Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Howard Hughes Corp.'s Summerlin office is proud to display the 51s baseball jersey.

Exclusive: 51s Owner Howard Hughes Corp. Hires PENTA to Build Summerlin Ballpark

August 29, 2017January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Don Logan, Steve Sisolak, Tom Warden

By ALAN SNEL Las Vegas 51s owner Howard Hughes Corp. has quietly hired general contractor PENTA to build its

Team owner Brett Lashbrook announced the team's name right after midnight today.

Soccer

Light It Up: New Pro Soccer Team Is Named Las Vegas Lights

August 28, 2017August 29, 2017 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL It’s official: Las Vegas’ new pro soccer team will be called, “Las Vegas Lights.” Team

Dana White tells LVSportsBiz.com that PPVs topped 5 million for Saturday's Mayweather-McGregor fight. Photo credit: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Boxing T-Mobile Arena

Dana White: Pay-per-views Top 5 Million, Revenues ‘Destroyed Every Record and Still Growing’

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Floyd Mayweather

By ALAN SNEL UFC President Dana White told LVSportsBiz Monday that pay-per-view buys for Saturday’s Mayweather-McGregor boxing match topped

Life on the ticket-buying streets in front of T-Mobile Arena.

Boxing

The Art of the Scalped Ticket

August 26, 2017August 26, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather

By ALAN SNEL It was two hours before Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor threw their first punches and outside

Big3 title game rolls into MGM Grand garden Arena Saturday.

Basketball

BIG3 Hoops Roll Into Las Vegas, Eclipsed By Hyped Boxing Bout

August 26, 2017 Alan Snel Ice Cube Al Harrington

By ALAN SNEL They played only a few hours before the big “Money Fight” Saturday and the former NBAers

Boxing

Mayweather vs. McGregor, By The Numbers

August 26, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Floyd Mayweather

While we wait to see Dana White’s newest Money Fight T-shirt today on Fight Day in Las Vegas.

Tampa man flies in to Las Vegas to watch Big3 hoops, not boxing spectacle.

Basketball Boxing

Tampa Man Comes to Vegas For Big3, Finds Out There’s Another Sports Event in Town

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather, Gary Payton, Rashad McCants, Rashard Lewis

By ALAN SNEL Basketball fan Jason Wilson came all the way from Tampa to Las Vegas Friday for what

The Vegas Golden Knights thrive to be a regional team, but the Raiders already have the demos to be the team of the West.

Golden Knights Raiders Team

Las Vegas’ Regional Major League Team? More Like the Raiders Than the Golden Knights

August 24, 2017August 24, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Marc Badain

By ALAN SNEL Some LVSportsBiz thoughts while we wait for Conor McGregor’s fashion consultant to draft a few more three-piece

Boxing

With Colorful McGregor Drawing Media Attention, Mayweather’s Infamous Domestic Abuse Record Moves Out of Spotlight

August 23, 2017August 24, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather, Josie Harris, Manny Pacquiao

By ALAN SNEL Two years ago when Floyd Mayweather was a combatant in that particular “fight of the century”

What's driving the bus behind the Mayweather-McGregor boxing match Saturday.

Boxing

From Mayweather and McGregor to Artists and Shirts Peddlers, Everyone Looks to Cash in This Week

August 22, 2017August 22, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather

By ALAN SNEL Everyone knows the room rates double on the Strip when there’s a mega boxing event such

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

UNLV’s sports conference — the Mountain West — has a new slogan and “refreshed brand identity.” Built Bold is the “new defining tagline.”

The Vegas Golden Knights Foundation said it raised $2,001,640 through the 51/49 Raffle during the 2025-26 season. All proceeds came from the team’s home games at T-Mobile Arena from the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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.