Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Golden Knights fans said goodbye to Season 2 by painting the ice.

Golden Knights Fans Close Book On VGK Season 2 With Paint, Love And Ice

May 8, 2019 Alan Snel

They came to the Big Ice House by the Strip one final time in Season 2, and

From left to right: VGK's Kerry Bubolz, Raiders' Marc Badain, Lights FC's Brett Lashbrook, Aviators' Don Logan and UFC's Lawrence Epstein at Las Vegas Property Development and Infrastructure Conference panel discussion at South Point Wednesday.

Las Vegas Sports Execs Schmooze About Sports’ Local Impacts

May 8, 2019May 8, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Don Logan, Kerry Bubolz, Lawrence Epstein, Marc Badain

Left to right: Logan, Epstein, Lashbrook, Bubolz and Badain By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Now that Las Vegas is

Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights UFC

Proposed Nevada Legislation Would Criminalize Some Illegal Sports Ticket Sales On Secondary Market

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Alan Snel David Goldwater

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Ticket brokers in Nevada oppose proposed state legislation being pushed by a coalition of sports

Unusual scene at Aviators ballpark -- non-sellout.

Aviators

Aviators’ Consecutive Sellouts Broken Monday Night

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com It was a strong crowd for a Monday night game, but the Las Vegas Aviators’

Gambling

On Sports Betting: You Pays Your Money And You Takes Your Chances

May 6, 2019 Alan Snel Bryce Harper

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com On Monday, the touts at a popular website affiliated with a major television network were

Photo credit: Tom Hogan-Hoganphotos/Golden Boy

Boxing

After Canelo’s Win Saturday, Will There Be A Canelo-Golovkin 3 In September?

May 5, 2019May 6, 2019 Alan Snel Canelo Alvarez, Daniel Jacobs, Dave Moretti, Glenn Feldman, Steve Weisfeld

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com As if it weren’t already indelibly clear, Saul Canelo Alvarez is

Aviators

Aviators Roll Out Reyes de Plata Uniforms On Cinco de Mayo Sunday

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 Alan Snel Don Logan, Jason Weber

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Eddie Ybarra came to the Las Vegas Aviators’ new ballpark in his Reyes de Plata

Lights in action Saturday night.

Lights

With Luchador Capes Handed Out To Fans, Lights Soccer Club Fly To 4-2 Win Over Sacramento At Cashman Field

May 4, 2019May 4, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Las Vegas Lights handed out 3,000 luchador

Boxing

Daniel Jacobs Misses Promoter Golden Boy’s Imposed Weight Limit, But Canelo-Jacobs Fight Still On At T-Mobile Arena In Las Vegas

May 4, 2019May 4, 2019 Alan Snel Canelo Alvarez, Daniel Jacobs, Eddie Hearn, Oscar De La Hoya

By Cassandra Cousineau LVSportsBiz.com Tonight’s fighter Daniel Jacobs missed weight Saturday morning, hours prior to the biggest boxing match

Aviators Boxing

Friday’s Aviators Game Kickstarts Sports Buffet Weekend in Las Vegas

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 Alan Snel Canelo Alvarez, Daniel Jacobs

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photo by J. Tyge O’Donnell Another sellout at the Aviators’ glittering new ballyard

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.