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Impressive Turnout For NBA’s Inaugural In-Season Tourney Semifinals Shows Las Vegas Is Ready For NBA Expansion Team; Bucks-Pacers, 16,837 Attendance; Lakers-Pelicans, Sellout 18,017

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 Alan Snel LeBron James, Rick Carlisle, Tyrese Haliburton

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It was a basketball convergence of the NBA and Las

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The Car Race That Won’t Go Away: Las Vegas Grand Prix Work To Remove Road Fences, Light Mounts, Grandstands Will Last For Weeks After F1 Event Ended Ten Days Ago

November 28, 2023 Alan Snel Jim Gibson

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The big hotel companies like MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment generated tens of millions

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Bicycling Journalist Takes Wrong Turn At Formula One’s Las Vegas Track, Finds Himself Pedaling Grand Prix Race Course On Way To Media Center Wednesday

November 15, 2023November 16, 2023 Alan Snel Max Verstappen

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer I was headed to the Las Vegas Grand Prix Media Center at Tuscany

The F1 track as it nears the Sphere. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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The Car Race That Ate Up Las Vegas: Locals Say They Can’t Wait Until Grand Prix Is Over This Week; Boosters Cite Tourism Dollars

November 14, 2023November 15, 2023 Alan Snel Greg Maffei, Max Verstappen

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The security worker at the Las Vegas Grand Prix fence and gate

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Trees Be Damned, Iconic Strip Corridor Converted Into Road Race Venue — Canyon Of Fences, Grandstands, Suites, Light Mounts Built For Grand Prix Nov. 18

November 9, 2023November 10, 2023 Alan Snel Andrew Walsh, Max Verstappen

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The angular-built man in the sky-blue security polo shirt strolled on the sidewalk

LVCVA representative Brian Yost tries to reassure the Clark County Commissioners that everything will be a-ok at the Las Vegas Grand Prix F1 race next week.

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Las Vegas Grand Prix: Epic Sports Event Or Epic Logistics Disaster? County Commissioners Get Update On F1 Race Plan Tuesday

November 7, 2023November 8, 2023 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Jim Gibson, Marilyn Kirkpatrick

F1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix event next week: Epic event? Or epic disaster? Las Vegas Grand Prix and LVCVA representatives

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Consolation Prize For F1 Road Headaches: Las Vegas Grand Prix Reserves Friday To Sell Single-Day Tickets To Nevada Residents For Nov. 18 Formula One Race On Strip

October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Nevada residents, rejoice. The promoter of the much-publicized Formula One car race on the Strip

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OSHA Investigating Death Of Las Vegas Ironworker Who Died From Injury Suffered At Formula One Grandstand Construction Site At Bellagio On Strip

September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The much-anticipated Formula One road race on the Strip and in the Las

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Grand Prix Impacts: Will Formula One Spending Benefits Be Worth Pre-Race Road Headaches, Public Investments In Las Vegas?

September 18, 2023September 19, 2023 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Koval Lane, the Strip’s busy parallel road to the east, is usually crammed

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Las Vegas Remains Key Cog In Mountain West Conference Events, Branding, Marketing

July 19, 2023July 19, 2023 Alan Snel Craig Thompson, Derek Stevens, Erick Harper, Gloria Nevarez, Javan Hedlund, Naki Fahina

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Mountain West Conference is exploring more business partnerships with the Circa hotel-casino

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.