Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Las Vegas Aces coach and president of basketball operations Bill Laimbeer. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

WNBA Aces

Las Vegas Aces Offer Unique Entertainment Attraction — The Tall Dude Who Likes To Berate Refs

August 2, 2018August 2, 2018 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Bill Laimbeer, Brittney Griner, Diana Taurasi, Kayla McBride

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The WNBA has a home in Las Vegas and some of the world’s most

The NBA has reached a historic sports gambling partnership with Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International.

Basketball Gambling

With MGM Resorts and NBA Forging Historic Sports Betting Partnership, When Will This Romance Conceive An NBA Team For MGM’s T-Mobile Arena?

July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Jim Murren

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Now that we have learned that MGM Resorts International has become the official sports betting

Photo posted on Twitter.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Sending Cease-and-Desist Letter to Las Vegas Gun Store for Using VGK Logo and Mark on Glock

July 30, 2018 Alan Snel Eric Tosi, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Vegas Golden Knights officials say they are contacting a Las Vegas gun and ammo shop

Raiders President Marc Badain (left) and Golden Knights President Kerry Bubolz (right) followed different career paths to Las Vegas. Photo credits for this story: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights Raiders Team

Two Big-League Team Presidents Charted Very Different Routes To Las Vegas

July 28, 2018July 30, 2018 Alan Snel Gary Bettman, Kerry Bubolz, Marc Badain, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com One guy has spent his entire adulthood with a single NFL team from California that

UFC

UFC Needs Fresh, Talented Fighters And To Move Away From McGregor, Lesnar Stunts

July 26, 2018 Alan Snel Brad Hunt, Brock Lesnar, Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Demetrious Johnson, Floyd Mayweather, Jon Merrill, Nate Schmidt, Ronda Rousey

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com No sports organization has mixed mano-a-mano cage violence, soap opera and spectacle as successfully as

South Point hotel-casino has a rich motorsports history.

Speedway

South Point Hotel Flooring The Pedal With South Point 400 Title Sponsor Activations

July 25, 2018 Alan Snel Michael Gaughan

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com South Point, the Michael Gaughan-owned hotel-casino that loves rodeo and car racing, stepped up to

UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez chats with local Vegas media Wednesday.

UNLV

UNLV Football Waiting For NCAA Permission To Bring Recruits To Las Vegas Stadium Construction Site

July 25, 2018 Alan Snel Tony Sanchez

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com UNLV football coach Tony Sanchez can easily show the new on-campus football training center

The 'Eat All You Can' ticket deal for UNLV football games was being promoted at Thomas & Mack Arena during the NBA SUmmer League.

UNLV

UNLV Football Using ‘Eat All You Can’ Nachos and Hot Dogs As Bait To Lure Fans To Sam Boyd Stadium

July 24, 2018 Alan Snel Craig Thompson, Josh Watson, Mark Wallington, Mike Bobo, Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It’s no secret that UNLV football games are not exactly the hottest ticket in Las

WNBA Aces

After Sluggish Start, Las Vegas Aces Clicking On and Off Court at Mandalay Bay Events Center

July 22, 2018July 22, 2018 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Kayla McBride, Kelsey Plum, Lance Evans

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by Daniel Clark It was halftime at the Las Vegas Aces –

51s Aviators Basketball Raiders Stadium

LVSportsBiz’s Sunday Insider Look At Las Vegas’ Sports-Business Scene

July 21, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Don Logan, Jim Murren

(Publisher’s Note: LVSportsBiz.com will be talking sports-business with KSNV News 3 Sports Anchor Randy Howe Sunday night after the 11

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.