Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Erik Anderson, CEO of "smart" basketball technology company Sport IQ (SIQ). Photo credits: LVSportsBiz.com

NBA ‘Launchpad’ Starting Five: League’s Annual Program Showcases Inventive, Entrepreneurial Companies To Grow Basketball Innovations

July 14, 2025July 15, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — One by one, each company told its story Monday evening at the

Silver

Bill Foley Golden Knights NBA NBA Summer League T-Mobile Arena UFC

Expand On That: NBA Commish Adam Silver To Meet Media Tuesday After Board Of Governors Meeting In Las Vegas

July 14, 2025July 15, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Jackie Robinson, Tim Leiweke

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Bill Foley remembers Gary Bettman’s stern lecture to him nearly a

A's A's Stadium Aces Athletics Golden Knights Mark Davis Raiders Raiders Stadium

Buffet Of Sports Personalities Creates Surreal Time At Raiders-VGK Charity Softball Game Saturday Night

July 12, 2025July 14, 2025 Alan Snel A.J. Cole, Aidan O'Connell, Daniel Carlson, James Neal, Mark Davis, Reggie Jackson, Reilly Smith, Ryan Reaves

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Charity

Aces Michelob Ultra Arena WNBA WNBA Aces

Las Vegas Aces Return To Win Column With Close 104-102 Victory Over First-Year Golden State In High-Scoring Battle Saturday Afternoon

July 12, 2025July 13, 2025 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Jackie Young, Mark Davis, Natalie Nakase, Reggie Jackson

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It’s been a choppy first 21 games for the Las Vegas

Basketball NBA NBA Summer League NBA Summer League Thomas & Mack Center Travel UNLV

NBA Is Here In Las Vegas! The Summer League, Not A Team (Yet)

July 11, 2025July 13, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Albert Hall, Bill Foley, Cooper Flagg, LeBron James, Warren LeGarie

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The Woodstock of

LVCVA Chief Strategy Officer Ed Finger (right) leans back at Tuesday's board meeting. Finger is overseeing the CFP title game contract bidding process at the LVCVA. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Allegiant Stadium College football LVCVA

LVCVA Extends Deadline To July 18 For Companies To Apply For 2027 College Football National Championship Game Contract

July 10, 2025July 10, 2025 Alan Snel Ed Finger, Jeff Motley, Lisa Motley, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — If sports marketing is your expertise, then you have a chance

Tim Leiweke. Photo credit: Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance

Stadiums/Arenas (General) T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center

Arena Builder Tim Leiweke Who Proposed NBA-Ready Venue In Las Vegas Indicted For Bid-Rigging In Texas; Leiweke Steps Down As Oak View Group CEO

July 10, 2025July 11, 2025 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Tim Leiweke

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Arena builder Tim Leiweke’s aim to build an NBA arena in

A's A's Stadium Allegiant Stadium Formula 1 Formula One Grand Prix Las Vegas Grand Prix Liberty Media NBA NBA Summer League Raiders Raiders Stadium Raiders Team Sports Marketing Stadiums/Arenas (General) UNLV

With Las Vegas Locals Making An Average $70K A Year, Can They Afford Vegas’ High End Sports Prices?

July 9, 2025July 10, 2025 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, John Fisher, Marc Badain

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The sports options in Las Vegas seem endless. But for Las Vegas,

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill

College Basketball LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

After LVSportsBiz.com Reported LVCVA Contract Bidding Problems, LVCVA CEO Steve Hill Tells Board ‘Process Did Not Meet Our Standards’

July 8, 2025July 9, 2025 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Jeff Motley, Jim Gibson, Lisa Motley, Melissa Grossman, Michael Naft, Richard Manhattan, Steve Hill

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The LVCVA

Steve Hill, LVCVA CEO

Allegiant Stadium LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

LVCVA Board To Vote Tuesday On Spending $26 Million On College Basketball’s Final Four In 2028

July 5, 2025July 5, 2025 Alan Snel Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — LVCVA staff will be asking the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

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.

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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.