Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Will Clark County Commissioners Approve F1 Las Vegas Race As Annual Event Through 2037? Does John Tortorella Dislike Talking To The Media? F1 Race Every Year Was Done Deal From The Get-Go

May 17, 2026May 18, 2026 Alan Snel Emily Prazer, Jeremy Aguero, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The ambitious folks at Formula 1 hired Las Vegas’ most high-profile and

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Las Vegas Tourism Increase In February, March Means Stadium Hotel Room Tax Dollars Are Up For Those Months Over 2025

May 16, 2026May 16, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — After nine months of dropping hotel room tax revenues used to

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Tortorella Blows Off Media After VGK’s Series-Clinching Win, Then NHL Hits Golden Knights With Media Availability Violations: Team Forfeits Second Round Pick, Tortorella Fined $100,000

May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 Alan Snel Carter Hart, John Tortorella, Mitch Marner, Pavel Dorofeyev

By Alan Snel, LVsportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — VGK coach John Tortorella blew off the media after the Vegas Golden

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Off To Conference Final To Play Colorado: Vegas 5 Anaheim 1 In Game 6, VGK Close Out Round 2 Series

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Alan Snel Brett Howden, Ivan Barbashev, Joel Quenneville, John Tortorella, Lukas Dostal, Pavel Dorofeyev, Shea Theodore

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Mitch Marner did it all tonight and the Vegas Golden Knights are

Raiders' Maxx Crosby (Photo: Hugh Byrne)

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No Prime Time Attraction: 2026 Raiders Schedule Released

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Alan Snel Fernando Mendoza, Kirk Cousins, Klint Kubiak

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Take a look at the Raiders schedule for 2026 and one thing

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Excitement For Professional Women’s Hockey On Display At PWHL Team Announcement In Las Vegas Wednesday

May 13, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The line of parents with girls of all ages stretched for

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Vegas Golden Knights Find A Way Without Stone, McNabb To Defeat Anaheim, 3-2, In Overtime; VGK One Win From Conference Final

May 12, 2026May 13, 2026 Alan Snel Beckett Sennecke, Joel Quenneville, John Tortorella, Olen Zellweger, Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell LAS VEGAS, Nevada — One swing

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Sports Teams Will Not Stop Coming To Las Vegas: This Time, Professional Women’s Hockey League Starts At T-Mobile Arena In 2026-27

May 12, 2026May 13, 2026 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Everyone (in sports) loves Las Vegas. Professional women’s hockey is coming

LVCVA Sports Tourism

No Bidding: What Happens At LVCVA Board Meeting Includes R&R Partners Staying As Public Tourism Agency’s Ad Company For $530 Million

May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 Alan Snel Billy Vassiliadis, Jim Gibson, Kate Wik

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Billy Vassiliadis did not miss this LVCVA meeting Tuesday morning. His

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Anaheim Ducks Use Power Play To Score 4-3 Win Sunday, Evening Series At 2-2; Game 5 Is In Las Vegas Tuesday

May 10, 2026 Alan Snel Beckett Sennecke, Brett Howden, Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl, William Karlsson

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The hometown Ducks defeated the Vegas Golden Knights, 4-3, tonight and guaranteed

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

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.