Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

There were 30,000 empty seats at the first Super Bowl.

$100 Million+ Wagered In Las Vegas On Big Game That Had Less-Than-Super Roots

January 27, 2018January 30, 2018 Alan Snel Al Davis, Billy Cannon, Joe Foss, Joe Namath, John Brodie, Mark Davis, Roman Gabriel, Vince Lombardi

By Bernie Fratto @berniefratto berniefratto.com It’s been over 120 years since German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche coined his famous phrase;

UNLV's Robert Rippee is averaging an interview a week because esports are so hot right now.

Esports UNLV

Las Vegas Cornering Growing Esports Market

January 26, 2018January 28, 2018 Alan Snel James Weiner, Robert Rippee

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Robert Rippee is a popular guy with reporters these days at UNLV. Rippee, a

The UNLV Soccer Foundation has released conceptual drawings for a new university soccer center on campus.

UNLV

Since Las Vegas Is On A Sports Facility Roll, How About A New UNLV Soccer Center?

January 26, 2018January 26, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Just three days after the UNLV sports folks broke ground for a $28.5 million football

Joey "Poster Child" Totaro said he's good with the Golden Knights' new player autograph policy that focuses on kids having the priority to get autographs. He's pictured here at tonight's Golden Knights-Islanders game.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights ‘Poster Child’ OK With Team’s New Player Autograph Policy

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth, Joey Totaro, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com His nickname is the “Poster Child” because of his penchant for collecting Golden Knights game

The XFL is back -- in 2020. Photo credit: ESPN. YouTube

Column

Not Again; WWE’s McMahon Re-booting XFL 2.0

January 25, 2018 Alan Snel Dan Rovell, Vince McMahon

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com I remember the first time. I remember canning XFL 1.0 back in 2001 for

Kelly Mattson, sports turf manager of World Sports Solutions International, shows the grass that will be used to cover the baseball field infield at Cashman Field so that it can be converted into a soccer field for the new Las Vegas Lights FC soccer team.

Lights

New LV Lights Soccer Club Rolls Out Grass For Free PR (No, Not That Grass)

January 24, 2018 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Kelly Mattson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Your new professional soccer team in Las Vegas is playing its first preseason game in

An email went out today that the Raiders stadium board meeting is cancelled for Thursday. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Raiders Stadium

Thursday’s Raiders Stadium Board Meeting Cancelled; Next Session Is Feb. 15

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Ken Evans, Sean Stewart, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com It was lining up as an interesting meeting with some intense discussions, but today the

It took a while. But UNLV will finally build a football training center. Photo credit: Bryan "Boomer" Kaisk/K6Studios

UNLV

More Shovels In The Ground In LV: This Time, It’s A New UNLV Football Training Center

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Frank Fertitta, Harvey Hyde, Len Jessup, Lorenzo Fertitta

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com UNLV’s football lore does not quite match up to the mystique of its basketball

A Golden Knights worker monitors game day post table to make sure fans take one poster. In previous games, fans were taking as many as 25 or 30 posters, with some people selling them on eBay.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Cracking Down On Game Day Poster Hogs

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 Alan Snel Brad Hunt, Brian Killingsworth, Joey Totaro, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Those free Vegas Golden Knights player posters in the T-Mobile Arena lobby have become so

The groundbreaking for the Fertitta football complex on the UNLV campus is 2 p.m. Tuesday but not open to the public.

51s Aviators Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena UNLV

After Decades of Sports Construction Dormancy, Las Vegas Market Bullish on New Sports Buildings

January 22, 2018January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bill Walton, Desiree Reed-Francois, Fertitta Family, Floyd Mayweather, Howie Long, Jim Plunkett, Len Jessup, Rebecca Fountain, Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Hardly a month or two passes without a sports construction groundbreaking in the red-hot Las

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.

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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.