Sports Tourism Archives - Page 22 of 41

Golden Knights One Win From Western Conference Final After Game 5 Win Over Edmonton Before 18,519 Friday

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 Alan Snel Bruce Cassidy, Connor McDavid, Jack Campbell, Jack Eichel, Jay Woodcroft, Jonathan Marchessault, Keegan Kolesar, Mark Stone, Nic Hague, Reilly Smith, Stuart Skinner, Zach Hyman

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The Vegas Golden Knights squeezed out a

Athletics Baseball Golden Knights Las Vegas Ballpark Major League Baseball Mark Davis NHL Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) T-Mobile Arena

The Big Squeeze: Athletics Look To Shoehorn New Baseball Stadium Into Tropicana Hotel Site On Strip

May 12, 2023May 14, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, John Fisher, Mark Davis

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer As I slowly pedaled my bicycle around the Tropicana hotel-casino site on the

Athletics Major League Baseball Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

New Ballpark Site Comes Off Bench For Oakland Athletics In Las Vegas As A’s Now Romance Tropicana Hotel-Casino Site On Strip

May 9, 2023May 10, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Oakland Athletics’ romance of Las Vegas for a ballyard has turned into

Jeremy Aguero,center, during a stadium board meeting

Allegiant Stadium Athletics Baseball Featured Featured Formula One LVCVA Major League Baseball Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Raiders Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Eye Of Sports Hurricane In Las Vegas: Consultant Jeremy Aguero’s Fingerprints On Raiders Stadium, Athletics Ballpark Push, F1 Race Economic Numbers, Super Bowl Are Everywhere In Vegas

May 4, 2023February 14, 2026 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Carolyn Goodman, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, Rob Manfred, Sam Joffray, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel/LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer He’s the pied piper of Las Vegas’ sports parade, a nattily-dressed, Las Vegas-based go-to

Golden Knights NHL Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stanley Cup Playoffs T-Mobile Arena Travel

Golden Knights Bury Winnipeg, 4-1, In Game 5 To Clinch First Round Series Thursday; VGK Advance To Play Either Oilers Or LA

April 27, 2023April 28, 2023 Alan Snel Brayden McNabb, Brett Howden, Bruce Cassidy, Chandler Stephenson, Connor Hellebuyck, Laurent Brossoit, Mark Stone, Michael Amadio, Phil Kessel, Rick Bowness, Shea Theodore, William Karlsson, Zach Whitecloud

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Omer Khan Just the facts: Vegas Golden Knights 4

Athletics Aviators Baseball Golden Knights Las Vegas Ballpark Major League Baseball Raiders Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Athletics’ $500 Million Moneyball Pitch: A’s Propose Las Vegas Ballpark Without Rendering, Design Architect, Funding Deal, Political Leverage

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Dave Kaval, David Carter, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Mark Davis, Neil deMause, Pat Bowlen, Roger Noll, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Sisolak, Victor Matheson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel/LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The first time I had a front row seat to watch the political courtship

Golden Knights Marketing NHL Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena

Big Announced Crowd Of 18,398 Fills Arena To Watch VGK Defeat Minnesota Wild, Fleury, 4-1, Saturday

April 1, 2023April 1, 2023 Alan Snel Ben Hutton, Brett Howden, Chandler Stephenson, Fleury, Laurent Brossoit, Mark Stone, Reilly Smith, Ryan Reaves, Shea Theodore, William Carrier, Zach Whitecloud

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Minnesota’s Marc-Andre Fleury and Ryan Reaves

Orleans Arena Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

NIT Title Dr. Seuss Would Love: Mean Green Of North Texas Win Trophy In Las Vegas Thursday

March 30, 2023March 31, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne I caught the NIT fever in 1974

LVCVA board meeting attendee looks at Las Vegas Grand Prix Formula 1 race route Tuesday morning. Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

Formula 1 Formula One Grand Prix Sports Tourism Travel

Gentlemen At Las Vegas Paving, Start Your Construction Engines: Las Vegas Grand Prix Route Repaving (And Traffic Jams) Start April 2

March 30, 2023March 31, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Las Vegas Grand Prix has contracted with Las Vegas Paving Corp. to repave

Basketball Marketing Orleans Arena Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

College Basketball’s NIT Visits Las Vegas, With North Texas Playing UAB In Final At Orleans Arena Thursday; Tuesday’s Semifinals’ Announced Attendance, 2,931

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 Alan Snel

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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.