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By Toby Srebnik for LVSportsBiz.com People often make lemonade from lemons in the toughest of situations. Now imagine working in

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Exactly Three Years After Painful Near-Death, Day of Gratitude and Tripleheader of Sports-Business Events To Cover To Celebrate Life

March 7, 2020March 8, 2020 Alan Snel Brian Dutcher, Dana White, Kris Bryant, Sam Merrill, Steve Fisher

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The ambulance tech was wheeling me into the ER at Lawnwood Medical Center in Fort

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Who Knew Summerlin Was A Major League Sports Hub? This Morning, NHL, MLB Collide In Las Vegas Suburb

March 1, 2020March 1, 2020 Alan Snel Marcus Semien, Mark Stone, Matt Chapman, Nic Roy, Pete DeBoer, Ryan Reaves

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Only seven years ago in Las Vegas’ western affluent suburb of Summerlin, what was called

It's Las vegas and the LVCVA is the main sponsor of the ballpark so it's showgirls for Big League Weekend.

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Big League Weekend Brings MLB Spring Training To Downtown Summerlin

February 29, 2020February 29, 2020 Alan Snel Rossi Ralenkotter

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas Ballpark enjoyed a banner year in attendance in its first year in 2019

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Goodyear Blimp Beats The Nasty CES Show Traffic In Las Vegas

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The traffic around Las Vegas Convention Center is a mess with the mega CES show

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Baseball Big Leagues Return To Las Vegas For Two Weekends Of Spring Training Games In 2020

November 12, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Back in the good ol’ days when baseball was played at Cashman Field, the former

The Aviators ballpark in Downtown Summerlin

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Aviators’ First Season In New Summerlin Ballpark Transcends Playoff Loss To Sacramento

September 8, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Triple A baseball did just fine in its new suburban baseball home in Downtown Summerlin

Photo by Tom Donoghue

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Las Vegas Aviators Finish Home Season Averaging 9,299 Announced Attendance Per Game To Lead Minor League Baseball

September 2, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Aviators completed a banner first inaugural season in their new ballpark in

UNLV football is back.

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Las Vegas Saturday Tripleheader Matches Aviators vs. UNLV Football vs. Aces

August 28, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com The UNLV football season is coming and the Las Vegas Aces and Aviators seasons are

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UNLV Football Releases 2020 Ticket Prices For New Stadium, Trying To Carve Out Sports Identity As Affordable Alternative To More Pricey Tickets

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 Alan Snel Megan Caligiuri

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com As the Las Vegas sports market matures with new big league teams and upscale sports

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.

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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

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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.