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Amanda Nunes stalking her prey at UFC 250. Photo from UFC.

UFC Star Amanda Nunes Pounds Spencer To Defend Featherweight Belt; Two-Division Champ Doles Out ‘Bye Felicia’ Beating In Unanimous Decision

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Dana White, Felicia Spencer

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com She might be the most significant champion athlete you’ve never heard of. Amanda “The Lioness”

UFC two-division champion Amanda Nunes

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UFC Star Amanda Nunes Hopes To Test Negative For COVID-19 To Fight Spencer At Saturday’s UFC 250

June 4, 2020 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Felicia, Nina Ansaroff

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Like all fighters at Saturday’s UFC 250 event in Las Vegas, UFC superstar and two-division

A look inside South Point Arena for the Professional Bull Riders team competition events in June. CBS Sports Netwpork will broadcast 40 hours over the four weekends of action. Photo courtesy of PBR.

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Pro Bull Riders, In Las Vegas For Four Weekends at South Point, Will Hold Country’s First Indoor Sports Event With Fans During Pandemic In South Dakota In July

June 4, 2020 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Ryan Growney, Sean Gleason

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UFC might be Endeavor’s most famous sports asset, but it was the company’s other sports

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Sportsbooks Are Back In Las Vegas As Tourism Industry, Strip Return To Life; Pro Bull Riders Come To Las Vegas

June 4, 2020June 4, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Ryan Growney

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The sports betting windows were open for action at 8 a.m. Thursdsay at the popular

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 30: Gilbert Burns of Brazil reacts after his victory over Tyron Woodley in their welterweight fight 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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UFC Brings Back Live Sports To Las Vegas Saturday Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, National Unrest

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Gary Bettman, George Floyd

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s strangely quiet inside the venue. But the two combatants are throwing punches and kicks

Back in the good old days in June 2019 when UFC President Dana White was leading a tour of the newly-built UFC Apex building.

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Dana White: UFC Is Losing $100 Million+ This Year Without Gate Revenue During COVID-19 Pandemic

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UFC is losing more than $100 million in gate money from not selling tickets to

Reporters inside the media tent for Friday's weigh-in event for UFC Fight Night 38 Saturday.

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Media Treatment At UFC Fight Event in Las Vegas Offers Clues For How Fans Will Be Treated At Sports Events During Pandemic

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Alan Snel Brok Weaver, Dana White, Gilbert Burns, Tyron Woodley

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Reporting on live sports in the age of COVID-19 has changed. The manner in which

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UFC Fight Shows At APEX In Las Vegas Saturday and June 6 Are A Go After Nevada Athletic Commission This Morning Approves UFC Events

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 Alan Snel Bob Bennett, Dana White

By Cassandra Cousineau and Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s fight night on for Dana White and Las Vegas-based UFC, which

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UFC’s Dana White Needs Nevada Athletic Commission’s Blessing Wednesday To Stage Fight Event At APEX Saturday After Gov. Sisolak Clears Path For UFC Fight Show

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Donald Trump, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel and Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Dana White believes he’s going to stage a UFC fight night at

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How COVID-19 Pandemic Forced Sports Industry To Innovate In First Round Of Sports Return Broadcasts This Month

May 23, 2020May 27, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Matthew Wolff, Rickie Fowler

By Vivi Lin for LVSportsBiz.com LinkedIn: @ViviOnTheSpot IG: @ViviOnTheSpot4TV Facebook: @ViviOnTheSpot4TV With the widespread impact of the novel coronavirus and suspension

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.

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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

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