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Single Ghost Bike Memorializes All Five Cyclists Killed By Truck Driver Outside Las Vegas Dec. 10

January 23, 2021January 24, 2021 Alan Snel Aksoy Ahmet, Erin Ray, Gerrard Nieva, Mike Murray, Pat Treichel, Tom Trauger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Pat Treichel said the deaths of five bicyclists outside Las Vegas Dec. 10 felt different.

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On Bicycling: With Las Vegas As Your Hub Base, Valley of Fire, Death Valley and Zion Are A Natural Triple Crown

January 11, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s January and cold in the mornings in Las Vegas. But by mid-day, it’s in

Bicycling Raiders Team UNLV

Las Vegas Area Roads: DUI Cases Become Sports Stories

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 Alan Snel Eric Echevarria, Jon Gruden, Josh Jacobs, Robin Brown, Zaon Collins

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com As if COVID infection rates/vaccines and national/Georgia politics weren’t enough to take up space in

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Driver Education: Las Vegas Area Police Stop Motorists To Educate Them About Moving Over For Bicyclists

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Alan Snel Andrew Bennett, Jordan Barson, Justin Jones, Steve Wolfson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There’s no continuing education for motorists. But many motorists on Charleston Boulevard in Summerlin received

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Truck Driver Facing 14 Counts For Crash That Killed Five Las Vegas Cyclists And Injured Others Scheduled To Make Initial Court Appearance Wednesday; Valley Police Will Have Enforcement Event Same Day

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Alan Snel Aksoy Ahmet, Erin Ray, Gerrard Nieva, Jordan Barson, Mike Murray, Tom Trauger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Arizona truck driver accused of 14 driving felonies in connection to the deaths of

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Discussion, Awareness, Education Part Of Journey To Stop Carnage On Roads

December 24, 2020December 24, 2020 Alan Snel Aksoy Ahmet, Andrew Bennett, Erin Ray, Gerrard Nieva, Justin Jones, Mike Murray, Pat Treichel, Steve Wolfson, Tom Trauger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When will it end? 2020 has been painful enough. And on Dec. 10, an impaired

A motorist of this white box Isuzu truck drove the vehicle into a group of bicyclists Thursday along US highway 95 in Southern Nevada. Photo: Nevada Highway Patrol

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Arizona Truck Driver Charged With DUI And Faces 12 Felony Charges In Connection To Thursday’s Crash That Killed Five Cyclists South Of Las Vegas

December 16, 2020December 21, 2020 Alan Snel Aksoy Ahmet, Erin Roy, Gerrard Nieva, Jordan Alexander Barson, Jordan Barson, Mike Murray, Pat Treichel, Steve Wolfson, Tom Trauger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Authorities have identified the truck driver who killed five bicyclists in Southern Nevada last Thursday

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Tears For Aksoy, Erin, Gerrard, Mike, Tom: When Will Carnage On Our Roads Stop?

December 12, 2020December 13, 2020 Alan Snel Aksoy Ahmet, Erin Ray, Gerrard Nieva, Heather Fisher, Jared Fisher, Justin Jones, Mike Murray, Pat Treichel, Tom Trauger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Today is the second day of Chanukah and I love this tradition. I’m not much

A motorist of this white box Isuzu truck drove the vehicle into a group of bicyclists Thursday along US highway 95 in Southern Nevada. Photo: Nevada Highway Patrol

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Five Bicyclists Killed By Motorist Driving Box Truck On US 95 In Southern Nevada Thursday Morning: ‘It’s A Horrific Tragedy. We Just Lost The Lives Of Five People’

December 10, 2020December 12, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Five dead bicyclists. Families and friends of five people are grieving today because their loved

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Chills Just Thinking About Bicycling Zion National Park Today

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s a little after 8 a.m. and scant sunlight is slicing into the canyon valley

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.