Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Aviators gear has been a hot seller this first season in Summerlin.

Aviators

Aviators Merchandise Sales Clear $1 Million Barrier This Season

July 2, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com The re-branded Las Vegas Aviators’ logo was not exactly a hit after its unveiling back

Raiders owner Mark Davis

Aces

Raiders Owner Is A Regular At WNBA Aces Games — Even the 12 Noon Camp Day Games

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Kayla McBride, Kelsey Plum, Liz Cambage, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com No matter when the Las Vegas Aces tip off their WNBA games at Mandalay Bay

Erik Haula, here after the Knights lost Game 5 and the Stanley Cup Final to Washington, was traded to Carolina.

Golden Knights

Hard To Say Good-Bye After Golden Knights’ Miracle 2017-18 Season

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 Alan Snel Colin Miller, David Perron, Erik Haula, George McPhee, James Neal, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Ryan Carpenter

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com They wore the number 18 jerseys with “Neal” on the back and even the number

Aviators Gambling

On Sports Betting: Soccer Interest Piqued, But London Series A Definite Home Run

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 Alan Snel James Holzhauer

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com It was a beautiful night for a baseball game. The game-time temperature was a balmy

Las Vegas' three teams this summer have found their niches.

Aces Aviators Lights

Las Vegas Teams of Summer Carve Out Unique Demographic Bases in Expanding Sports Market

June 29, 2019June 30, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Adam Silver, Bill Laimbeer, Brett Lashbrook, Jim Murren

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com At just after 7:30 pm Saturday, Las Vegas hit the trifecta. The WNBA Las

Saturday was the final VGK Development Camp scrimmage.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Sell Out Final Development Camp Scrimmage, But VGK Flagman Gets Boot From Arena

June 29, 2019June 29, 2019 Alan Snel Cody Glass, Matt Helfst, Nic Hague

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com It wasn’t even 10 in the morning Saturday but that didn’t stop Vegas Golden Knights

NBA Summer League

NBA Summer League’s First Two Days in Las Vegas Are Sold Out for July 5, 6

June 27, 2019July 3, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com (UPDATED Saturday) Last year’s NBA Summer League drew nearly 140,000 fans in 12 days to

Gov. Steve Sisolak in the middle with light blue shirt

Aviators

Howard Hughes Corp., Owner of Las Vegas Aviators, Reviews Options Including Sale of Company

June 27, 2019 Alan Snel David Weinreb

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Texas-based land development company Howard Hughes Corporation, owner of the Triple A baseball Las Vegas

AEG Facilities will run Raiders stadium for the NFL team.

Raiders Stadium

Raiders Pick AEG Facilities to Run Las Vegas Stadium; AEG Was Partner In Building T-Mobile Arena

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Alan Snel Bob Newman

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Anschutz Entertainment Group’s facilities division was picked by the NFL Raiders to run the football

Aces center Liz Cambage scored 14 points in the team's 60-56 win over Seattle.

Aces

WNBA Aces Draw Announced Attendance 4,215, Beat Seattle, 60-56

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Dearica Hamby, Kayla McBride, Liz Cambage

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Only 12 seconds were left in the 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.