Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Tom Wagner and his pals wear the VGK hat that Wagner is looking to manufacture. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Former Las Vegas Police Sergeant Working On Golden Knights Novelty Hat

October 20, 2018October 20, 2018 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth, Tom Wagner

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It might just be the Vegas Golden Knights’ answer to the Cheesehead — the novelty

UNLV

No Amount of Marketing and All-You-Can-Eat Nachos Can Replace Winning for UNLV Football

October 19, 2018October 20, 2018 Alan Snel Darren Palmer, Ed Bernstein, Lexington Thomas

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com They’re trying. Before Friday night’s UNLV football game, the athletic department set up

LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O'Donnell. This rendering of the new ballpark shows the pool that will be beyond the centerfield fence.

51s Aviators

Howard Hughes Corp. Sets Up Sales Office In Downtown Summerlin For Its New Summerlin Ballpark

October 19, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Howard Hughes

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Howard Hughes Corporation, the owner of the Las Vegas 51s (soon to be a new

Lights

Lights Owner: On-Field Performance Has To Match Off-Field Success

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com He looked like an older college student, sitting at a work cubicle in a co-working

The WCC basketball tourney at Orleans Arena

Basketball

West Coast Conference Negotiating to Keep Hoops Tourney in Las Vegas

October 18, 2018 Alan Snel Gloria Nevarez

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The West Coast Conference is staging its 11th basketball tournament in Las Vegas in March

Lights

Lights’ New Coach Wants to Stabilize Roster and Forge Stronger Connections with Las Vegas

October 18, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It was the inaugural season for the Las Vegas Lights FC and the soccer team

As serious as Marc-Andre Fleury gets -- free donuts are on the line.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Restore Order at T-Mobile Arena with 4-1 Win over Buffalo

October 16, 2018October 17, 2018 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Another sellout. In fact, 18,321 strong. Another

From left to right, that's senior point guard Noah Robothom, coach Marvin Menzies and senior power forward Shakur Juiston at the Mountain West Media Summit Tuesday at The Cosmo on the Strip.

UNLV

UNLV’s New Point Guard Plays By The Numbers — He’s An Economics Major

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Alan Snel Noah Robotham

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Noah Robotham is a bright 22-year-old economics major at UNLV. When not studying up

Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Sign Up Pogoseat As New Partner

October 15, 2018October 16, 2018 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Vegas Golden Knights fans now have another why to find last-minute tickets after the Knights

OG Photos by Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Column

Olympic Garden Strip Club Owner Pursues Ex-NFL Player For Millions Of Dollars In Ill-Fated Purchase Deal

October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 Alan Snel Dashon Goldson, Peter Eliades

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It’s anticipated the former — and now back to being current — owner of the

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.