Sports Tourism Archives - Page 21 of 42

Clark County Commissioners Approve $440,000, Las Vegas City Council OKs $290,000 For Corporate Combine Efforts At Super Bowl 58 In Hopes Of Recruiting Businesses To Vegas

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 Alan Snel Erik Pappa, Ryan Erwin

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It’s no secret that Las Vegas’ tourism-based economy could use an infusion of

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Welcome To The Big Leagues, Las Vegas: Now Pay Up; The Costs Of Playing In The Majors In Sports Town USA

August 14, 2023August 15, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Well, Las Vegas, you’re in the major leagues. The old horse town where

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Las Vegas’ Latest Buzz, MSG Sphere Will Help Promote Super Bowl 58 In Las Vegas

August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by RJ Forbus The Sphere will be used to help promote Super Bowl

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Close Look At Soccer Field At Allegiant Stadium Shows Why Las Vegas Is Not Hosting 2026 World Cup

July 31, 2023August 1, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It’s not until you emerge onto the soccer field at Allegiant Stadium

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Formula 1 Mascot For Las Vegas Grand Prix Draws Sluggish Reviews

July 23, 2023July 23, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer People sure get worked up about sports mascots, the cartoon-theme costumed performers who

USC's Heisman-winning quarterback Caleb Williams playing pickleball at the Pac-12 football media day event at Resorts World in Las Vegas Friday. Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

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Even Without UNLV In Conference, Pac-12 Enamored With Las Vegas; Pac-12 Football Media Day Held In Vegas For First Time Friday

July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 Alan Snel Caleb Williams, Lincoln Riley

Heisman winner Caleb Williams playing pickleball at @pac12 🏈 media day at #vegas. pic.twitter.com/HgsYesqHah — LVSportsBiz.com (@LVSportsBiz) July 21, 2023

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Before Las Vegas’ Major League Team Hype There Was UFC, Which Celebrates 30 Years Of Cage Fights, PPV Deals, High Drama With International Week; UFC 290 Has $9.75 Million Gate; 19,204 Attendance

July 8, 2023July 8, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Volkanovski, Chuck Liddell, Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta, Yair Rodriguez

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com UFC-MMA Writer There isn’t a city in America experiencing the kind of intense growth

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Nevada Teachers Union Takes Swing At Athletics Stadium Subsidy Bill With PAC That Plans Litigation, Voter Campaign In Effort To Reverse $380 Million Ballpark Subsidy

July 2, 2023July 2, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Marks, Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Steve Hill

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Strip, where it’s OK to suspend reality because entertainment is rule one,

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In Las Vegas’ Bread And Circuses Approach To Public Policy, Public Dollars Handed Out To MLB Team For Baseball Stadium On Strip

June 23, 2023June 24, 2023 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Jonathan Marchessault, Steve Hill, Tim Leiweke, William Karlsson

ADVERTSEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Things are kind of busy in Las Vegas in the sports world. Local

Aerial photos of Strip area show the F1 paddock facility under construction. Aerial photos for this story via Tom Donoghue.

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LVSportsBiz.com’s Exclusive Tour Of F1 Paddock Project East Of Strip For November’s Las Vegas Grand Prix Race

June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Randy Cannon, LVSportsBiz.com F1 Writer While Clark County and Las Vegas Grand Prix race organizers negotiate a

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.

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A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

WNBA Commish retires: Following seven years as the first-ever Commissioner of the WNBA, Cathy Engelbert has informed the league of her decision to retire at the end of 2026.

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.