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Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak

Tuesday’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Gov. Sisolak, Mayor Goodman Capture Headlines With Opposing Public Policy Perspectives

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Alan Snel Carolyn Goodman, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On Tuesday, you did not see more polar opposite public policy perspectives on the COVID-19

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Sports and The Law: In Florida, Essential Business Are Health Care, Food — And Now Pro Sports With National Audiences Too

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Alan Snel

By Daniel Lust for LVSportsBiz.com Twitter: @SportsLawLust Pro sports are considered “essential” business? The answer was “no” until Florida changed

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Veteran Las Vegas Photographer Tom Donoghue Captures Images Of Thunderbirds’ Aerial Salute To Health Care Workers

April 12, 2020 Alan Snel Tom Donoghue

(Publisher’s note: In these difficult, anxious and trying times of living through a virus pandemic, LVSportsBiz.com will publish stories that

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New LVSportsBiz.com Contributors Adding Insight: Today’s Guest Writer Is Attorney Dan Lust

April 8, 2020 Alan Snel

(Publisher’s Note: You may have noticed some new names of contributing writers. In addition to Cassandra Cousineau who reports on

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Baseball Feature: Best of LVSportsBiz’s Weirdest Baseball Cards

April 8, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There are few more intense emotional bonds between people and things than the connection baseball

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How Sports Teams Can Beat COVID-19

April 5, 2020 Alan Snel Katie Taylor

By Vivi Lin for LVSportsBiz.com TW: @vivishootvids IG: @vivionthespot4tv FB: ViviLinOnTheSpot In the wake of COVID-19, team owners and leaders

Brian Sandoval leaves MGM Resorts International to pursue University of Nevada, Reno president's job.

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Former Gov. Sandoval, Advocate For Raiders Stadium Subsidy Bill, Leaves MGM Resorts To Pursue University of Nevada, Reno Prez Job

April 2, 2020 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He’s the forgotten man who made the Raiders stadium a reality in Las Vegas. No,

Gonzaga wons the 2020 WCC title before sports officials shut down sports because of the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the U.S. and the world. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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NBA Started Sports Industry Dominoes To Fall, But Big East, ACC and MLB Took Longer Than They Should To Shut Down

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 Alan Snel John Swofford

By Toby Srebnik for LVSportsBiz.com Only one week ago, my son Bailey celebrated his 16th birthday. As part of his

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Time To Shut Down Pro Sports Industry In U.S. For A While; Universal Timeout Needed In Response To Coronavirus Pandemic Health Crisis

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com As sports leagues and college sports are suspending their events one-by-one, it’s time for the

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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

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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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.