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The Golden Knights' opening night ceremony received high marks. Photo credit: Daniel Clark/LVSportsBiz.com

In-Game Entertainment Leaders at Golden Knights, UNLV Games Shape Fans’ Experience

December 8, 2017December 8, 2017 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Jonny Greco, Kerry Bubolz, Megan Caligiuri, Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL A year ago, neither Jonny Greco nor Megan Caligiuri were living in Las Vegas. But

The NBA Summer League in Las Vegas set an attendance record in July. Photo credits: Sam Morris/Las Vegas News Bureau

Basketball UNLV

Orlando Summer League Closes, Setting Up NBA Summer League Extravaganza In Las Vegas For 2018

November 21, 2017 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL Las Vegas, you want the NBA? You got it. All of it. The

UNLV fans came ready to help Las Vegas heal at Saturday's football game. Photo credit: Erik John Ricardo for LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV

UNLV Football Game Strikes Right Chord For Healing The Hurt

October 7, 2017October 8, 2017 Alan Snel Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL The signs of coping and healing and crying are all over Las Vegas — the new

Sam Boyd Stadium back when it hosted UNLV football games

Stadiums/Arenas (General) UNLV

Sam Boyd Stadium To Close When Raiders Stadium Opens In 2020

September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 Alan Snel Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL At 46 years old, he’s not exactly a stud. But then again, Sam Boyd Stadium was

NBA Summer League founder Warren Legarie said, "We had to stop selling tickets -- yesterday" for today's sellout crowd.

NBA Summer League Thomas & Mack Center

NBA Summer League Scores Sellout, Record Attendance for Saturday’s Action in Vegas

July 6, 2017July 8, 2017 Alan Snel Albert Hall, Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL Saturday’s massive Lakers fan-dominated crowd at the NBA Summer League helped the Summer League score a record

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

BRIEFS

A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

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.