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UFC

Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena UFC 

Parking/Traffic Madness In Las Vegas July 10: Garth Brooks Concert At Allegiant Stadium (65,000 Fans), UFC 264 At T-Mobile Arena (20,000 Fans) Share Same Day

April 16, 2021 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Dustin Poirier, Garth Brooks, Marc Badain, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s easy these days finding parking along the famed Las Vegas Strip with COVID-19 reducing

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McGregor: TKO at UFC 257. Photo by UFC
COVID-19 Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena UFC 

With Nevada Reopening To 100 Percent Capacity June 1, UFC Plans Poirier Vs McGregor 3 To Headline UFC 264 At T-Mobile Arena July 10

April 14, 2021 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Dustin Poirier, Garth Brooks

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com One day after Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak said the state is opening up to 100

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UFC 

UFC Fight Night On ABC Debuts Venum Sponsorship

April 10, 2021 Alan Snel Anderson Silva, Lawrence Epstein, Lorenzo Fertitta

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com For the second time in less than a year, Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship scored

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Golden Knights Raiders Team T-Mobile Arena UFC 

Las Vegas’ First Major League Sports Team Was Born Here Because Of T-Mobile Arena, Celebrating Its Fifth Anniversary This Week

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Garry DeLucia, Gary Bettman, Gavin Maloof, Joe Maloof, Rick Arpin

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s this simple — Las Vegas became a major league team sports town because of

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Basketball Gambling Silver Knights UFC 

Henderson Silver Knights Will Have 20 Percent Crowd Capacity For April Games At Orleans Arena

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The day after Gonzaga became a once-beaten team in 2021: Las Vegas-based UFCs joined the

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Gambling Golden Knights UFC 

Monday Morning Gambler: Short Favorite Wins Heavyweight Crown For Bettors In UFC 260

March 29, 2021March 31, 2021 Alan Snel Francis Ngannou, Frank Fertitta, Gerrit Cole, Lorenzo Fertitta, Pete DeBoer, Shane Bieber, Stipe Miocic

By Dan Behringer of LVSportsBiz.com After 52 seconds in Round 2 and a series of powerful left hands from Francis

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UFC 

Saturday Night In Las Vegas UFC Crowned A New Heavyweight Champ, Hosted Celebrities, Dealt With Security Issue

March 28, 2021March 28, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Francis Ngannou, Israel Adesanya, Kamaru Usman, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Kourtney Kardashian, Megan Fox, Stipe Mioci

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com It was a wild night for Las Vegas-based UFC Saturday. At UFC’s Apex building, which

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COVID-19 Golden Knights UFC 

NBA’s Miami Heat Having Two Arena Sections Reserved For Vaccinated Fans Starting April 1 — Option Vegas Golden Knights Could Consider To Increase Fan Capacity At T-Mobile Arena

March 26, 2021March 27, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Kerry Bubolz

ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights are applying to increase fan attendance capacity at T-Mobile Arena

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COVID-19 UFC 

UFC Hits The Road For Fight Show In Jacksonville, Florida To Draw Arena Crowd Of 15,000 In April

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 Alan Snel Dana White, Jessica Andrade, Jorge Masvidal, Kamaru Usman, Rose Namajunas, Valentina Shevchenko, Weili Zhang

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship is taking the show on the road during these pandemic

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Gambling Golden Knights UFC 

Monday Morning Gambler: Vegas Golden Knights Bettors Get Back In Groove Of Cashing Tickets

March 15, 2021 Alan Snel Pete DeBoer, T.J. Otzelberger

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com If you’ve been betting the Vegas Golden Knights, you finally got to cash a winner.

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Briefs

July 5, 2021

LVSportsBiz.com CONTACT: 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. Please read our investigative reports on:

F1 race promoting misleading economic data on race event in Las Vegas

Las Vegas still owing more than $1 billion on its debt for contributing $750 million for construction of Raiders’ NFL stadium.

LVCVA spending $165,000 on Super Bowl trip to LA

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill’s claiming that tourism decreases in Las Vegas in summer is wrong

Las Vegas consultant Jeremy Aguero having conflict of interest for asking Nevada Legislature for A’s stadium construction money while also working as administrative support for Las Vegas Stadium Authority.

LVCVA awarding $1.2 million contract to Phoenix-based sports marketing company that hires former husband of LVCVA’s vice president of sports & events less than a month after.


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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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