Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Fans complained about the long line leading to the cashier at The Arsenal retail team store at City National Arena.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights’ ‘Gold Friday’ Sale At Team Shops Draws Lines — To Get In and To Pay

November 24, 2017November 24, 2017 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL The good news was the long line of Golden Knights fans waiting to get into the

UNLV celebrates tonight's big win over Utah.

Basketball UNLV

Seize The Moment, UNLV: Start Marketing Runnin’ Rebels Big-time to Reverse Dismal Attendance

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017 Alan Snel Cliff Findlay, Desiree Reed-Francois, Marvin Menzies, Robbie Findlay

By ALAN SNEL There’s about seven minutes left in tonight’s UNLV-Utah basketball games and the Runnin’ Rebels are blasting

My bicycle parked at T-Mobile Arena tonight for a big UNLV basketball game tonight. Just happy to be here.

Column

Thankful For Life On Thanksgiving

November 22, 2017November 23, 2017 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL It’s Thanksgiving Eve and I bicycled across the Strip to T-Mobile Arena, where I locked up

The NBA Summer League in Las Vegas set an attendance record in July. Photo credits: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Basketball UNLV

Orlando Summer League Closes, Setting Up NBA Summer League Extravaganza In Las Vegas For 2018

November 21, 2017 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL Las Vegas, you want the NBA? You got it. All of it. The

Big UNLV booster Cliff Findlay has two words of advice to boost ticket sales and sponsorships: "Win games."

UNLV

UNLV Faces Big Challenge In Marketing Teams In Las Vegas’ New Competitive Sports Market

November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 Alan Snel Cliff Findlay, Desiree Reed-Francois, James Dean Leavitt, Tony Cordasco

By ALAN SNEL There was a national championship that seems lifetimes ago and Gucci Row and a college basketball

Golden Knights President Kerry Bubolz likes humor in the team homemade videos but they have to be in good taste.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Using Humor In Homemade Videos to Help New Mascot, Promote Goal Horn

November 19, 2017November 19, 2017 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth, Jim "Phil" Frevola, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL The Golden Knights team is off to a hot start — and so are the franchise’s

The new pro soccer team in Las Vegas, the Lights, are based in a former church in downtown Las Vegas.

Uncategorized

Las Vegas’ New Pro Soccer Team Relying On Unpretentious Business Style To Reach Fans, Attract Business Deals

November 17, 2017November 19, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brett Lashbrook, Steve Pastorino

By ALAN SNEL Downtown Las Vegas’ permanent sports team is headquartered in an old church on 3rd Street, where

Good night my sweet girl

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Good-bye to my writing companion

November 14, 2017 Alan Snel

(Note: Pugsy was not a very athletic or sporty dog. But most of the stories you read on LVSportsBiz.com were

The groundbreaking photo most likely to go viral tonight. Photo credit: Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Raiders Stadium Groundbreaking, Vegas-Style

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Desiree Reed-Francois, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Roger Goodell, Tommy White, William Hornbuckle

By ALAN SNEL They celebrated the marriage of Las Vegas and the NFL Raiders today with a stadium groundbreaking

Raiders get ready for their Monday stadium groundbreaking in Las Vegas. Photo credit: Lou DeSalvio Twitter

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Behind That Tough-Guy, Renegade Image Is A Franchise Dealing With Stress Like All Of Us

November 12, 2017 Alan Snel Mark Shearer

By ALAN SNEL Say it ain’t so, Al. The sports franchise known for its bad-ass, renegade, we’ll-move-wherever-whenever-we-want persona

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.