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National Finals Rodeo Thomas & Mack Center

NFR Returns To Las Vegas After Year Away In Texas Because Of COVID; Crews Convert Thomas & Mack From UNLV Basketball To Rodeo Sunday

November 28, 2021November 28, 2021 Alan Snel Michael Mack

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They’re back. The cowboys, horses, country music and the more than 300,000 National Finals Rodeo

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Rodeo Blues: National Finals Rodeo Lassos Blue Man Group To Promote Professional Cowboy Event

October 20, 2021 Alan Snel Sage Kimzey, Shane Hanchey

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Sure, Las Vegas is a gambling town. But at its roots, Las Vegas

Aces Aviators Boxing COVID-19 Gambling Golden Knights National Finals Rodeo PBR Raiders Stadium Raiders Team UFC

LVSportsBiz’s 2020 Year In Review: A Stadium Is Born, Coping With COVID-19 And Different Paths To Racial Justice

December 18, 2020December 20, 2020 Alan Snel A'ja Wilson, Dana White, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A highly-contagious worldwide virus shut down sports in Las Vegas for several months in 2020

National Finals Rodeo NFL Raiders Stadium Raiders Team

Texas and Florida NFL Teams Are Top Attendance Draws During COVID-19 Pandemic; Raiders vs Falcons In Atlanta Sunday

November 29, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com With Texas and Florida allowing sports events to have crowds during the novel coronavirus pandemic,

The NFL is going to Texas from Las Vegas in 2020

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National Finals Rodeo Moves From Las Vegas To Texas In 2020

September 8, 2020September 9, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com One of Las Vegas’ biggest December sports events — the National Finals Rodeo — is

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National Finals Rodeo Draws Just Less Than 170,000 Attendance For Ten Days At Thomas & Mack Center

December 18, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Another National Finals Rodeo is in the books, with the 10-day rodeo event at Thomas

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NFR’s Sellouts Roll On In Las Vegas

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Photos by Tom Donoghue The sellouts keep on coming at the 10-day National Finals Rodeo

NFR contestant Tim O'Connell chats with UFC star Amanda Nunes after a UFC panel chat at MGM Grand hotel-casino Wednesday afternoon.

National Finals Rodeo UFC

UFC + NFR = Alphabet Soup of Modern Gladiators

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Tim O'Connell

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Rodeo has down-to-earth, humble cowboys riding bulls and bucking horses when not wrestling steers to

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NFR Registers 323rd Straight Sellout Saturday Night In Las Vegas — And Counting

December 7, 2019December 8, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Photos by Tom Donoghue Saturday was the 323rd consecutive sellout at the National Finals Rodeo,

Day 1 action of then 10-day national Finals Rodeo (Photo credit: Tom Donoghue)

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NFR Crowd Packs Thomas & Mack, Including Celebrities Who Enjoy Watching Cowboys Like Stetson Wright, Tuf Cooper, Colt Gordon

December 5, 2019December 6, 2019 Alan Snel Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Costner, Pat Christenson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell More than just cowboys in Wranglers and women

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.

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

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.