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Dana White switches UFC 232 from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
UFC 

UFC’s Switch of 232 Fight Show to LA from Las Vegas Scrambles Many Plans, Lives

December 23, 2018December 24, 2018 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Dana White, Jon Jones

By CASSANDRA COUSINEAU LVSportsBiz.com   Dana White and Jon Jones.   What a tag team.   White, the UFC president

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Boxer Floyd Mayweather.
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On Combat Sports: Champions Crowned and Sport’s Biggest Female Fight Set for UFC 232

December 11, 2018 Alan Snel Alexander Gustafsson, Amanda Nunes, Cris "Cyborg" Justino, Floyd Mayweather, Jon Jones

By CASSANDRA COUSINEAU LVSportsBiz.com   It’s been an action-filled 72 hours in the world of combat sports. Champions in both

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Dana White and friends.
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UFC’s White Rips ‘Moron’ ‘Cokehead’ Oscar De La Hoya for Signing of White’s Longtime Friend, Chuck Liddell

November 27, 2018 Alan Snel Chuck Liddell, Dana White, Oscar De La Hoya, Tito Ortiz

By CASSANDRA COUSINEAU  LVSportsBiz.com   Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White is a ferocious defender of his friends.   Just

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The new Institute in China will be three times the size as the one at the IFC headquarters grounds in Las Vegas.
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UFC Opens Performance Institute in Shanghai as Training Hub and Asian Headquarters

November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 Alan Snel Dana White, Forrest Griffin

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas-based UFC’s global reach in the fight game hit a new high when it

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After UFC 229 Brawl Fiasco, Time for UFC to Enact Code of Conduct

October 7, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov

By CASSANDRA COUSINEAU LVSportsBiz.com   UFC 229, headlined by Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor, will be recorded Saturday night as

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UFC Sowed Seeds of Saturday’s Ugly Brawl During Weeks Leading Up To UFC 229 By Allowing Vicious Smack Talk On Religion, Ethnicity, Family

October 7, 2018October 8, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The Nevada Athletic Commission withheld UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov’s purse after he flew “like

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UFC 

Conor McDollar Set To Deliver Record-Breaking Pay-Per-Views For UFC 229 Saturday

October 5, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Lawrence Epstein

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   Las Vegas-based UFC, which relies on pay-per-view buys for a significant share of its annual

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The Notorious has been known to get a free pass when it comes to his behavior.
UFC 

McGregor Is UFC’s Meal Ticket, So His Hall Pass Allows Everything From Attacking Buses to Press Conference Whiskey

September 25, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White

By CASSANDRA COUSINEAU LVSportsBiz.com   Conor McGregor walked onto the stage at Radio City Music Hall for the first press

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McGregor is worth too much money to UFC to not be fighting in the Octagon.
UFC WNBA Aces 

Harmonic Convergence of Aces’ Travel Woes, McGregor/White and Wild Bill Shows Power of The Mighty Dollar

August 4, 2018 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, William Karlsson

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   After the Las Vegas Aces travel headaches, you have to wonder how many metal dollies

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UFC 

UFC Needs Fresh, Talented Fighters And To Move Away From McGregor, Lesnar Stunts

July 26, 2018 Alan Snel Brad Hunt, Brock Lesnar, Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier, Demetrious Johnson, Floyd Mayweather, Jon Merrill, Nate Schmidt, Ronda Rousey

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   No sports organization has mixed mano-a-mano cage violence, soap opera and spectacle as successfully as

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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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