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UFC and Amanda Nunes fan Johnny Zimmerman

UFC and Zappos Have A Merchandise Deal

January 15, 2021 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Two very different Las Vegas-based brands are joining forces. MMA fight promoter UFC and downtown-based

Conor McGregor will be on drive-in screens.

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UFC Will Show UFC 257, Conor Fight At Drive-In Theaters Across U.S. Jan. 23

January 6, 2021January 6, 2021 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas-based UFC will be showing its UFC 257 fight event on drive-in theaters across

COVID-19 Golden Knights Raiders Stadium Raiders Team UFC UNLV

Eyewitness To Major League Sports During Pandemic: Without Fans In Venues, Big League Games Look Like High-tech Pick-up Games With Athletes In Nice Uniforms

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights have sealed off their practice rink from the public at their

UFC President Dana White. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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UFC Boss Dana White Uses Slick ‘Victory Lap’ Video To Rip Media Critics Who Questioned Staging Fights During Pandemic

December 22, 2020December 23, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Donald Trump

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com With Christmas and the New Year approaching, UFC President Dana White released a video gift

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LVSportsBiz.com’s Combat Sports Year-in-Review In Las Vegas

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Alan Snel Bob Arum, Dana White, Deontay Wilder, Kell Brook, Terence Crawford, Tyson Fury

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas combat sports industry took on a different look after the global COVID-19 pandemic

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

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 30: Workers sanitize the Octagon between fights during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on May 30, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

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COVID-19 and Sports: UFC Spends $17 Million On 26,300 COVID-19 Tests To Make Sure MMA Fight Shows Go On This Year

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Snel Charles Oliveira, Dana White, Diego Lima, Tony Ferguson

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Saturday was the pay-per-view finale for Las Vegas-based UFC and typically the year’s last major

Gambling Raiders Stadium Raiders Team UFC UNLV

On Sports Betting: Bet On The Raiders? The ‘Experts’ Warned Against It

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Hank Goldberg, Marcus Arroyo

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Bet on the Las Vegas Raiders? In a key late-season game vs. the Indianapolis Colts?

Dana White at an event at the APEX building in Las Vegas last year.

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UFC Expected To Cut 60 Fighters, UFC Boss Dana White Says

December 7, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Derek Brunson, Edmen Shahbazyan, Gilbert Burns, Ronda Rousey, Yoel Romero

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Like other industries, sports have had to cut workers, from media companies letting go of

UNLV competes against K-State at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas on December 5, 2020.

Gambling Raiders Team UFC UNLV

On Sports Betting: Runnin’ Rebels Flash Momentum; Raiders Jolt Jets In Jersey

December 7, 2020 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, David Jenkins Jr., Derek Carr, T.J. Otzelberger

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com It was a little thing, really. But the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels came away with their

July 5, 2021

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.

ADVERTISEMENT: Please shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo at the Koval Lane intersection east of the Strip. Jay’s Market is the official presenting sponsor of LVSportBiz.com’s stories.

Hirings and Firings:

Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.

Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.

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

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

LVSportsBiz number for 2024: $1,178,161,041. That’s the amount of debt Las Vegas (actually, Clark County) owes for its public share of building the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.