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Clark County Commissioners Approve $440,000, Las Vegas City Council OKs $290,000 For Corporate Combine Efforts At Super Bowl 58 In Hopes Of Recruiting Businesses To Vegas

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 Alan Snel Erik Pappa, Ryan Erwin

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer It’s no secret that Las Vegas’ tourism-based economy could use an infusion of

Raiders Stadium

Here We Go Again: Clark County Will Tap Stadium Authority Reserves For $11.7 Million For Next Debt Payment June 1

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Alan Snel Erik Pappa, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Clark County plans to tap a Stadium Authority reserve fund for $11.7 million in order

Raiders Stadium

Clark County Taps Stadium Reserve Fund For $11.5 Million Wednesday To Make Stadium Bond Payment After Big Drop In Hotel Room Tax Revenues

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 Alan Snel Erik Pappa, Jeremy Aguero, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A major shortfall in hotel room tax revenues from the COVID-19 pandemic forced Clark County

UNLV defenders were chasing the Howard quarterback, Caylin Newton, all night long and now the university's sports marketers will face a challenge drawing fans and advertisers after Saturday's embarrassing loss to a 45-point underdog. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV

Did UNLV Football Just Become America’s Toughest Sports Marketing Sell with Saturday’s Embarrassing Loss?

September 3, 2017September 3, 2017 Alan Snel Dan Dolby, Desiree, Erik Pappa, Tony Sanchez

By ALAN SNEL A half-hour before kickoff of UNLV’s football season, alum Tony Iverson held a beer in a

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.