Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

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

Las Vegas Aces are rolling.

Gambling

Home Run Derby a Smash Hit While Aces Continue to Win and Sometimes Cover

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 Alan Snel Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, Novak Djokovic, Pete Alonso, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Simona Halep

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com During Major League Baseball’s Home Run Derby a week ago before Tuesday’s All-Star Game, the

NBA Summer League

NBA Summer League’s 11-Day Stay in Las Vegas Winding Down, Last Game Monday

July 14, 2019July 14, 2019 Alan Snel Grayson Allen, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal, Zion Williamson

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com It’s Sunday, the second to last day of the NBA Summer League 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.