Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

March Madness at Red Rock Resort Thursday.

Nobody Does March Madness Like Vegas

March 15, 2018March 16, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com No city does March Madness like Las Vegas, which has the sports gambling and hospitality

Golden Knights' business staffers led by team President Kerry Bubolz win "Commissioner's Award" for team launch this season. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Garner First Trophy — Commissioner’s Award For Team Launch

March 14, 2018March 14, 2018 Alan Snel Gary Bettman, Kerry Bubolz, Todd Pollock

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The NHL season is not quite over yet, but the first-year Vegas Golden Knights have

A Pac-12 committee has recommended ending the one-and-done rule.

Basketball

Pac-12 Basketball Task Force Recommends Ending NBA’s One-and-Done Rule

March 13, 2018 Alan Snel Condoleezza Rice, Dan Guerrero, Larry Scott

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Pac-12 Conference has proposed a slew of college basketball reforms such as ending the

March Madness is here in Las Vegas.

Basketball

March Madness With A Pinch of Brand Power and TV Ratings

March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 Alan Snel Bobby Hurley, Bruce Rasmussen, Deandre Ayton, Jovan Mooring, Trae Young

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com There’s power in commercial brands. And that brings us to the NCAA men’s national

There's a buzz around Tiger Woods again.

Golf

Tiger Woods May Have Finished T-Second At Valspar, But He’s Still Not A Smart Bet To Win Masters

March 12, 2018 Alan Snel Tiger Woods

By DENNIS SILVERS LVSportsBiz.com I can just see it now. With a T-2 finish at Valspar this past

UNLV in action during the Mountain West Conference basketball tourney. MWC officials have extended their stay at Thomas & Mack Center through 2020.

Basketball

Despite Small Mountain West Tourney Crowds, MWC Extends Tournament Stay At Thomas & Mack One Year To 2020

March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Mountain West Conference has extended its basketball tournament in Las Vegas for one more

The Mint 400 is here this week.

Mint 400

Mint 400 Off-Road Race Looks To Carve Bigger Piece From Vegas Sports Market

March 9, 2018March 9, 2018 Alan Snel KJ Howe, Matt Martelli, Nolan Woodrell, Rob MacCachren

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Matt Martelli has invested $10 million in the Mint 400 since he and his brother,

The Pac-12 will have its men's and women's hoops tourneys in Vegas through 2020.

Basketball

Pac-12 Moves Women’s Basketball Tourney To Las Vegas, Extends Men’s Tourney To 2020

March 8, 2018 Alan Snel Larry Scott

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Pac-12 enjoys Las Vegas so much that the conference is moving the women’s basketball

The Mountain West eSports Showdown between UNLV and Boise State debuts this week.

Esports

Mountain West Hoops Tourney Breaks Out eSports Event At UNLV

March 8, 2018March 8, 2018 Alan Snel Chelsea Maag, David Lee, Robert Rippee

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com As UNLV’s basketball team battled the Nevada squad from Reno in the Mountain West hoops

Stanford's Groovy Band Cowbells Vegas

Basketball

Stanford’s Groovy Band (and Tree) Give Vegas More Cowbell

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com As Stanford’s basketball team was crushing California’s hoops squad at T-Mobile Arena, a little-known tragedy

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.