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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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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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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

US Open marches ahead during pandemic. Photo by US Tennis Twitter.

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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 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

Allegiant Stadium and T-Mobile Arena in background.

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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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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

UFC Fight Island events start Saturday -- Photo from UFC twitter

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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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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.”

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.