Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Golden Knights forward Ryan Carpenter has a finance and accounting background at Bowling Green.

Golden Knights

The Skating Accountant: VGK’s Carpenter Shares Bowling Green Roots with GM GM and VGK Prospect

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 Alan Snel George McPhee, Ryan Carpenter

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com He’s not quite ready to negotiate his own contract like Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew

Floyd Mayweather counting his money during a Las Vegas Aces game last season.

Boxing

Contrasting Career Choices: Pacquiao, Mayweather Followed Different Paths After ‘Fight of the Century’ in 2015

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 Alan Snel Adrien Broner, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao

By CASSANDRA COUSINEAU LVSportsBiz.com In early May it will be four years since Manny Pacquiao met up with Floyd

Raiders owner Mark Davis at a Las Vegas Aces WNBA game last season in 2018.

Raiders Team

Raiders Stadium Architect Also Designing Owner Davis’ New House in Summerlin

January 17, 2019January 17, 2019 Alan Snel David Manica, Don Webb, Marc Badain, Marc Davis

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Raiders owner Mark Davis has a reputation for being a down-to-earth, fun-loving guy with his

Lights

Inside Las Vegas Sports Marketing: Lights FC Owner Brett Lashbrook Says Expect More Zaniness in Year 2

January 15, 2019February 8, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Brett Lashbrook brought professional soccer to downtown Las Vegas and fans responded well with crowds

Sports writer Jemele Hill of The Athletic (left) at CES last week.

Column

How Jemele Hill Became the ‘Accidental Activist’

January 15, 2019 Alan Snel Donald Trump, Jemele Hill

By CASSANDRA COUSINEAU LVSportsBiz.com Jemele Hill is an Emmy award-winning journalist, staff writer for the Atlantic, and co-founder of

Raiders President Marc Badain standing in front of team headquarters rendering at a groundbreaking event Monday in Henderson.

Raiders Team

Raiders Officially Plant Headquarters Roots in Henderson with Groundbreaking for $75 Million Training Center

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Jim Plunkett, Jonas Peterson, Marc Badain

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com When you’re the Second City in a market with the name recognition of Las Vegas

LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O'Donnell

Gambling

On Sports Betting: A Week of Clemson and Golden Knights Decisions

January 14, 2019 Alan Snel

By DANIEL BEHRINGER LVSportsBiz.com Midway through the College Football Playoff Championship, we had a decision to make. The second-half

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Stadium Project Means Headquarters Groundbreaking in Henderson Monday

January 13, 2019January 13, 2019 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders $1.8 billion stadium project is the main construction event just off the Strip,

Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

T-Mobile Arena Installs Safety Posts at Venue’s West VIP Entrance; VGK $3 Ticket Improvement Fee Revenue Helps Pay for Bollards

January 13, 2019 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com T-Mobile Arena has installed a couple dozen heavy steel posts known as “bollards” to protect

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman at a news conference at T-Mobile Arena last season. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

NHL Commish Bettman at VGK Games This Week to Check Player and Puck Tracking Technologies

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Alan Snel Gary Bettman, John Dellapina

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was at T-Mobile Arena for two Vegas Golden Knights games this

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.