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COVID-19

COVID-19 Raiders Team 

NFL Cracks Down On Coronavirus Protocol Violations Leaguewide, Fines 10 Raiders Players For Fundraiser In Henderson Last Week

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Hunter Renfro, Jason Witten, Jon Gruden, Waller

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com With so much TV revenues at stake, the NFL is not playing around with trying

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COVID-19 Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Fumbles, Missed Opportunities Doom Las Vegas Raiders As Buffalo Bills Leave Sin City With 30-23 Win Sunday

October 4, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders’ first game in their new Las Vegas stadium worked out well Sept. 21.

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COVID-19 Raiders Team 

Raiders Players Draw Heat For Not Wearing Masks At Waller’s Charity Event, Violating Coronavirus Protocols

September 30, 2020October 2, 2020 Alan Snel Darren Waller, Derek Carr, JC Tretter, Jon Gruden, Mark Davis

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com  As the NFL is coping with a COVID-19 outbreak of three players and five staff

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US Open marches ahead during pandemic. Photo by US Tennis Twitter.
COVID-19 Tennis 

Sports and COVID-19: US Open’s Daniel Zausner On Staging World-Class Sports Event During Pandemic

September 2, 2020 Alan Snel Daniel Zausner

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Novak Djokovic, a 17-time Grand Slam winner, won a spectacular point through his world-class defensive

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COVID-19 

COVID-19 and Sports: NFL Players Union President Outlines Game Plan To Fight Novel Coronavirus With Season 10 Days Away

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Alan Snel JC Tretter

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The president of the NFL Players association delivered some good news about the novel coronavirus

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Allegiant Stadium and T-Mobile Arena in background.
COVID-19 Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Pandemic and Sports: Raiders’ Inaugural 2020 Season At New Stadium Will Be Without Fans In Las Vegas

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 Alan Snel Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders told their season ticket holders Monday morning that Raiders games at

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Aviators COVID-19 Golden Knights Lights 

COVID-19 and Sports: Las Vegas Aviators Prez Logan Says 2 Marlins Players ‘Caused All This Grief’ For MLB’s Miami Marlins

August 1, 2020 Alan Snel Brett Lashbrook, Brian Killingsworth, Don Logan, George McPhee

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The COVID-19 outbreak at the Miami Marlins was caused by two players who did not

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UFC Fight Island events start Saturday -- Photo from UFC twitter
Basketball COVID-19 UFC 

UFC’s Nimble Business Style Comes In Handy During COVID-19 Pandemic As Sports Leagues Cope With Players Testing Positive

July 6, 2020July 8, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Gilbert Burns, Jorge Masvidal, Kamaru Usman, Lawrence Epstein, Tyron Woodley

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com For all the goofy “Fight Island” shtick and references to tiki huts and beaches, Las

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The Strip took a beating because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Tom Donoghue
COVID-19 Gambling 

COVID-19: Two Separate Reports Offer Bleak View for Las Vegas Gaming Operators

July 1, 2020 Alan Snel Michael Lawton

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Down, down, down. The shutdown of Nevada casinos in May because of the new coronavirus

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Isolation and Quarantine Complex tour photos credited to J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com.
COVID-19 

Homeless COVID-19 Center At Cashman Center In Downtown Las Vegas Closes Tuesday With Pandemic Still Going On

June 30, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The temporary COVID-19 isolation and quarantine center for the homeless in downtown Las Vegas was

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Briefs

July 5, 2021

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LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.  

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

New A’s team president 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

Athletics consultant Jeremy Aguero is eye of Las Vegas’ sports hurricane

How Deal Was Made For A’s Ballpark On Strip

Bally’s Corp, Gaming & Leisure Properties team up with A’s for ballpark on Strip

Bally’s Corp Chairman Wants Hotel Open When A’s Stadium Is Ready In 2028

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May 24, 2021

Our bicycle story collection:

Red Rock Scenic Drive outside Las Vegas

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet Outside Vegas

Bicycling Las Vegas far from Strip

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

Move over road cycling, here comes mountain biking in Las Vegas

Pedaling Zion National Park

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Remembering the Knapper

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Remembering BeFly Beth

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

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