Outdoor Sports Archives

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On Bicycling: Cottonwood and Bootleg Are Great Vegas Area Mountain Bike Settings, But Don’t Forget McCullough Hills In Henderson

May 29, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos/Design by Anna Barantez Bootleg Canyon in Boulder City and Cottonwood Valley

Outdoor Sports Travel

COVID Pandemic Prompts Growth In Rooftop Tents, Overland Vehicle Industry, Experiencing The Outdoors

November 3, 2022 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The COVID-19 pandemic was a crushing blow to the economy, but it did

Bicycling Bureau of Land Management Outdoor Sports Sports Tourism Travel

Feds Suspend $2 Service Charge On Reservations To Drive Red Rock Scenic Drive Outside Las Vegas

May 4, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The federal government has suspended the $2 service charge on the toll collected to drive

Credit: Pat Christenson

Outdoor Sports Rock n’ Roll Marathon Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

Rock N’ Roll Marathon Returns To Las Vegas With Night Run On Strip

February 14, 2022 Alan Snel Dale Eeles, Pat Christenson

By Pat Christenson special for LVSportsBiz.com For 37 years, the Las Vegas International Marathon ran from Jean to Sunset Park. Somewhere

Bicycling Outdoor Sports

History At Red Rock Scenic Drive Today: Bureau of Land Management Requires Motorists To Make Reservations To Drive On Scenic Drive

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, something had to be done. The long lines of backed-up cars waiting to pay

Bicycling Outdoor Sports Travel

Becoming So Popular, Red Rock Canyon Feeling Pressure of More Motorists, Trash; BLM Requires Reservations For Scenic Drive Starting November

September 20, 2020September 20, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It stands as an ugly monument to the changing times of Red Rock Canyon —

Henderson teacher Heidi Dove also works at least 40 hours a week on her Triple Dare Running Company that is putting on a Valentine's Day-theme event at Lake Las Vegas Saturday.

Outdoor Sports

‘My Life Is Excitingly Chaotic’: Teacher Carves Out Running Business In LV Area’s Outdoor Sport Industry

February 8, 2018February 9, 2018 Alan Snel Heidi Dove

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Amid the recent news on Las Vegas’ TV stations from disturbing allegations against casino titan

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.