John Saccenti Archives

Boondoggle or Legit Public Spending?: Travel Expense Records Show LVCVA Spent About $200,000 On College Football Championship Trip To Miami In January

October 29, 2026October 29, 2026 Alan Snel Andy Gorchov, Brian Yost, Erick Harper, Jeremy Aguero, Jim Gibson, John Saccenti, Justin Carley, Kate Wik, Mike Newcomb, Sandra Douglass Morgan, Steve Hill, Will Hunter

(Publisher’s Note: Why do we report these record-based Las Vegas stories? People promoting Las Vegas as a destination claim sports

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Las Vegas Bowl In Wait-and-See Mode To See If It Could Be In Annual Rotation Of Hosting CFP Games

August 26, 2026August 27, 2026 Alan Snel Don Logan, John Saccenti, Rob Dondero, Steve Hill, Urban Meyer

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Not only has the Strip been gentrified, but Las Vegas has

Allegiant Stadium Fans Las Vegas Bowl Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Las Vegas Bowl Ushers In 2026 In Vegas; Utah Blasts Nebraska, 44-22 At Annual Game At Allegiant Stadium

December 31, 2025December 31, 2025 Alan Snel John Saccenti, Rossi Ralenkotter

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Football Is Tourism For Las Vegas Market Coping With Declining Visitors, One-Dimensional Economy; Final: Broncos 24 Raiders 17

December 7, 2025December 7, 2025 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Bo Nix, Dan Mullen, Erick Harper, John Saccenti, Kenny Pickett, Mark Davis, Marvin Mims Jr.

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Steve Hill, LVCVA CEO

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LVCVA Spent More Than $70,000 On Travel, Meals For College Football Championship Game Expenses; LVCVA Says Travel Part Of Research Protocol Of Staging Title Game In Vegas

May 13, 2025February 14, 2026 Alan Snel Adam Feldman, Brian Yost, Erick Harper, Jim Gibson, John Saccenti, Katie Wik, Lisa Motley, Michael Naft, Mike Newcomb, Rob Dondero, Steve DePue, Steve Hill

(Publisher’s Note: Why did we report this travel expenses story? The Las Vegas market ranks low compared to its peer

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Include Las Vegas Bowl In College Football Playoffs; Get Vegas National Championship Game; USC’s Wild Q4 Comeback, USC 35 Texas A&M 31

December 27, 2024December 28, 2024 Alan Snel Jayden Maiava, John Saccenti, Steve Hill

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College football Fans Las Vegas Bowl UNLV

Bye, Barry Odom; UNLV Coach Takes Purdue Job; Rebels Play Cal At LA Bowl; Las Vegas Bowl Matches USC, Texas A&M

December 8, 2024December 10, 2024 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Del Alexander, Erick Harper, John Saccenti

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Announced Record 63,969 Attend USC 27 vs LSU 20 Classic Thriller At Allegiant Stadium In Vegas Sunday; First Time Standing-Room-Only Tickets Were Sold For Football Game At Stadium

September 1, 2024September 1, 2024 Alan Snel John Saccenti

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Allegiant Stadium Las Vegas Bowl Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

With Pac-12 Dissolving And New 12-Team College Football Playoff Starting In 2024, Las Vegas Bowl Will Need To Change With The Times

December 23, 2023December 23, 2023 Alan Snel David Braun, John Saccenti, Michael Wilbon

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne The Northwestern and Utah players got to see Las Vegas magician

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Florida Didn’t Show Up As Oregon State Wallops Undermanned Gators, 30-3, In Saturday Morning Las Vegas Bowl Saturday; Attendance: 29,750

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 Alan Snel John Saccenti, Silas Bolden

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

LVSportsBiz.com’s Written Word Series: Our storytelling focuses on original story lines.

June 2024: A father’s connection

June 2026: Baseball and the radio

April 2018: NHL team born in the desert

March 2020: Gratitude for being alive

June 2017: Birth of a website

August 2026: Team president does it all

LVSportsBiz.com endorses RIPT ULTRA for your sports headphones needs. I report hundreds of stories a year at venues where these headphones allow me to focus and write. Order these headphones here.

LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

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.