Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Follow LVSportsBiz.com through the Vegas Golden Knights playoffs. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

Golden Knights/Foley Vs. LA Kings/Anschutz Begins This Week At Arena Partly-Owned By Both Team Owners

April 8, 2018April 9, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Dan Ackerman, Phil Anschutz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Vegas Golden Knights and Bill Foley vs. the Los Angeles Kings and Phil Anschutz.

Last home-opener for 51s at Cashman Thursday night. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

51s Aviators

Cashman Field’s Final Home-Opener For 51s Brings Dollar Beer Night, Thirsty Fans and Some Sentimental Memories

April 5, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Chuck Johnson, Don Logan

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com He was the first fan in the ballpark when the Cashman Field gates opened in

Polaris Avenue closed because of Raiders stadium flood channel work.

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Stadium Flood Channel Work Forces Closure Of Polaris Avenue

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Work crews building the $1.8 billion Raiders stadium had Polaris Avenue closed Wednesday as they

Steve Sisolak is using his love for the Golden Knights as part of his gubernatorial campaign strategy. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Sisolak Uses Golden Knights Game Images For Gubernatorial Campaign TV Ad During Last Night’s VGK Broadcast

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 Alan Snel Chris Giunchigliani, Marc Badain, Steve Sisolak

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The intersection of sports and politics was on full display during the broadcast of the

It's photo day for the Las Vegas 51s and their bat dog, Finn.

51s Aviators

51s Will Spend Summer Saying Adios To Cashman While Mapping Details For New Summerlin Ballpark

April 3, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Chuck Johnson, Finn the bat dog, Jerry Reuss

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It’s a pro baseball spring rite — the team photo on the ball field where

Founding partner Joe Maloof worked with his brothers to sell Las Vegas to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights Sports Marketing

Exclusive: Birth Of Golden Knights Began With Maloofs’ Trips To NHL Commish Bettman In NY

April 2, 2018February 13, 2026 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Gavin Maloof, George Maloof, Joe Maloof, Phil Maloof

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Before a soft-spoken Swede made time stand still in Las Vegas Saturday night with hockey’s

More history.

Golden Knights

At Final Home Game, Golden Knights Clinch Pacific Division Crown Thanks To Wild Bill’s Highlight-Reel Goal Before Season’s Biggest Crowd

March 31, 2018March 31, 2018 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Here we are on March 31, the final home game of the season, and the

El Chelis says don't say, "puto," at Lights games.

Lights

El Chelis Tells Fans On Video Released Friday To Stop Shouting ‘Puto’ Slur At Las Vegas Lights Soccer Games

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 Alan Snel El Chelis, Joel Huiqui

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com suggested a month ago the Las Vegas Lights’ colorful coach/technical director, El Chelis, tell

This limited edition poster will be selling for $70.20 each and only 702 were made.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Selling The Mother Of All Game Posters For $70.20 At Arsenal Team Store

March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com For you Vegas Golden Knights game day poster collectors out there — and I know

Will the "Golden Pipes" be picked to perform the national anthem during the Golden Knights home playoff games?

Golden Knights

Will Golden Knights Call Up ‘Golden Pipes’ For Playoff Anthem Duty?

March 29, 2018March 30, 2018 Alan Snel Carnell Johnson, Jim Cornelison, Rene Rancourt

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com His rich, classical-opera bass voice fills T-Mobile Arena, with anthem purists appreciating his no-nonsense, traditional

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.