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Tourist Corridor Business Owner On Formula 1 Race Impact: ‘They Didn’t Think Through The Consequences . . . They Shut Down Our Bloodline’

January 8, 2024 Alan Snel Gary Ellis, Gino Ferraro, Jim Gibson, Joe Lombardo, Justin Jones, Lisa Mayo, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Michael Naft, Mimmo Ferraro, Renee Wilm, Ross Miller, Steve Hill, Tick Segerblom, William McCurdy II

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The much-hyped Formula 1 car race in the Las Vegas tourist corridor was not slated

Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board Chairman Steve Hill (left) chats with Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval (right) at a recent stadium board meeting in Las Vegas. Photo: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Athletics Baseball Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Sports Marketing Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Las Vegas Set To Get First Look At Athletics Stadium Renderings Monday (Previous Drawings Were Not Actual Baseball Stadium)

November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 Alan Snel Bjarke Ingels, Dave Kaval, Jim Gibson, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Keith Whitfield, Steve Hill, Susie Martinez

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The MLB Oakland Athletics are ready to show the public their renderings for their planned

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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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Las Vegas Mayor Says Formula 1 Made Street Race Pitch To City In 2019, But Downtown Hotels, Businesses Did Not Have “Appetite” For Grand Prix

November 20, 2023November 22, 2023 Alan Snel Carolyn Goodman, Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, Steve Dimopoulos

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Race promoter Formula 1 first approached the city of Las Vegas about staging

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.

Fans Formula 1 Formula One LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

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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Another Sports Organizer Wants Public Dollars In Las Vegas: Formula One Asks Clark County For $40 Million Toward $80 Million Las Vegas Grand Grand Prix Infrastructure Work

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Alan Snel Jim Gibson, Justin Jones, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, Michael Naft

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Now it’s Formula One’s turn to belly up to the public trough and

Speaker Steve Yeager at state hearing on proposed Athletics ballpark funding bill.

Baseball Marketing Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Sports Marketing Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Stadium Subsidy Debate: Backers, Opponents Of Athletics Ballpark Subsidy Of $380 Million Argue Points At State Hearing On Memorial Day

May 29, 2023May 30, 2023 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Steve Hill, Steve Yeager, Zach Conine

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer Nevada. First in stadiums. Last in a lot of other stuff. Nevada lawmakers

LVCVA chief Steve Hill Photo credit: LVSportsBiz.com

Formula 1 Formula One Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel

How Much Is Clark County Paying For Las Vegas Grand Prix Road Resurfacing? County Still Doesn’t Know; Las Vegas Tourism Board Also Approves $7 Million Grand Prix Ticket Deal

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Alan Snel Jim Gibson, Kevin Bagger, Michael Naft, Steve Hill

(Publisher’s Note: Security at the Las Vegas Convention Center initially refused to allow LVSportsBiz.com to attend a public LVCVA board

Athletics Las Vegas Ballpark Major League Baseball Marketing Oakland Athletics Oakland Athletics ballpark Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Oakland Athletics Visit Las Vegas For Spring Games This Weekend, But Will They Try To Plant Roots Here With New Ballpark Near Strip?

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023 Alan Snel Don Logan, Ernie Clement, Jim Gibson, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Larry Brown

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne A 26-year-old second baseman for

Gov. Steve Sisolak greets NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell at NFL Draft In Las Vegas

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NFL Meetup Of The Dudes At Flamingo and Las Vegas Boulevard: Goodell, Sisolak, Davis, Hill Open 2022 NFL Draft With Main Intersection Presser

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Alan Snel Dan Ventrelle, Jim Gibson, Mark Davis, Roger Goodell, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

Raiders owner Mark Davis chatting with Gov. Steve Sisolak Story by Alan Snel Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell

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.