Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

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

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

McGregor is worth too much money to UFC to not be fighting in the Octagon.

UFC WNBA Aces

Harmonic Convergence of Aces’ Travel Woes, McGregor/White and Wild Bill Shows Power of The Mighty Dollar

August 4, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com After the Las Vegas Aces travel headaches, you have to wonder how many metal dollies

AD Desiree Reed-Francois with UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez

UNLV

Faced With Competitive Las Vegas Sports Market, UNLV Athletics Release ‘Be A Rebel’ Branding Campaign

August 2, 2018 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com When Desiree Reed-Francois arrived on the UNLV campus from Virginia Tech in 2017, she

Will baseball and Howard Hughes Corporation be combined into a new Aviators name in Summerlin?

51s Aviators

When You’re Naming Housing Developments, ‘Reverence,’ You’re Probably Not Going To Give Your Ball Team an Irreverent Name

August 2, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Cosmo, Howard Hughes

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It’s no secret Howard Hughes Corporation, owners of the Las Vegas 51s, is considering re-naming

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.