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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

LVCVA Sports Tourism

No Bidding: What Happens At LVCVA Board Meeting Includes R&R Partners Staying As Public Tourism Agency’s Ad Company For $530 Million

May 12, 2026May 12, 2026 Alan Snel Billy Vassiliadis, Jim Gibson, Kate Wik

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Billy Vassiliadis did not miss this LVCVA meeting Tuesday morning. His

LVCVA Chief Marketing Officer Kate Wik gave a presentation on the new LVCVA tourism Fabulous Las Vegas campaign.

Allegiant Stadium College football LVCVA NBA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism T-Mobile Arena Travel

LVCVA Execs Crow About ‘Fabulous Las Vegas’ Ad Campaign As Response To Declining Tourism; LVCVA Board Approves Million-Dollar Payments To NBA, ESPN Productions

September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Kate Wik, Steve Hill

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LVCVA Marketing Travel

LVSportsBiz.com Editorial: With Hundreds of Millions Of Public Dollars Being Approved, LVCVA Board Meetings Need To Be Live Streamed

August 14, 2025 Alan Snel Brian Yost, Kate Wik, Steve Hill

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Grand Prix Las Vegas Grand Prix LVCVA Travel

Las Vegas Tourism Officials Highlight ‘Vegas Value’ To Combat ‘Wave Of Negative Commentary;’ LVCVA Board Approves $20 Million F1 Sponsorship

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero, Kate Wik, Lisa Mayo-DeRiso, Steve Hill

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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

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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.