Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

The Tropicana hotel site -- where the A's say they will build that baseball stadium in 2028. Photo credits for story: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Tropicana Hotel Closes Shop April 2 For Demolition, Clearing Land On Strip For Athletics’ Planned Stadium

January 29, 2024 Alan Snel John Fisher

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer One can only imagine what the producers of the TV show, The Office, could do

Formula 1 Formula One LVCVA Sports Tourism

Businesses Want Formula 1 Race In Las Vegas Moved To New Location After They Lost Millions Of Dollars In Revenue From Grand Prix In November

January 29, 2024January 29, 2024 Alan Snel Betsy Fretwell, Gino Ferraro, Jeremy Aguero, Lisa Mayo-DeRiso, Renee Wilm, Steve Hill, Wade Bohn

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBuz.com Publisher-Writer Not only do Las Vegas businesses want to be compensated for lost revenues from

Allegiant Stadium NFL Raiders Stadium Raiders Team Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Super Bowl

Las Vegas Hosts Raiders’ Rivals — Chiefs, 49ers — For Super Bowl 58 At Allegiant Stadium Feb. 11

January 28, 2024January 28, 2024 Alan Snel Andy Reid, John York, Patrick Mahomes

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It’s a Raiders nightmare. The two teams that will play for a NFL championship at

Athletics Baseball Major League Baseball Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Sports Marketing Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Group Called Big League Utah Buys Billboards To Say Salt Lake City Can Host Athletics From 2025-27 While A’s Stadium Is Built On Strip For 2028

January 27, 2024January 27, 2024 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Salt Lake City would welcome the MLB Athletics in 2025, 2026 and 2027 while the

Allegiant Stadium NFL Stadiums/Arenas (General) Super Bowl

Las Vegas Paying $60 Million To Host Super Bowl 58, Including $17 Million For ‘NFL Expense Reimbursement’

January 27, 2024January 28, 2024 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Super Bowl 58 is literally rolling into Las Vegas, with National Football League contractors, vendors

Las Vegas consultant Jeremy Aguero with Las Vegas Grand Prix CEO Renee Wilm (center) and Betsy Fretwell, grand prix chief operating officer (right). Photo credits for this story: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Formula 1 Formula One Grand Prix Las Vegas Grand Prix Marketing Sports Tourism

Las Vegas Grand Prix’s Constantly Shifting Economic Numbers: Why Does F1 Economic Impact Data In Las Vegas Constantly Change?

January 25, 2024January 25, 2024 Alan Snel Betsy Fretwell, Greg Maffei, J.C. Bradbury, Jeremy Aguero, Renee Wilm, Sam Joffray

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It was a year ago when Renee Wilm told a Las Vegas Chamber audience

Mark Davis Raiders

Raiders Introduce Tom Telesco As New General Manager, Antonio Pierce As Head Coach Wednesday

January 24, 2024January 24, 2024 Alan Snel

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne The last time Raiders owner Mark Davis introduced a new

A's owner John Fisher

Athletics Baseball Las Vegas Ballpark Major League Baseball

Athletics Owner John Fisher Looking For Investors To Help Fund $1.5 Billion Stadium On Strip

January 24, 2024January 25, 2024 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Mary Beth Sewald, Steve Hill

"The Las Vegas A's! We like the sound of that, right Vegas!"….."Are we alive back there?" pic.twitter.com/sXzz9MZEOe — Hal the

NFL Super Bowl

Las Vegas Businesses Try To Connect At NFL, Super Bowl Host Committee Networking Session Wednesday

January 23, 2024 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Tamale Place used to be located in Pahrump. But then the tamale shop moved

Athletics Baseball Formula 1 Formula One NFL Super Bowl

LVSportsBiz Confidential: Las Vegas Grand Prix Can Learn Community Relations Lessons From NFL, Super Bowl 58 In Las Vegas

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer On a cold, rainy, damp Monday in Las Vegas, we roll out a buffet of

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.