Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Boxing

Alvarez vs. Golovkin, By The Numbers The Day After

September 17, 2017September 17, 2017 Alan Snel Adalaide Byrd, Bob Bennett, Canelo Alvarez, Gennady Golovkin

There was a day when boxing, baseball and horse racing ruled this country’s sporting world, and for one night, boxing’s

City National Arena is closed due to COVID-19

Golden Knights

Golden Knights’ New Training Center Ushers In Ice Age In Las Vegas

September 15, 2017September 15, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Calvin Pickard, Gerard Gallant

By ALAN SNEL Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Calvin Pickard just finished an interview in the VGK’s training center locker

Raiders President Marc Badain answers a few questions from the media scrum after Thursday's Las Vegas Raiders Stadium Authority board meeting.

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

After Thursday’s LV Stadium Authority Board Meeting, Does Stadium Panel Represent Public or Raiders?

September 14, 2017September 15, 2017 Alan Snel Ken Evans, Marc Badain, Steve Hill

By ALAN SNEL The Oakland Raiders’ march to their new $1.8 billion domed stadium in Las Vegas includes a

Golden Knights

Lt Gov. Hutchison, Owner Foley Coming For City National Arena Grand Opening Event Monday; New Team Store Opens Monday

September 13, 2017September 15, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brian Sandoval

By ALAN SNEL Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison and Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley will participate in a ceremonial

Column Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena UFC UNLV

LVSportsBiz.com’s High Five: 5 News Items That Got Us Thinking

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017 Alan Snel Armani Rogers, Bill Foley, Frank Fertitta, Lorenzo Fertitta, Rex Ryan, Tilman Fertitta, Tony Romo

By ALAN SNEL — Forbes reported last week that brothers Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta cashed out their final stake

There are nine of these giant 10-by-12-foot screens at Club Red at 512 E. Fremont St. in downtown Las Vegas.

Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

New Raiders Fan Club Finds A Home In Downtown Las Vegas

September 10, 2017 Alan Snel Napolean McCallum, Sheryl Thornton-Burnham

By ALAN SNEL The Raiders keep on telling Las Vegas, “They’re coming,” but you get the feeling they’re already

Golden Knights players scrimmage at City National Arena recently.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights TV Rights Holder, AT&T SportsNet, Reaches Deal With DirecTV, CenturyLink In Las Vegas (But What About Cox?)

September 9, 2017September 9, 2017 Alan Snel Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL AT&T SportsNet, which has the regional TV rights to broadcast Vegas Golden Knights games in the

Jason Anderson, general manager of one of Bill Foley's Montana-based restaurant, MacKenzie River Pizza, gets ready for today's 4 p.m. opening.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Hold Scrimmage for Fans, Open New Pub at Practice Facility

September 8, 2017 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By ALAN SNEL Bill Foley’s restaurant empire has extended into the middle of his $25 million Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights

Station Casinos Bartender Wins Grand Prize In Design Of Golden Knights Goalie Mask

September 7, 2017September 7, 2017 Alan Snel Calvin Pickard, Marc Andre-Fleury

By ALAN SNEL They’re the super sports fans, the ones who are a level above the team logo face-painters.

Golden Knights Golf T-Mobile Arena UNLV

Shriners Extend Title Sponsorship for PGA Event in Summerlin Until 2020 — And Other SportsBiz News Briefs

September 7, 2017September 7, 2017 Alan Snel

The older gentlemen wearing the red fez hats at TPC Summerlin will be back for another three years after the

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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

LVSportsBiz.com’s Written Word Series: Our storytelling focuses on original story lines.

June 2024: A father’s connection

June 2026: Baseball and the radio

April 2018: NHL team born in the desert

March 2020: Gratitude for being alive

June 2017: Birth of a website

August 2026: Team president does it all

BRIEFS

A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

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.