Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Vegas Golden Knights to start selling standing-room-only tickets for inaugural season.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Will Sell SRO Tickets During Inaugural Season

August 31, 2017August 31, 2017 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL Sales for individual game tickets for Vegas Golden Knights games are so brisk that the rookie

Las Vegas Bowl Executive Director John Saccenti

Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Las Vegas Bowl Negotiates with Bank for Title Sponsorship Deal

August 31, 2017September 1, 2017 Alan Snel John Saccenti

By ALAN SNEL There have been some attention-grabbing title sponsorships for college bowl games such as the Poulan Weed-Eater

Raising Cane's chicken finger chain cuts one-year, six-figure deal to have Raiders players on the side of its cups and will be official "community partner." That is not an actual cup at the stores.

Raiders Stadium

After Last Week’s Scoop, Raiders and Raising Cane’s Make It Official: They Have a Sponsorship Deal

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Alan Snel Carolyn Goodman, Justin Micatrotto, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com first reported last week the Raiders and Raising Cane’s fastfood chain cut a one-year, six-figure

LVSportsBiz.com: Where sports, business and politics intersect.

Column

Scoop by Scoop, LVSportsBiz.com Is Gaining Traction — Come Join Our Journey

August 30, 2017August 30, 2017 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Carolyn Goodman, Conor McGregor, Dana White, Floyd Mayweather

By ALAN SNEL Any epic journey begins with modest first steps. Less than three months after LVSportsBiz.com

Howard Hughes Corp.'s Summerlin office is proud to display the 51s baseball jersey.

51s Aviators LVCVA

Exclusive: 51s Owner Howard Hughes Corp. Hires PENTA to Build Summerlin Ballpark

August 29, 2017January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Don Logan, Steve Sisolak, Tom Warden

By ALAN SNEL Las Vegas 51s owner Howard Hughes Corp. has quietly hired general contractor PENTA to build its

Team owner Brett Lashbrook announced the team's name right after midnight today.

Soccer

Light It Up: New Pro Soccer Team Is Named Las Vegas Lights

August 28, 2017August 29, 2017 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL It’s official: Las Vegas’ new pro soccer team will be called, “Las Vegas Lights.” Team

Dana White tells LVSportsBiz.com that PPVs topped 5 million for Saturday's Mayweather-McGregor fight. Photo credit: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Boxing T-Mobile Arena

Dana White: Pay-per-views Top 5 Million, Revenues ‘Destroyed Every Record and Still Growing’

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Floyd Mayweather

By ALAN SNEL UFC President Dana White told LVSportsBiz Monday that pay-per-view buys for Saturday’s Mayweather-McGregor boxing match topped

Life on the ticket-buying streets in front of T-Mobile Arena.

Boxing

The Art of the Scalped Ticket

August 26, 2017August 26, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather

By ALAN SNEL It was two hours before Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor threw their first punches and outside

Big3 title game rolls into MGM Grand garden Arena Saturday.

Basketball

BIG3 Hoops Roll Into Las Vegas, Eclipsed By Hyped Boxing Bout

August 26, 2017 Alan Snel Ice Cube Al Harrington

By ALAN SNEL They played only a few hours before the big “Money Fight” Saturday and the former NBAers

Boxing

Mayweather vs. McGregor, By The Numbers

August 26, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Floyd Mayweather

While we wait to see Dana White’s newest Money Fight T-shirt today on Fight Day in Las Vegas.

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.