Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

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Golden Knights

Golden Knights Fans On Season Ticket Wait List To Be Charged $100 Membership Fee

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com A hockey season for the ages brings business leverage. Vegas Golden Knights fans on

Raiders Stadium

Las Vegas Raiders Stadium/LVCVA Bowed Out Of Bidding For 2026 World Cup Because Of FIFA Demands

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com You might have recalled the Raiders submitting the Las Vegas stadium into the competition to

Even a VGK fan by the name of Steve Sisolak, who won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to run for Nevada governor, was taking photos of the players like William Karlsson.

Golden Knights

‘This City Is Home Now’: Golden Knights With Final Hurrah At Fan Thank You Rally

June 13, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bruce Cusick, Dave Goucher, George McPhee, Nate Schmidt, Shane Hnidy

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It was June 13 and 5:30 p.m. and it was supposed to be Game 7

William Hill is teaming up with the LV Lights to have sports betting on Lights games. Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo/LVSportsBiz.com

Lights

LV Lights FC Soccer Team Partners With William Hill On Sports Betting Deal

June 13, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com We all knew sports gambling would be coming to Las Vegas Lights games. LVSportsBiz.com broke

Golden Knights

Golden Knights To Thank Fans at Fremont Street Event Wednesday — LVSportsBiz.com Offers Our Best Fan Photos

June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights want to thank their fans at “Stick Salute to

Golden Knights' star forward William Karlsson and other Knights players feel the hurt of a Game 5 loss.

Golden Knights

Time Runs Out On Vegas Golden Knights Golden Season, But VGK’s Historic Inaugural Year Left Impact On Vegas Forever

June 7, 2018June 8, 2018 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, Marc Andre-Fleury, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Photos by DANIEL CLARK LVSportsBiz.com The season was over and

A sign at Golden Knights' practice says it all this morning.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Fans Move Into Pep Talk Mode For SCF Game 5 In Las Vegas

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 Alan Snel Marc Andre-Fleury

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Sports seasons come and they go, but this particular hockey season in Las Vegas has

Makers & Finders owner Josh Molina enjoys the 5 a.m. Knights pep rally in Downtown Summerlin.

Golden Knights

What, Your Coffeehouse Doesn’t Have A Vegas Showgirl and Golden Knights Pep Rally At 5 AM?

June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It was 4:30 a.m. on Golden Knights game day Thursday when Josh Molina opened his Makers

VGK coach Gerard Gallant after Monday night's loss.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Fans Feel The Hurt of VGK’s Painful Game 4 Loss to Capitals In Cup Finals In D.C.

June 4, 2018June 5, 2018 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Washington, D.C. — There was the flamingo couple, Drew and Sarah Johnson. And Christopher Green,

Caps merch sales boomed for Game 3.

Golden Knights

Capitals Generate Nearly $500,000 In Merchandise Sales At Capital One Arena For Game 3 Against VGK

June 4, 2018June 4, 2018 Alan Snel Alex Ovechkin, Malcolm Subban, Shea Theodore

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Washington, D.C. — After the Vegas Golden Knights scored gold with $33-per-fan merchandise sales at

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.