Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

By ALAN SNEL With the start of the team’s inaugural season just a few months away, the Vegas Golden Knights

Minor league soccer team owner Brett Lashbrook (named after former Kansas City Royals baseball star George Brett) recently told the Las Vegas City Council that Vegas is ready for pro soccer. Photo credit: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Soccer

The New Minister of Soccer in Las Vegas Promises a Pro Team with Pizzazz and Flair

July 25, 2017 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook

By ALAN SNEL Brett Lashbrook doesn’t mind that a new NHL team will start later this year or that the

T-Mobile Arena sign says no face-to-face purchases of boxing match tickets at arena.

Boxing T-Mobile Arena

Don’t Even Think About Buying Mayweather vs McGregor Tickets at the T-Mobile Arena Ticket Windows

July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather, Royce Feour

By ALAN SNEL LAS VEGAS — The ticket windows at T-Mobile Arena said it all Monday morning. “There will be

The Golden Knights' training facility, officially called City National Arena, opens later this summer.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Cut Naming Rights Deal for Practice Facility, Calling it City National Arena

July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By ALAN SNEL The Vegas Golden Knights have cut a naming rights deal with a Los Angeles-based bank for the

Executive Chef Garry DeLucia shows some of Levy's premium offerings.

Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

T-Mobile Arena’s Executive Chef Offers Delights for Foodie Fans

July 23, 2017August 1, 2017 Alan Snel Garry DeLucia

LVSportsBiz.com founder/writer’s note: Arenas are just not for sports anymore. They’re entertainment centers where not only hard-core sports and music

State Senator Tick Segerblom predicts marijuana will be able to be consumed one day at the Raiders stadium.

Raiders Stadium

Marijuana Proponent State Sen. Segerblom Predicts Black and Silver Haze at Raiders Stadium in Las Vegas in 2020

July 21, 2017July 21, 2017 Alan Snel Sheldon Adelson, Tick Segerblom

By ALAN SNEL Casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson will probably be ticked off when he hears about this, but State Sen.

Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Councilman Ricki Barlow, whose district includes Cashman Field, celebrate minor league soccer coming to Las Vegas in 2018. Photo credit: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Soccer

Las Vegas City Council Approves Lease for New Minor League Soccer Team at Cashman Field in 2018

July 19, 2017July 19, 2017 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Carolyn Goodman, Don Logan

By ALAN SNEL It may not be the Big Leagues of professional soccer, but Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman was

Homeless encampment on Raiders stadium site off Dean Martin Drive in Las Vegas.

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Homeless Encampments Appearing On Raiders Stadium Site In Las Vegas

July 18, 2017 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL Customer Chris Kunkel was at Budget Scooter Parts in an industrial building across the street from the

Credit: Sam Morris/ Las Vegas News Bureau

NBA Summer League Thomas & Mack Center

Lakers Fans Have A Ball At NBA Summer League, Help Set Attendance Record In Vegas

July 16, 2017July 19, 2017 Alan Snel Warren LeGarie

By ALAN SNEL The 11-day NBA Summer League with 24 teams ended Monday with a Los Angeles Lakers celebration for

Cashman Field normally is the home field for the Las Vegas 51s baseball team, but it will be converted into a soccer field for the USL team next year.

51s Aviators Soccer

Las Vegas Rebounds from Major League Soccer Defeat in 2015 with new Minor League Club for 2018

July 14, 2017January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Carolyn Goodman, Don Logan

By ALAN SNEL Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and her husband, Oscar, the former mayor, have dreamed of an NBA

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.

Author: Alan Snel

Golden Knights Hire Former Tampa Bay Bucs Marketing Exec as New Chief Marketing Officer