Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

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

Golden Knights

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

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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

LVSportsBiz.com’s Written Word Series: Our storytelling focuses on original story lines.

June 2024: A father’s connection

June 2026: Baseball and the radio

April 2018: NHL team born in the desert

March 2020: Gratitude for being alive

June 2017: Birth of a website

August 2026: Team president does it all

BRIEFS

A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

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.