Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

LVSportsBiz’s Game of Numbers

August 18, 2017January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather

By ALAN SNEL 32,500 One Floor E, Row B ticket price for Mayweather-McGregor boxing match at T-Mobile Arena Aug.

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

No Major Raiders Stadium Issues Solved, But the Stadium Pictures Were Pretty

August 17, 2017August 18, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Hornbuckle, Don Webb, Marc Badain, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL There are some major issues facing the nine Las Vegas business leaders who sit on the

The Laborers of Local 872 wears the same colors of the Raiders.

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

LVSportsBiz’s Raiders Stadium Confidential: Skirmish Over Community Benefits Plan and More

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 Alan Snel Aaron Ford, Ken Evans, Marc Badain, Steve Sisolak, Tommy White, Tony Marnell

By ALAN SNEL While the Raiders look for more parking spaces for their $1.9 billion subsidized Las Vegas stadium

McMullan's Irish Pub will have this vehicle fully wrapped in about ten days. It will ferry customers to and from Vegas Golden Knights games at T-Mobile Arena.

Golden Knights

McMullan’s Pub Hops Marketing Bus, Will Ferry Golden Knights Fans Who Buy Meals to Games at T-Mobile Arena

August 15, 2017August 15, 2017 Alan Snel Brian McMullan

BY ALAN SNEL Brian McMullan figured at least 200 customers at his popular Irish pub are Vegas Golden Knights

Tommy White, Local 872 business manager and secretary-treasurer, addresses union members at a Raiders stadium rally at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas Sunday. Photo Credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Union Construction Workers Celebrate Their Love For Raiders — and the Subsidized Stadium

August 13, 2017August 13, 2017 Alan Snel Sheldon Adelson, Steve Sisolak, Tommy White

By ALAN SNEL From afar, the scene at Craig Ranch Regional Park off a six-lane suburban road appeared to

Gavin Maloof (left) and Joe Maloof (right) are pictured with their Never Too Hungover product and the $880,000 bet on Floyd Mayweather to beat Conor McGregor.

Column

LVSportsBiz.com Exclusive: Maloofs Place $880,000 Bet on Mayweather to Beat McGregor in Mega-Boxing Bout

August 12, 2017August 12, 2017 Alan Snel Adrienne Maloof, Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather, Gavin Maloof, Joe Maloof

By ALAN SNEL The Maloof family, of Las Vegas, which owns a minority stake in the Vegas Golden Knights,

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval welcomes a new minor league soccer team in Las Vegas.

Soccer

Cheers, Horns and a New Soccer Team in Downtown Las Vegas

August 12, 2017August 12, 2017 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Brian Sandoval, Carolyn Goodman

By ALAN SNEL The mood inside the Zappos theater at mid-day Friday was super-jovial, a pep rally where even

Boxing UFC

McGregor-Mayweather Boxing Match A Very Different Promotion Event For UFC

August 11, 2017August 12, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Floyd Mayweather, Kenny Mayne

By ALAN SNEL There’s not a better sports organization in the world that promotes and markets its product better

Vegas Golden Knights season ticket holder Norm Nusbaum does the "3 Questions For A Fan" feature with LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

LVSportsBiz.com’s New Feature: ‘3 Questions For A Fan’

August 10, 2017August 10, 2017 Alan Snel Norm Nusbaum

Note from LVSportsBiz.com founder/writer Alan Snel: LVSportsBiz is debuting a new fun feature called 3 Questions for a Fan. Too much

Jonny Greco, Golden Knights VP for events & entertainment, is overseeing the off-ice entertainment elements before, during and after the game.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Look To Entertain Fans With Performers Off Ice As Well As On Ice

August 9, 2017August 10, 2017 Alan Snel Jonny Greco

By ALAN SNEL Talk about a daunting — but potentially, fun — challenge. It’s Jonny Greco’s job to create an

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.