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Las Vegas Area Roads: DUI Cases Become Sports Stories

January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 Alan Snel Eric Echevarria, Jon Gruden, Josh Jacobs, Robin Brown, Zaon Collins

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com As if COVID infection rates/vaccines and national/Georgia politics weren’t enough to take up space in

COVID-19 Golden Knights Raiders Stadium Raiders Team UFC UNLV

Eyewitness To Major League Sports During Pandemic: Without Fans In Venues, Big League Games Look Like High-tech Pick-up Games With Athletes In Nice Uniforms

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights have sealed off their practice rink from the public at their

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Stadium That People Thought Hosted Final College Football Game In Las Vegas Is Home For Five Games During COVID-19 Pandemic; San Jose State 34 Boise State 20 Saturday

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Alan Snel Matt Mecurio, Nick Starkel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com At 50 years old, she’s not a glamorous, young beauty like new palatial Allegiant Stadium.

COVID-19 Raiders Team UNLV

Las Vegas’ COVID-19 Woes Tuesday: UNLV Basketball Coach Otzelberger Tests Positive, Raiders’ Receiver Ruggs Placed On COVID List

December 15, 2020December 16, 2020 Alan Snel Henry Ruggs III, T.J. Otzelberger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The COVID-19 pandemic has been absolutely brutal to Las Vegas’ vaunted sports and entertainment industry,

Gambling Raiders Stadium Raiders Team UFC UNLV

On Sports Betting: Bet On The Raiders? The ‘Experts’ Warned Against It

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Hank Goldberg, Marcus Arroyo

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Bet on the Las Vegas Raiders? In a key late-season game vs. the Indianapolis Colts?

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Want To Play A College Football Game At Sam Boyd Stadium? New Mexico Did Three Times At $30,000 A Game

December 12, 2020December 13, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell They’re dressed in red jerseys and red pants and

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New Mexico’s Football Partial Bubble In Las Vegas Can Be Template For NFL, Other College Football Programs During Pandemic

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Alan Snel David Williams, Desiree Reed-Francois, Eddie Nunez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the sports world in March, LVSportsBiz.com made a bold

San Jose State practices at Sam Boyd Stadium to get ready for SJS-Nevada game Friday. Photo credits of Sam Boyd Stadium: San Jose State Football Twitter

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Ol’ Sam Boyd Stadium Comes Out Of Mothballs To Host Three New Mexico Games and San Jose State vs Nevada Matchup Friday

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Don’t bury good ol’ Sam Boyd Stadium quite yet. Sure, it’s not exactly an architectural

UNLV competes against K-State at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas on December 5, 2020.

Gambling Raiders Team UFC UNLV

On Sports Betting: Runnin’ Rebels Flash Momentum; Raiders Jolt Jets In Jersey

December 7, 2020 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, David Jenkins Jr., Derek Carr, T.J. Otzelberger

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com It was a little thing, really. But the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels came away with their

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UNLV vs Boise State Football Game Scheduled For Allegiant Stadium Friday Is Canceled Because Of COVID-19; Game Will Not Be Rescheduled

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Alan Snel Marcus Arroyo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Mountain West Conference football game between UNLV and Boise State at Allegiant Stadium scheduled

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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The Thrill is back: The pro women’s volleyball team, the Thrill, was out of business last year but a press release says the Thrill has a new local owner and a new coach and details will be reveled at a Monday presser. The Las Vegas Thrill of Major League Volleyball used to play at the Lee Family Forum in Henderson.

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.