COVID-19 Archives - Page 21 of 22

Jon Taffer: ‘Sports Teams Need To Play, We Have To Get Back To Work’

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 Alan Snel Chris Hartweg, Jon Taffer

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was a doubleheader of Facebook Live interviews today as we spoke with Jon Taffer

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COVID-19 and Sports: NFL Was Supposed to Take Over Strip for Draft This Week; Instead Follow Social Distancing and Stay United Behind Health Care Workers Who Are Saving Lives

April 20, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com This was supposed to be the week that the Strip would be closed at Flamingo

Life in the arena: VGK superfan Jason Griego AKA The Wolverine was very different before the pandemic. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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Sports and COVID-19: Tampa Doctor Suggests Surveillance and Game-Day Testing of Fans to Check for Virus

April 17, 2020 Alan Snel Dr. Jason Wilson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way fans will consume sports in profound ways, including

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Sports and COVID-19: UNLV Offers $1 Season Ticket Deposit Deal For Football Season, But Virus Expert Fauci Calls For No Fans At Stadiums

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 Alan Snel Anthony Fauci

UNLV is trying to stir more football fans into attending Rebels home games by promoting a deal that allows people

Sign at Raiders stadium construction site today.

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Raiders Stadium Construction Site Reduced Workforce Briefly From COVID-19 But Number Of Workers Back To Normal Level

April 14, 2020April 15, 2020 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There was a brief period of time when the number of construction workers dropped at

Las Vegas City Coucnilman Cedric Crear at isolation and quarantine homeless center at Cashman Center,

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COVID-19 and Sports: Cashman Soccer Redevelopment Talks Pushed To September; Development Group Working On Including New Investor For Soccer Stadium Deal In Downtown LV; Tour Of New Isolation/Quarantine Center At Cashman

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020 Alan Snel Cedric Crear, Floyd Kephart, Scott Adams

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell These are trying times for the Cashman Center and

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Veteran Las Vegas Photographer Tom Donoghue Captures Images Of Thunderbirds’ Aerial Salute To Health Care Workers

April 12, 2020 Alan Snel Tom Donoghue

(Publisher’s note: In these difficult, anxious and trying times of living through a virus pandemic, LVSportsBiz.com will publish stories that

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Sports and COVID-19: Endorsement Deals Put On Hold For Olympic Athletes After Summer Games Pushed Back To 2021

April 10, 2020 Alan Snel Craig Beardsley, Jimmy Carter, Rowdy Gaines

By Toby Srebnik for LVSportsBiz.com For the fourth time in Olympics history dating back to 1896, the Olympics have been

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Pro Teams Put On Notice In Age of COVID-19 Pandemic: Seton Hall Poll Says 72% Of Americans Wouldn’t Attend Games Before Vaccine Development

April 9, 2020April 11, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A Seton Hall University sports poll has some sobering results for professional teams amid the

COVID-19 Raiders Stadium

Second Worker At Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Construction Site Tests Positive For Coronavirus

April 8, 2020April 9, 2020 Alan Snel OJ Simpson, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Construction at the Raiders stadium site is moving ahead after a second worker at the

July 5, 2021

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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.

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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