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NASCAR Speedway Sports Tourism 

Let’s Go Racing In Vegas: Logano Wins South Point 400 at Speedway Sunday

October 16, 2022October 17, 2022 Alan Snel Bubba Wallace, Davante Adams, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson

  ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT    Story by Alan Snel     Photos by Arnie Bazemore The Las Vegas Raiders had an open

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Speedway Sports Tourism 

March Madness, Car Race-Style: NASCAR Fans Make Pilgrimage To Las Vegas To See Alex Bowman Win Sunday’s Pennzoil 400

March 6, 2022March 6, 2022 Alan Snel Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Marcus Allen

    Story by Alan Snel     Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell My, how things have changed in one year

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Gambling Golden Knights UFC Uncategorized UNLV 

Monday Morning Gambler: UNLV Bettors Get To Cash A Ticket In Dramatic (Point Spread) Outcome

March 8, 2021 Alan Snel Brad Keselowski, Israel Adesanya, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Exciting finish.  Close.  Very close. It was No. 22 ranked San Diego State at UNLV,

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Speedway 

Fans Return To Las Vegas Motor Speedway As Kyle Larson Wins NASCAR Race Sunday

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Alan Snel Chris Powell, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson

Story and photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell Las Vegas Motor Speedway welcomed fans for the first time during the COVID-19

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Speedway 

Joey Logano Wins NASCAR’s Pennzoil 400 At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday

February 23, 2020February 24, 2020 Alan Snel Carnell Johnson, Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr.

  By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   Before there were fancy sports venues like

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Speedway Sports Marketing 

Changing Racers’ Image from Good Ol’ Boys to Fighter Pilots, NASCAR Negotiating Through Twists and Turns of Evolving Sports Marketing Landscape, Plans to Beef Up Profile in Las Vegas

February 21, 2020February 22, 2020 Alan Snel Bubba Wallace, Chase Elliott, Dale Earnhardt Sr., Jeff Gordon, Kevin Camper, Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney, Scott Warfield

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was 1998 and I was reporting a story on the 50th anniversary of NASCAR,

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Speedway 

NASCAR’s Big Boys Battle at LV Motor Speedway with Logano Winning and Kyle and Kurt Busch Finishing in Top 5

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 Alan Snel Joey Logano, Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch

    By DANIEL CLARK and ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   LVSportsBiz.com photos by LVSportsBiz.com   The Big Boys of NASCAR

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LVSportsBiz Contact

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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BRIEFS

Another day, another NBA arena idea in Las Vegas: During a quarterly earnings report call, VICI Properties execs said they’re teaming up with Caesars Entertainment on an idea to build an NBA arena  behind three hotel-casinos in the center of the Strip just north of Flamingo Road.

The Thrill is back: The pro women’s volleyball team, the Thrill, was out of business last year but a press release says the Thrill has a new local owner and a new coach and details will be reveled at a Monday presser.  The Las Vegas Thrill of Major League Volleyball used to play at the Lee Family Forum in Henderson.

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.”

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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

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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.

 

 

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