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Thank You, ‘I’m Joe Lombardo,’ For Shining A Light On Drivers Making Right Turns At Red Lights Without (Allegedly) Stopping

July 15, 2026July 15, 2026 Alan Snel Joe Lombardo, Kevin McMahill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Well, cinema buffs, it looks like we have a new contender for

Allegiant Stadium College football Investigative LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

On The Open Records Beat: LVSportsBiz.com Uncovers LVCVA Sports Executive Salaries, Including $347,000/Year For Chief Sports Officer

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Janis Burke, Jennifer Hawkins, Joe Lombardo, Kevin McMahill, Steve Hill, Will Hunter

By Alan Snel, LVportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — You can make a nice living promoting sports for the Las Vegas

Allegiant Stadium LVCVA NFL Sports Marketing Super Bowl Tourism Travel

Las Vegas, LVCVA Embrace Another Super Bowl For 2029; Super Bowl 63 Coming Five Years After Vegas Hosted Its First Big Game in 2024

March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 Alan Snel Janis Burke, Joe Lombardo, Justin Carley, Michael Naft, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Las Vegas’ publicly-funded tourism agency — the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors

A's A's Stadium Aces Bill Foley Fans Marketing NBA NBA Summer League Raiders T-Mobile Arena WNBA Aces

Lure of Las Vegas: NBA Owners To Vote Next Week On Exploring Expansion To Las Vegas For 2028-29

March 16, 2026March 19, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Gary Bettman, Joe Lombardo, LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Shaquille O'Neal

ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It’s only a matter of

Bicycling Road safety

Remedy To Fix Metro Las Vegas’ Dangerous Roads: Think E’s Of Enforcement, Education, Engineering Better Designed Roads (Or Road Crashes, Deaths Will Continue)

January 15, 2026January 16, 2026 Alan Snel Joe Lombardo, Kevin McMahill, Steve Wolfson

ADVERTISEMENT Shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo Road at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip. ADVERTISEMENT

Formula 1 Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix National Finals Rodeo Thomas & Mack Center Tourism

Las Vegas Returns To Horse Town Roots With National Finals Rodeo, Country/Western Fans In Vegas For NFR At Thomas & Mack Center

December 3, 2025December 3, 2025 Alan Snel Dana White, Derek Stevens, Erick Harper, Joe Lombardo, Michael Gaughan, Tom Glause

ADVERTISEMENT Shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo Road at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip. ADVERTISEMENT

A's owner John Fisher

A's A's Stadium LVCVA Sports Tourism Stadium Board Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Miracle On The Strip: A’s Celebrate Groundbreaking Of Partially-Subsidized $1.75 Billion MLB Stadium, Insist It Will Host First Pitch In 2028

June 23, 2025June 25, 2025 Alan Snel Dallas Braden, Dina Titus, Jeremy Aguero, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher, Logan Gerken, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Rob Manfred, Ross Edwards, Sandy Dean, Steve Hill, Steve Yeager, Tommy White

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne

A's Stadium Athletics Baseball Major League Baseball Sports Marketing Travel

Athletics In Geographic Transition: Book Is Closed In Oakland, Three Years In Sacramento, Las Vegas Bound In 2028; Fans Want To See Stadium Construction Start In Vegas Before Believing A’s Move

February 22, 2025February 22, 2025 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer PEORIA, Arizona — So, this is where the Las Vegas-bound Athletics are playing their

A's owner John Fisher

A's Stadium Athletics Las Vegas Stadium Authority Stadium Board Stadiums/Arenas (General)

A’s Outline Stadium Budget Of $1.75 Billion In Stadium Board Meeting Documents That Include Fisher Letter Vouching Owner Has $1.1 Billion

December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 Alan Snel Joe Lombardo, John Fisher

Shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo Road at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip.

Some A's fans are now wearing the Las Vegas hat. Photos for this story: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

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

Athletics Stadium On Strip Scheduled To Be Discussed At Thursday’s Las Vegas Stadium Board Meeting

May 10, 2024May 11, 2024 Alan Snel Dave Kaval, Joe Lombardo, John Fisher

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The A’s stadium is on Thursday’s Las Vegas stadium board meeting agenda, with this

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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.