Pat Christenson Archives

NFR’s Cowboys Ride Into Las Vegas Sunset On Final Night Of Competition As 17,788 Pack Arena Saturday For 10-Day Total Of 173,350

December 10, 2022December 11, 2022 Alan Snel Pat Christenson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer The National Finals Rodeo packed in 17,788 rodeo fans into

Marketing National Finals Rodeo Thomas & Mack Center Travel

NFR Will Hit 350 Consecutive Sellouts At Thomas & Mack When Final Round Of Competition Closes; Thursday’s Opening Night Draws 16,929

December 1, 2022December 2, 2022 Alan Snel Pat Christenson, Tim Keener

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer They crowed about the Pac-12 football championship game being a sellout at Allegiant

New Las Vegas Events President Tim Keener using a bicycle to check on displays for National Finals Rodeo at Thomas & Mack Center. Photo: LVSportsBiz.com

Bicycling National Finals Rodeo Thomas & Mack Center

On Bicycling: New Las Vegas Events Head Man Hops On Metal Horse To Get Around Arena For National Final Rodeo Start In Las Vegas

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 Alan Snel Pat Christenson, Tim Keener

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer As Thomas & Mack Center workers arranged souvenir shirts, installed posters and

Retiring Las Vegas Events President Pat Christenson addressing LVCVA board

National Finals Rodeo Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Thomas & Mack Center

Two Longtime Las Vegas Sports Figures Stepping Aside: Pat Christenson, Dick Calvert

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 Alan Snel Dick Calvert, Pat Christenson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com One was the public address announcer voice of UNLV sports for more than half a

Bowling Sports Tourism

Before Foley’s Golden Knights, Davis’ Raiders, White’s UFC, Las Vegas Sports Had Michael Gaughan Who Made Vegas A National Bowling Hub

March 16, 2022 Alan Snel Malcolm Gladwell, Michael Gaughan, Pat Christenson

By Pat Christenson for LVSportsBiz.com After being on the job at Las Vegas Events for only a couple of months

Basketball Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General)

Madness In Vegas: How Las Vegas Became Hub Of College Basketball Tournaments Every March

February 26, 2022 Alan Snel Barry Barto, Herb McDonald, Jon Porter, Kenny Guinn, Pat Christenson, Tucker DiEdwardo

By Pat Christenson for LVSportsBiz.com In 1992, Tucker DiEdwardo happened to be camped out at then UNLV Soccer Coach Barry Barto’s house

Credit: Pat Christenson

Outdoor Sports Rock n’ Roll Marathon Sports Marketing Sports Tourism

Rock N’ Roll Marathon Returns To Las Vegas With Night Run On Strip

February 14, 2022 Alan Snel Dale Eeles, Pat Christenson

By Pat Christenson special for LVSportsBiz.com For 37 years, the Las Vegas International Marathon ran from Jean to Sunset Park. Somewhere

National Finals Rodeo Thomas & Mack Center

Before T-Mobile Arena, Allegiant Stadium There Was Thomas & Mack Center Helping NFR Grow Into Major Las Vegas Event

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021 Alan Snel Dennis Finfrock, Pat Christenson

By Pat Christenson, special to LVSportsBiz.com The Thomas & Mack Center looked more like a garage than an arena when

National Finals Rodeo

Las Vegas Sports Market Is A Whirlwind, But There’s Always Steady National Finals Rodeo For Time Machine Experience

December 2, 2021December 3, 2021 Alan Snel Pat Christenson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You know, the sports industry in Las Vegas has been moving as fast as

UNLV

Former UNLV Quarterback Created Financial Game Plan For Arenas In Las Vegas

November 12, 2021 Alan Snel Michael Gaughan, Pat Christenson, Steve Stallworth

By Pat Christenson, special correspondent for LVSportsBiz.com Steve Stallworth was one in a crop of Harvey Hyde’s recruits for UNLV’s

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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.

BRIEFS

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.