Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

This is the 18th home at the Wynn Golf Course.

Wynn Golf Course Kept Open For 1 Extra Week For Employees With A Pay-to-Play Catch

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 Alan Snel Steve Wynn

By DENNIS SILVERS We’re saying good-bye to the famed Wynn Golf Course on the Strip, but it did get

Local 872 leader Tommy White said he wants members to be in the position to enjoy the market's growth of sports. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Local 872 Building Sports Resume, Adding New Broadcast Studio and Partnering With Las Vegas Lights Soccer Club

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 Alan Snel Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL Everyone from MGM Resorts International to Howard Hughes Corp. to hotel-casino owner Derek Stevens is hitching

Several hundred dog lovers came to City National Arena in hopes of adopting one of the abandoned Pomeranian dogs. Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Puppies, a First-Place Hockey Team, and Christmas in a Week — Golden Knights Strike Marketing Gold

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By ALAN SNEL Golden Knights hockey. Abandoned Pomeranians. Christmas a week away. Combine all three and you have

The infamous photo from last year when former Florida Panthers coach Gerard Gallant took a taxi after he was fired in late November 2016.

Golden Knights

Now It’s The Golden Knights Coach’s Turn To Win Some Payback Against A Former Team

December 17, 2017December 17, 2017 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant

By ALAN SNEL It began with a straight-to-the-heart Opening Night ceremony and then four goals in the first nine

National Finals Rodeo

National Finals Rodeo Attendance Hits 168,952 For 10-Day Run

December 17, 2017December 17, 2017 Alan Snel Boyd Polhamus, Shawn Davis

By ALAN SNEL Attendance for National Finals Rodeo at Thomas & Mack Center neared 170,000 for its 10-day run.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Show Chivalrous Behavior To All Living Creatures — Even Pomeranians

December 16, 2017December 17, 2017 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL Chivalry is not dead — and even if you’re a Pomeranian dog looking to be adopted

Penguins fans have invaded T-Mobile Arena tonight.

Golden Knights

Arena Usher Supervisor Tells Staff to Expect 55% Penguins Fans at Tonight’s Golden Knights Game

December 14, 2017December 15, 2017 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL Pittsburgh Penguins fans have invaded the Vegas Golden Knights’ fortress tonight and ushers told LVSportsBiz,com that about

Raiders President Marc Badain said Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak gave a "kick in the ass" to the stadium process in Las Vegas.

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Prez Badain Says County Commish Sisolak Gave LV Stadium Process a ‘Kick in the Ass’

December 14, 2017December 15, 2017 Alan Snel Len Jessup, Marc Badain, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak gave the Raiders stadium process a “kick in the ass,” according

UNLV hopes to have a stadium lease deal with the Raiders soon. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Raiders Stadium UNLV

UNLV Deal to Use Raiders Stadium to Be Discussed at Thursday’s Stadium Board Meeting

December 13, 2017 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL The Raiders and UNLV are moving closer to a deal that will allow the university’s football

The NFR cowboy on skates -- not horseback -- is denied by NHL Golden Knights goalie Marc-Andre Fleury on a breakaway.

Golden Knights National Finals Rodeo

NFR Cowboys Hit The Ice, Give Golden Knights Goalie Fleury 1-on-1 Practice

December 13, 2017December 13, 2017 Alan Snel Marc Andre-Fleury

By ALAN SNEL When you consider pain is a universal language in the sports of hockey and rodeo, it

July 5, 2021

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LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.

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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president 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

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

LVSportsBiz number for 2025: $1,178,161,041. That’s the amount of debt Las Vegas (actually, Clark County) owes for its public share of building the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.