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With Oilers Fans Flowing Into Las Vegas For Big Crowd of 18,391, Edmonton Scores Four Straight For 7-4 Win Over VGK Thursday

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 Alan Snel Brett Kulak, Darnell Nurse, Evan Bouchard, Jonathan Marchessault, Jonathan Quick, Laurent Brossoit, Leon Draisaitl, Michael Amadio, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Stuart Skinner, William Karlsson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Well, the good

Basketball Orleans Arena Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

NIT Update: LVCVA Tourism Agency Pays $150,000 To NIT/NCAA For College Basketball Tournament Semifinals, Finals At Orleans Arena In Las Vegas

March 27, 2023March 28, 2023 Alan Snel Lisa Motley, Trey Woodbury

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) paid $150,000 to sponsor the

Allegiant Stadium Basketball Desert Dogs Knight Hawks Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena

Fans Belly Up To Las Vegas Sports Buffet In City Of Stadiums/Arenas Saturday; March Madness, XFL, Lacrosse, Boxing, Even Racing+Swift

March 25, 2023March 26, 2023 Alan Snel Caleb Plant, David Benavidez, Mark Davis, Nic Roy

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer It was inevitable. Eventually, there would be nights like this in Vegas.

Basketball Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena

NCAA Does Vegas This Week, With Gonzaga Defeating UCLA In Wild Finish To Advance To Saturday’s West Regional Final; Announced Attendance, 18,544

March 23, 2023March 24, 2023 Alan Snel Drew Timme, Julian Strawther, Mark Few, Mick Cronin

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The NCAA finally came to Las Vegas Thursday and gifted Sin City with another

Motorist hits bicyclist on State Route 159 outside Summerlin in Red Rock Canyon.

Bicycling Red Rock Canyon Sports Tourism Travel

Construction For Red Rock Canyon Multi-Use Paved Trail Will Start In 2025 At The Earliest

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Alan Snel Justin Jones

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Shovels will start moving dirt in 2025 for Phase 1 of the much-needed

Basketball Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena Travel

NCAA’s March Madness Visits T-Mobile Arena In Las Vegas This Week, College Sports Organization No Longer Scared Of Gambling Boogeyman

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 Alan Snel Jerry Tarkanian, Mark Few, Mick Cronin

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer It’s one thing to see all the college basketball tournaments setting up

Kris Bryant, MLBer from Las Vegas

Las Vegas Ballpark Major League Baseball Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

Major League Baseball Returns To Las Vegas Saturday For Big League Weekend 2

March 18, 2023March 18, 2023 Alan Snel George Brett, Kris Bryant, Kyle Isbel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne Big League Weekend used to be a

Golden Knights Marketing Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena

VGK Announce Impressive Pre-Saint Patrick’s Day Attendance of 18,207, But Flames Burn Knights With Big Third Period In 7-2 Win Thursday

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 Alan Snel Blake Coleman, Brayden McNabb, Dillon Dube, Jacob Markstrom, Jonathan Quick, MacKenzie Weegar, Reilly Smith, Tyler Toffoli, William Karlsson, Zach Whitecloud

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It was the Vegas Golden

LVCVA chief Steve Hill Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

Formula 1 Formula One Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

How Much Is Clark County Paying For Las Vegas Grand Prix Road Resurfacing? County Still Doesn’t Know; Las Vegas Tourism Board Also Approves $7 Million Grand Prix Ticket Deal

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Alan Snel Jim Gibson, Kevin Bagger, Michael Naft, Steve Hill

(Publisher’s Note: Security at the Las Vegas Convention Center initially refused to allow LVSportsBiz.com to attend a public LVCVA board

Fans Formula 1 Formula One LVCVA Sports Tourism Travel

Las Vegas Tourism Agency Proposes Using Public Dollars To Buy $7 Million Worth Of Las Vegas Grand Prix F1 Race Tickets

March 13, 2023February 14, 2026 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Las Vegas’ publicly-funded tourism agency, charged with drawing visitors to Southern Nevada, likes

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.