Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Ticket Sales Never Stop In Las Vegas As More Teams And Events Saturate Sports-Crazed Market

July 3, 2025July 3, 2025 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — There’s no down time for Las Vegas’ sports industry and the year-round

Bicycling Sports Tourism Travel

Paved Trail Grows In Red Rock: Groundbreaking (Finally) For 19-Mile Road Safety Trail Through Red Rock Corridor From Summerlin To Blue Diamond Road Tuesday

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 Alan Snel Heather Fisher, Justin Jones, Ryan Chatterton, Susie Lee

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne LAS VEGAS, Nevada — As is the case with regrettably

Clark County Commissioner Jim Gibson, who is chairman of the LVCVA board 0f directors. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Allegiant Stadium College football LVCVA Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

LVCVA Rebidding Job For 2027 CFP Title Game In Vegas After Telling LVCVA Board Chair Jim Gibson In March That Bid Process Was Fine

June 30, 2025July 1, 2025 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Jeff Motley, Jim Gibson, Lisa Motley, Melissa Grossman, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It’s not every day the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA),

Allegiant Stadium Boxing Marketing Raiders Stadium Sports Marketing UNLV

Allegiant Stadium Announces It Will Host Canelo Vs Crawford Mega-Fight Sept. 13; UNLV Football Game Switched To Aug. 23 From Sept. 13

June 27, 2025June 28, 2025 Alan Snel Canelo Alvarez, Dana White, Erick Harper, Terence Crawford, Turki Alalshikh

By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.Boxing Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Allegiant Stadium has already contacted fans in hopes of selling tickets for

Ed Finger, LVCVA Chief Strategy Officer

Allegiant Stadium LVCVA Marketing Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

Let’s Try This Again: After Issues With First Bidding Process, LVCVA Holds Virtual Meeting For Companies Interested In CFP Championship Game Job In 2027

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 Alan Snel Ed Finger, Melissa Grossman, Molly Castano, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It’s a government organization that people know by five letters

Aces Michelob Ultra Arena WNBA WNBA Aces

No Comeback This Time: Las Vegas Aces Lose To Washington By 11 Thursday

June 26, 2025 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Dana Evans, Lucy Olsen, Sonia Citron, Sug Sutton

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS,

Comeback of the bicycle in the age of a coronavirus pandemic.

Bicycling

Cities Of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas Earn Low Bicycle Network Scores, According To 2025 People For Bikes City Ranking Report

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 Alan Snel Debra March, Jacob Snow

PSA PSA By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — If you’re in the cities of Las Vegas and

A's owner John Fisher

A's A's Stadium LVCVA Sports Tourism Stadium Board Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Miracle On The Strip: A’s Celebrate Groundbreaking Of Partially-Subsidized $1.75 Billion MLB Stadium, Insist It Will Host First Pitch In 2028

June 23, 2025June 25, 2025 Alan Snel Dallas Braden, Dina Titus, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Logan Gerken, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Rob Manfred, Ross Edwards, Sandy Dean, Steve Hill, Steve Yeager, Tommy White

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne

Aces Basketball T-Mobile Arena WNBA WNBA Aces

Las Vegas Aces Bounce Back In Fourth Quarter To Defeat Indiana Fever, 89-81, At Sold Out T-Mobile Arena Sunday; 18,547 Fill Venue

June 22, 2025June 24, 2025 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Aaliyah Nye, Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark, Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Mitchell, Sophie Cunningham

This story sponsored by Change Lanes To Pass Bicyclists

Allegiant Stadium Bicycling Sphere T-Mobile Arena

Las Vegas Tripping: Checking A’s Stadium Site, T-Mobile Arena, Raiders Stadium And Even Downtown Via Bicycle

June 21, 2025June 22, 2025 Alan Snel Tony Hsieh

This story sponsored by Las Vegas Cyclery By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — On summer’s second

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

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.