Alan Snel, Author at LVSportsBiz

Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board Chairman Steve Hill (left) chats with Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval (right) at a recent stadium board meeting in Las Vegas. Photo: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Las Vegas Set To Get First Look At Athletics Stadium Renderings Monday (Previous Drawings Were Not Actual Baseball Stadium)

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 Alan Snel Bjarke Ingels, Dave Kaval, Jim Gibson, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Keith Whitfield, Steve Hill, Susie Martinez

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The MLB Oakland Athletics are ready to show the public their renderings for their planned

Allegiant Stadium UNLV

Saturday’s Mountain West Title Game At Allegiant Stadium Will Be Modified UNLV Home Game With A Few Wrinkles

November 29, 2023November 30, 2023 Alan Snel Gloria Nevarez, Javan Hedlund

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Mountain West Conference championship game between UNLV and Boise State at Allegiant Stadium will

Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 6, 2019. Richard Brian

Basketball NBA

Every Mega Sports Story Finds Place In Las Vegas As Reports Point To Miriam Adelson Buying Share In NBA Dallas Mavericks

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 Alan Snel Adam Silver, LeBron James, Mark Cuban, Miriam Adelson, Sheldon Adelson, Tim Leiweke

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It seems like every major sports business story finds a path through Las Vegas. Formula

Marketing UNLV

Three Dollars Can Get You A Seat At Tonight’s UNLV-Akron Basketball Game Thanks To Ticket On Secondary Reseller Market

November 28, 2023November 29, 2023 Alan Snel Dedan Thomas Jr., Jackie Johnson III, Justin Webster, Kalib Boone, Kevin Kruger, Luis Rodriguez

UNLV Runnin’ Rebels vs Akron Zips pic.twitter.com/0ui92bDdst — LVSportsBiz.com (@LVSportsBiz) November 29, 2023 By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It’s hard

Formula 1 Formula One Sports Tourism Travel

The Car Race That Won’t Go Away: Las Vegas Grand Prix Work To Remove Road Fences, Light Mounts, Grandstands Will Last For Weeks After F1 Event Ended Ten Days Ago

November 28, 2023 Alan Snel Jim Gibson

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The big hotel companies like MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment generated tens of millions

Dollar Loan Center off Green Valley Parkway.

Bill Foley Dollar Loan Center Marketing Thrill

Metro Las Vegas Gets Another Sports Team: Women’s Pro Volleyball Club, Vegas Thrill, Will Play At Dollar Loan Center Arena In Henderson In 2024

November 27, 2023November 28, 2023 Alan Snel Alisha Glass Childress, Andy Abboud, Bill Foley, Fran Flory, Jon Bruning, Ruben Herrera, Russ Rose

By LVSportsBiz.com Staff If we have learned anything about the massive sports expansion in metro Las Vegas, it’s that new

Patrick Mahomes took over the game.

Allegiant Stadium NFL Raiders Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) Super Bowl

Early Raiders’ 14-0 Lead Evaporates In Vegas Desert As Kansas City Chiefs Enjoy 31-17 Win At Allegiant Stadium Sunday

November 26, 2023November 27, 2023 Alan Snel Aidan O'Connell, Andy Reid, Antonio Pierce, Daniel Carlson, Jakobi Meyers, Josh Jacobs, Maxx Crosby, Patrick Mahomes

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne Well, the Raiders did give the defending Super

Allegiant Stadium College football UNLV

Ticket Prices For UNLV Vs Boise Mountain West Title Game At Allegiant Stadium Saturday Start At $20; Winner Goes To Gronk Bowl In LA

November 26, 2023November 27, 2023 Alan Snel Barry Odom

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Bowl-bound UNLV has one more game to play before the bowl season descends on college

Golden Knights NHL T-Mobile Arena

Golden Knights’ Scoring Slump Continues Saturday As VGK Get Blanked For Third Time In Six Games; Coyotes Shut Out Knights, 2-0, Before Announced 18,591 Attendance

November 25, 2023November 25, 2023 Alan Snel Bruce Cassidy, Clayton Keller, Connor Ingram, Logan Thompson

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It’s a rough day at the rink when you’re

Allegiant Stadium UNLV

No Comeback This Time For UNLV: Rebels Lose To Red-Hot San Jose State, 37-31, Saturday To Complete Regular Season With Nine Wins In Twelve Games

November 25, 2023November 25, 2023 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Jai'Den Thomas, Jayden Maiava, Ricky White

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne Formula 1 finally was over. The Vegas Golden

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.

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.

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.