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The amazing Bill Walton during Saturday's ESPN broadcast of Oregon vs Washington for the Pac-12 tourney championship. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Basketball

The Legend of Bicyclist Bill Walton (Yes, He Was a Legendary Basketball Player, Too)

March 17, 2019March 17, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Bill Walton, Paul Sherwen

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Like we all did in college when we were not feeling well, ESPN broadcaster/basketball legend

T-Mobile Arena

World’s Top Grossing Arena for 12-Month Period? T-Mobile Arena of Las Vegas

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gavin Maloof, Jim Murren, Joe Maloof

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Joe and Gavin Maloof chatted with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman for years about the virtues

New Golden Knights forward, acquired in a trade before the deadline Monday, after the 4-1 VGK win over Dallas.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Enter Stone Age with Physical 4-1 Win Over Dallas Before 18,261

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gerard Gallant, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty, Paul Stastny

By ALAN SNEL LVsportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The new guy, Mark Stone, was making his

Golden Knights

Perfect Storm of Visiting Original 6 Team with National Following, Time of Year, Cheaper Ticket Costs Led to T-Mobile Arena Turning Toronto Blue Thursday

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Thursday when the Toronto Maple Leafs scored in the first period in their game against

Gavin Maloof drops a puck to get the Vegas Wants Hockey ticket campaign officially off an running on Feb. 10, 2015. Bill Foley (center) and NHL Commissioner are in the background.

Golden Knights

Just Four Years Ago, Bettman Visited Las Vegas to Bless a Hockey Ticket Campaign — And the Rest is VGKistory

February 11, 2019February 12, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Gavin Maloof, Joe Maloof

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com A lot can happen in four years. Sunday was the four-year anniversary of Gary

Golden Knights

Inside Las Vegas Sports Marketing: VGK Chief Marketing Officer Brian Killingsworth Discusses the Power of the Golden Knights Logo

February 7, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brian Killingsworth

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The Golden Knights logo is so ubiquitous in Las Vegas that I seriously wonder if

VGK owner Bill Foley talking with LVSportsBiz.com during season one.

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Owner Foley Involved in Creative Development of New VGK Pregame Video, Used His Own Helicopter in Vid

January 20, 2019January 20, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Chance, Kerry Bubolz

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Bill Foley has appeared in Vegas Golden Knights videos before. But Saturday night, not

Marchy

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Draw Monster Crowd, Defeat Penguins with Marchy Hat Trick and Roll Out Updated Pregame Show with Return of Sword-in-Stone

January 19, 2019January 19, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Colin Miller, Jonathan Marchessault, Lee Orchard, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Monster crowd of 18, 511. A playoff

Golden Knights owner Bill Foley.

Golden Knights

Foley’s Season Two Goal: ‘I Expect to Win the Stanley Cup’

December 21, 2018December 21, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Golden Knights owner Bill Foley is clear about the VGK’s season two goal: “I expect to

Team legal counsel Tamara Daniels at a recent Golden Knights game at T-Mobile Arena. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Golden Knights Team Lawyer Works To Increase Women In Sports Leadership Roles

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Kerry Bubolz, Tamara Daniels

By CASSANDRA COUSINEAU LVSportsBiz.com While the Vegas Golden Knights’ inaugural season shattered every record for success for a first-year

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.

BRIEFS

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.