Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Former All-Pro safety Dashon Goldson was involved in a deal to help buy the OG strip club in Las Vegas, but it did not end well. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Investigative Sports Marketing

Deal Gone Bad To Buy OG Strip Club In LV Results In Default Judgment Against Ex-NFL All-Pro Player

March 27, 2018April 19, 2023 Alan Snel Adolpho A. Birch III, Amadou Tall, Christophe Jorcin, Dashon Goldson, Peter Eliades, Vernon Nelson

By ALAN SNEL Copyright LVSportsBiz.com Dashon Goldson is a 33-year-old former NFL All-Pro player with a reputation as a

The Golden Knights' Twitter handle voice, Dan Marrazza, has left the NHL club.

Golden Knights

Voice Behind Golden Knights’ Twitter Account Leaves NHL Club Before Playoffs

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 Alan Snel Dan Marrazza

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Voices in the Twitter handle universe come in all attitudes and styles and nobody will

Golden Knights are heading to the playoffs. LVSportsBiz.com photo by Daniel Clark

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Hope Season Ticket Holders Take Ticket ‘Vow’ For Playoffs

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz, Todd Pollock

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Vegas Golden Knights season ticket holders received their playoff ticket information Tuesday and the message

The NHL's most popular photo Monday night.

Golden Knights

First-Year Golden Knights Clinch Playoff Berth During Historic Season

March 26, 2018March 27, 2018 Alan Snel Erik Haula, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Stanley Cup playoffs. It’s an unprecedented achievement for the first-year Vegas Golden Knights.

LVSportsBiz.com photo by Daniel Clark

Golden Knights

A Season Of Healing After Oct. 1 Mass Shooting In Vegas Comes Full Circle For Golden Knights Tonight With Possible Playoff Clinching On Home Ice

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 Alan Snel Brad Hunt, Gerard Gallant, Jon Merrill, Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith, Roberto Luongo

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Route 91 Harvest country music festival, Las Vegas Strip and Vegas Golden Knights. Oct. 1.

The Golden Knights will thank their fans with free goodies this week. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights To Give Away Free Goodies During Fan Appreciation Week

March 25, 2018March 26, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Self, Darren Rovell, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Sister Jean, Walter O'Malley

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Now come the free goodies for Vegas Golden Knights fans at T-Mobile Arena. The

The two llamas, courtesy of Lights' sponsor Zappos, joined the players for the on-field intros.

Lights

LV Lights FC Draws 9,019 For Soccer Team’s Historic Home Opener; Game Ends In 1-1 Draw

March 24, 2018March 24, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Carolyn Goodman

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Lights FC soccer team was tracking for a sellout for its inaugural

Sadly, Las Vegans know what Parkland, Fla, is going through in the aftermath of another mass shooting.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights’ Merrill On Florida School Shooting Massacre: ‘When Will Enough Be Enough?’

March 24, 2018March 24, 2018 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, J.T. Brown, Jon Merrill, Jonathan Marchessault, LeBron James, Steve Nash

(EDITOR’S NOTE: LVSportsBiz.com is re-publishing this story in light of today’s “March For Our Lives” event. This story was originally

The Las Vegas Lights FC introduce their new mascot Cash before fans and the media at the Red Rock Harley-Davidson on Friday, March 23, 2018, in Las Vegas. L.E. Baskow

Lights

New Las Vegas Lights Soccer Club Rolls Out ‘Cash the Soccer Rocker’ Mascot At New Sponsor’s Dealership

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Chelis

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Lights FC Technical Director Chelis was sporting a big smile. And that’s

Golden Knights fans will help the team generate more ticket revenues in the playoffs. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Playoffs Will Be Multi-Million-Dollar Ticket Sales Windfall For Golden Knights

March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights’ unprecedented run to the Stanley Cup playoffs means the first-year team

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.