UNLV AD Reed-Francois Chats With LVSportsBiz.com About NCAA Events Coming To Las Vegas, COVID-19, UNLV VS UNR At Allegiant Stadium

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

Fresh off the major news of the NCAA staging sports championship events in Las Vegas, UNLV Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois took time Thursday to chat with LVSportsBiz.com about the historic announcement from yesterday and the upcoming UNLV inaugural football game at new Allegiant Stadium.

Reed-Francois said football players are getting tested three times a week and that protocol measures are in place to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, which has led to the deaths of more than 215,000 Americans.

Here is our complete Live Stream chat from Thursday.


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Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.