Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

The Golden Knights are expanding their team store at their training center in Summerlin.

VGK Expand Arsenal Team Store, Spruce Up Training Center

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Ice skaters shared the Golden Knights training center rinks with venue improvement workers Thursday as

The Aces jersey lacks a marquee sponsor across the top and has a clean look. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

WNBA Aces

Aces In No Rush To Sign Up Marquee Corporate Partner For Uniform

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 Alan Snel Lance Evans

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Take a look at the Las Vegas Aces basketball jersey and you will notice something

Clark County Commission Steve Sisolak, who is the Democratic nominee for governot, does not believe the Bali Hai Golf Club land will be part of the Raiders stadium proposal.

Raiders Stadium

Sisolak Doesn’t Believe Bali Hai Golf Site Will Be Part of Raiders Stadium Parking Proposal

August 15, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak told LVSportsBiz.com Wednesday that he didn’t think the Bali

Former UNLV Athletic Director Jim LIvengood said Las Vegas is now a player to host NCAA sports championships.

Sports Tourism

Las Vegas Poised To Host NCAA Championship Events Thanks To Under-the-Radar Efforts

August 15, 2018August 15, 2018 Alan Snel D.J. Allen, Jim Livengood, Pat Christenson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com For decades the NCAA shied away from staging its national tournaments and sports championship events

Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland was crammed into a race car Monday and liked the spin around the speedway track.

Golden Knights Speedway

Las Vegas’ New NASCAR Race – Sept. 16’s South Point 400 – Takes Free Pub and Misters Any Way It Can

August 13, 2018August 15, 2018 Alan Snel Chris Powell, Deryk Engelland, Kurt Busch, Michael Gaughan, Sally Gaughan, Shane Hnidy

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Photos by Daniel Clark, LVSportsBiz.com If you own water misters and anything

Boxer Floyd "Money" Mayweather checks his money during Aces game Thursday night.

WNBA Aces

Aces’ First Season in Las Vegas Winds Down as Playoff Hopes Slip Away

August 10, 2018August 12, 2018 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Tamera Young

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Las Vegas — There was undefeated boxer Floyd “Money”

UNLV Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois in 2017. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV

UNLV Football Jerseys Don’t Show New Logo; Time To Drop New Logo and Create New One For Just-Released Branding Campaign

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The UNLV sports department rolled out a new “Be a Rebel” branding campaign last week and

Golden Knights have created the "VGK Culture" Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights’ Front Office Spells Out Business Lessons With Hockey Terms — (Remember, Office is Just Off Ice)

August 8, 2018August 8, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman had weekly calls with Vegas Golden Knights executives during

VGK President Kerry Bubolz expects less opponent team fans inside T-Mobile Arena in Year 2. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Try To Find Better Balance Between VGK and Visiting Team Fans at T-Mobile Arena in Season 2

August 6, 2018August 6, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gerard Gallant, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com For Vegas Golden Knights President Kerry Bubolz, it’s all about finding the right balance of

The mascots for Las Vegas sports teams gathered Saturday night at the Las Vegas Lights soccer match. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Lights

Mascots Endure Sweltering Conditions At Las Vegas Lights Game; First Time All Five LV Mascots Gather

August 5, 2018August 5, 2018 Alan Snel Clint McComb

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It’s a beastly, 100-degree-plus heat on the pitch at Cashman Field, where the Las

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.