Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

The Las Vegas Aviators' new logo -- hard to figure it out at first glance.

51s Aviators

New Las Vegas Aviators Name and Logo: Safe Name Markets Howard Hughes Corp. and Logo Difficult to Figure Out

December 8, 2018January 28, 2019 Alan Snel

BY ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The new Las Vegas Aviators name is a safe, sound and marketing-oriented moniker for the

VGK forward Max Pacioretty, traded Photo credits: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Players Moonlight as Car Hawkers + Other LVSportsBiz News

December 7, 2018 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, Max Pacioretty, Nate Schmidt, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com On a cold and cloudy day in Las Vegas in early December, let’s get down

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Attract Monster Crowd for 4-3 Win Over Chicago

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Alan Snel Alex Tuch

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell With the Chicago Blackhawks in the Big

The Las Vegas Lights FC is known for its wacky marketing stunts like the helicopter cash drop at halftime of a game last season. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Lights

Lights Return to Wacky Marketing Ways, Searching for World’s ‘Most Interesting Player’

December 6, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Eric Wynalda

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com You get the sense that Brett Lashbrook was probably having a little marketing withdrawal this

VGK licensed merch is doing well around the world. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Selling Licensed Merchandise to Fans in 120 Countries; VGK Knock Off Caps, 5-3

December 4, 2018December 5, 2018 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth, Gary Lawless, Marc Andre-Fleury, Nate Schmidt, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photo gallery by J. Tyge O’Donnell Fans around the world in 120

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Will Have Sister Expansion Team in Division — New NHL Seattle Franchise Starts in 2021-22

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Alan Snel David Bonderman, Jerry Bruckheimer

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Starting in 2021-22, the Vegas Golden Knights will not be the newest team in the

Gambling

On Sports Betting: Maybe the Sharps Aren’t the Real Wiseguys After All

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Alan Snel

By DANIEL BEHRINGER LVSportsBiz.com So much for the sharps. And squares who want to think like sharps. The line

Teams in a new football league pick quarterbacks Tuesday night at the Luxor's esports arena.

Column

New Football League Comes to Las Vegas to Draft Its Teams’ Quarterbacks

November 27, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Polian, Charlie Ebersol, Hines Ward, Mike Singletary

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Somehow, the sports world’s trails of dreams seem to always find their way to Las

Dana White and friends.

UFC

UFC’s White Rips ‘Moron’ ‘Cokehead’ Oscar De La Hoya for Signing of White’s Longtime Friend, Chuck Liddell

November 27, 2018 Alan Snel Chuck Liddell, Dana White, Oscar De La Hoya, Tito Ortiz

By CASSANDRA COUSINEAU LVSportsBiz.com Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White is a ferocious defender of his friends. Just

Photo credit: Daniel Clark

Gambling Jim Murren

Another Sports Partnership for MGM Resorts–This Time, Big League Baseball

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 Alan Snel Jim Murren, Nehme Abouzeid, Robert Manfred

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com This time, it’s Major League Baseball’s logos you will see in MGM Resorts International’s advertisements

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.