Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Golden Knights Drop Home Game to Division Rival San Jose, 3-2

January 10, 2019January 11, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Daly, Gary Bettman, Kerry Bubolz, Shaquille O'Neal

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Shaquille O’Neal watched a Vegas Golden Knights game

VGK President Kerry Bubolz chats with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman right and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly left. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Sports Commissioners Visiting Las Vegas During CES Week

January 10, 2019January 10, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, David Levy, Gary Bettman, Jack Dorsey, Jerry Jones, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com They come to CES just like you do — to chit-chat with industry buddies, walk

Esports

Esports Company HyperX Uses Las Vegas Esports Arena to Launch Marketing Campaign

January 10, 2019January 10, 2019 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Gordon Hayward, Joel Imbiid, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Malcolm Subban

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by Daniel Clark The California-based esports equipment maker that bought

Basketball

NBA Commish Silver Talks Twitter, But Sidesteps Questions on Las Vegas Franchise and Sports Betting

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, David Levy, Jim Murren, Kerry Bubolz, LeBron James

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Adam Silver is easy to pick out. Just look for the skinny, tall, head-shaven

Marc-Andre Fleury racks up another win.

Golden Knights

Perhaps No Free Doughnuts, But Golden Knights Rack Up Another Win with Pirri Goal, Tough Guy Reaves Fight

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Alan Snel Cameron Hughes, Cody Eakin, Marc Andre-Fleury

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Marc-Andre Fleury sat in front of

This helmet might just save your life.

Bicycling

CES Brings Mobs of Visitors, Exhibitors To 11 Las Vegas Sites; Crowds Total 180,000 This Week

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The colossal Consumer Electronics Show — with its 180,000 visitors and exhibitors from 160 countries

Gambling Jim Murren

Ex-Gov. Sandoval Lands Job with MGM Resorts, Will Focus on Sports Betting

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Hornbuckle, Brian Sandoval, Jim Murren, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Brian Sandoval’s parachute has landed on MGM Resorts International’s headquarters. One day after Nevada’s

Uncategorized

On Sports Betting: In Las Vegas, It Pays to Have the Right Number

January 7, 2019 Alan Snel

By Daniel Behringer LVSportsBiz.com In Las Vegas, it’s all about the number. And we saw no better evidence of

Speedway

Inside Las Vegas Sports Marketing: LV Motor Speedway Sales & Marketing VP Kevin Camper on Selling Two NASCAR Weekends a Year

January 7, 2019February 8, 2019 Alan Snel Kevin Camper

By ALAN SNEL LVsportsBiz.com Kevin Camper has a good handle on the sports marketing scene in Las Vegas. As

Hot stuff: Golden Knights tickets. Photo credits: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights’ High Ticket Costs Mean Hockey Fans Face Hard Decisions

January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 Alan Snel Alex Tuch, Max Pacioretty

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Expensive hockey tickets sometimes have unexpected consequences. The obvious result is that fans just

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.