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UNLV Basketball, Football Teams Battle Hard, But Lose To #4 Michigan In Hoops, #23 San Diego State In Football Friday

November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 Alan Snel Brooks Downing, Bryce Hamilton, Cameron Friel, Charles Williams, Derek Stevens, Justin Rogers, Marcus Arroyo

Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It’s 10:45 PM on a Friday night in Las

College basketball tournament life in Las Vegas.

Basketball

A College Basketball Tourney Organizer’s Life: ‘You’re Cutting Deals Everywhere You Can’

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Alan Snel Brooks Downing

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Meet Brooks Downing, basketball tourney traveling man. He’s in Las Vegas Tuesday as the college

Brooks Downing hopes the Ice Vegas Invitational can show the NCAA that Las Vegas can host a Frozen Four event. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

Golden Knights

Promoter of Ice Vegas Invitational Hopes T-Mobile Arena Will Host College Hockey’s Frozen Four One Day

January 2, 2019 Alan Snel Brooks Downing

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com While the Vegas Golden Knights take a mini-road trip to Anaheim to play the Ducks

Brooks Downing, president of Lexington, Kentucky-based BD Downing, discusses how the Ice Vegas Invitational tournament came together with an LVSportsBiz.com writer before the Boston College Norther Michigan consolation game Saturday. Photo credit:

T-Mobile Arena

MGM Resorts Intl Finds Hockey Content for T-Mobile Arena Thanks to Kentucky Events Agency with Basketball Roots

January 6, 2018 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Brooks Downing, George McPhee

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com Rick Arpin of MGM Resorts International is always looking for sports programming to fill T-Mobile

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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

BRIEFS

A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

WNBA Commish retires: Following seven years as the first-ever Commissioner of the WNBA, Cathy Engelbert has informed the league of her decision to retire at the end of 2026.

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.