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Golden Knights Raiders Stadium UFC 

Raiders Stadium Visitors Keep Coming From LA; VGK Retail Store Sells Merchandise From Curb; UFC 249 A Go For Jacksonville Saturday

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth, Dana White, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com There he was at 3 p.m. with temperatures in the 90s in early May Tuesday,

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Gambling UFC 

Sports Betting and COVID-19: May 9 Date Is Set, Betting Lines Are Posted For UFC 249 In Florida

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Sports fans and sports bettors who were hoping to see the New York Yankees host

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

UFC Back In Action With UFC 249 Scheduled For Fan-less Arena In Jacksonville, Florida May 9

April 24, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Tony Ferguson

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com  UFC President Dana White will not be denied. Dana White is moving ahead with the

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

UFC Prez Dana White Pulls Plug On UFC 249: White Tells LVSportsBiz, ‘Disney Asked Me To Postpone’

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In the end, even UFC President Dana White couldn’t buck the virus –or top Disney/ESPN

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UFC 

UFC 249 Will Be Held At Domestic U.S. Location, Not The Mystery Island; Reports Point To UFC 249 Being Held On Tribal Land In California

April 7, 2020April 8, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com  UFC President Dana White wants to clear something up — UFC 249 will happen in

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

UFC Prez Dan White Forges Ahead With UFC 249 Event April 18 Amid COVID-19 Pandemic As U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 10K

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com If you thought Dana White pulling of a magic trick like getting Conor McGregor to

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Basketball Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center UFC 

LVSportsBiz Recommendation: Make Las Vegas Western U.S. Sports Hub During Interim Period When Major League Sports Are Phased Back Into American Society

March 31, 2020 Alan Snel Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com These are New Normal Times of #flattenthecurve, social distancing and donated masks and gloves. People

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UFC President Dana White
UFC 

UFC Prez Dana White Will Not Be Denied: ‘Fights Will Go On’ During COVID-19 Virus Crisis

March 14, 2020March 15, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UFC President Dana White knows only one way: To put on fights. That’s why he is

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UFC 

Sports Marketing: UFC Star Amanda Nunes Stars In Modelo Beer Commercial To Highlight Her ‘Fighting Spirit’

March 13, 2020 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Cris "Cyborg" Justino, Germaine de Randamie, Holly Holm, Ronda Rousey

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Amanda Nunes, one of UFC’s biggest stars but still not a household name for many

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UFC's APEX building
UFC 

Two UFC Fight Night Shows Relocated To UFC’s APEX Building In Las Vegas Amid Sports Leagues Shutting Down Games Because Of Coronavirus Pandemic

March 12, 2020March 13, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The fight shows go on for Las Vegas-based UFC in this new anxious time when

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July 5, 2021

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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. Our story of the month on F1 economics and race event in Las Vegas.


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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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