown, a former WNBA player and staffer

Las Vegas Aviators, The Silver Kings/Reyes De Plata vs El Paso Chihuahuas at Las Vegas Ballpark

Aces Aviators

LVSportsBiz Variety Pack of News: Pop-up Retail Store at Aviators Ballpark; Levy Restaurants Goes for Grand Slam in Las Vegas; WNBA All-Star Performersrs

July 25, 2019July 26, 2019 Alan Snel Kristin Chenoweth, Teyana Taylor

When news comes buffet-style in Las Vegas Buying Power at the Ballpark Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It

MGM Resorts International CEO celebrates the Aces win with team center Liz Cambage at Mandalay Bay Events Center Tuesday night.

Aces

LVSportsBiz Exclusive With MGM Resorts Intl CEO Murren: ‘We Won The Game When I Was Able To Bring The Team Here’

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Hornbuckle, Jim Murren, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com He drank a beer. And between sips, he gave some lip to the refs after

UFC

UFC Joins Forces With Canadian Company For 8-Year Deal To Study Impact of CBDs on UFC Fighters

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Alan Snel Dana White, Darren Karasiuk, Terry Booth

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It’s in UFC’s DNA to push the frontier for

The Pacman has an interesting connection to Floyd Mayweather through Mayweather's promoters.

Boxing

Pacquiao Has Intriguing Business Connection To Mayweather’s Promoters, Making MayPac 2 A Possibility

July 24, 2019 Alan Snel Adrien Broner, Floyd Mayweather, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Saul Canelo Alvarez

By Cassandra Cousineau LVsportsBiz.com In the aftermath of Manny Pacquiao punching his way to a split-decision welterweight win over

Raiders stadium, under construction, will host the 2020 and 2021 Pac-12 football championship games.

Raiders Stadium

Pac-12 To Hold Conference Football Title Game At Raiders’ Las Vegas Stadium In 2020, 2021

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 Alan Snel Larry Scott, Marc Badain

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders and their new Las Vegas stadium operators, AEG Facilities, added another date on

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

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.

Author: Alan Snel

WNBA All-Star Game Preview: WNBA Players Say Las Vegas Franchise Adds Marketing Punch To League

WNBA All-Star Game Preview: Las Vegas Aces’ Rushia Brown Advises Players On Careers

LVSportsBiz Variety Pack of News: Pop-up Retail Store at Aviators Ballpark; Levy Restaurants Goes for Grand Slam in Las Vegas; WNBA All-Star Performersrs

LVSportsBiz Exclusive With MGM Resorts Intl CEO Murren: ‘We Won The Game When I Was Able To Bring The Team Here’

UFC Joins Forces With Canadian Company For 8-Year Deal To Study Impact of CBDs on UFC Fighters

Pacquiao Has Intriguing Business Connection To Mayweather’s Promoters, Making MayPac 2 A Possibility

Pac-12 To Hold Conference Football Title Game At Raiders’ Las Vegas Stadium In 2020, 2021

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

On Sports Betting: Sports Betting Line Moves Provide Great Entertainment

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