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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - AUGUST 01: (L-R) Vince Cachero punches Jamall Emmers in their featherweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on August 01, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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UFC Returns From Fight Island For Busy Month At Apex Building In Las Vegas Amid Pandemic

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Derek Brunson, Edmen Shahbazyan

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com While Major League Baseball appears to be heading to a grounded season because of non-bubble

Usman defeated Masvidal. Photo credit: UFC on Twitter.

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Sports and COVID-19: UFC, White Pull Off Fight Island Event From Abu Dhabi

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Jorge Masvidal, Kamaru Usman

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Dana White had some fun promoting Fight Island, but the UFC president’s shtick could not

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Las Vegas-Based UFC Anchored On Fight Island In Abu Dhabi, While U.S. Sports Leagues, VGK, Aces Embark On Pandemic’s Great Unknown

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Alan Snel Buster Posey, Dana White, David Price, Kamaru Usman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When you watch ESPN’s promotional coverage of Las Vegas-based UFC’s fight events these days during

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Even During COVID-19 Pandemic, UFC Prez White and Circa CEO Stevens In Full Promotion Mode This Week

July 9, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Derek Stevens

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Like UFC President/Frontman/Ringmaster Dana White, downtown Las Vegas hotel owner and developer Derek Stevens is

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

Dana White is heading to Florida for UFC 261 . Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

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Former Hotel Valet and Ex-Trainer, UFC’s Dana White Powers Through Pandemic With MMA Fight Shows While Sports Leagues Still Have Not Played Games In COVID-19 Age

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Dana White, Gary Bettman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com He quit his hotel valet job decades ago, went on to become a workout trainer

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JUNE 27: (L-R) Philipe Lins of Brazil punches Tanner Boser in their heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on June 27, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)

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Dana White’s UFC Pulls Off Fight Shows In Las Vegas Through Entire Month of June During COVID-19 Pandemic

June 27, 2020June 27, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Khama Worthy, Luis Pena

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com UFC President Dana White was on vacation earlier this week. The bossman of the Las

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LVSportsBiz Asks UFC Prez Dana White If He Will Mask; You Know Answer

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UFC President Dana White, who held the first live sports events in the U.S. and

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UFC’s Dana White: ‘I’m Planning For A Second Shutdown’

June 21, 2020 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Dana White, Julien BriseBois

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On the same day that the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning shut down a workout in

UFC is in Abu Dhabi for Fight Island in July. Photo from UFC.

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UFC’s Fight Island Events In July Part of Las Vegas-Based Promotion’s Deal With Abu Dhabi

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Dustin Poirier, Khabib Nurmagomedov

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UFC’s global marketing reach from its Las Vegas headquarters has reached Abu Dhabi where the

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.