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SportsBiz Roundup: First Week Of 2023 Brings An End To Raiders’ Disappointing Season; VGK Biz Blurbs; Dana White’s New Year’s Eve Slap

January 4, 2023 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Bill Foley, Bobby Petrino, Dana White

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer A disappointing season for the Las Vegas Raiders ends Saturday afternoon. The Raiders

That's Jim Frevola in the center flanked by VGK/Foley group president Kerry Bubolz (right); former VGK Chief Marketing Officer Brian Killingsworth (left).

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Former Golden Knights Business Executive Returns To Bill Foley’s Sports Group To Run AFC Bournemouth’s Business Operations

December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Jim Frevola

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Jim Frevola, a key Bill Foley sports group business executive who helped launch

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Selling Sports In Vegas: UNLV Runnin’ Rebels Roll Out Four-Ticket Deal Complete With Chicken Fingers To Lure Fans To Watch Unbeaten Hoopsters at Thomas & Mack Saturday

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Cayla Barnes, Dana White, Dustin Johnson, Hannah Bilka, Joe Tsai, Phil Anschutz, Rory Guilday, Steve Nash, Wayne Gretzky

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Happy Holidays. It’s the season for joy and the season to promote sports

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On Sports Tourism: UFC Leads Trio Of Sold Out Arenas In Las Vegas Saturday, Enjoys Bullish 2022 With Giant Live Gate Numbers

December 11, 2022December 11, 2022 Alan Snel Alex Pereira, Amanda Nunes, Conor McGregor, Dana White, Israel Adesanya, Jan Blachowicz, Julianna Pena, Kamaru Usman, Kevin Holland, Leon Edwards, Magomed Ankalaev, Nate Diaz, Tony Ferguson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com UFC Writer Just another day in Las Vegas. On Saturday, there were three

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Weekend Sports Gambler: Wake Up, The Rebels Are On The Map Again

December 9, 2022 Alan Snel Bruce Cassidy, Kevin Kruger

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Betting Writer In case you’ve settled down for a long winter’s nap, it’s time

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

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Nevada State Athletic Agency Will Regulate Dana White’s Slap Fighting Business; Sport Described As ‘Highly Entertaining’

October 18, 2022 Alan Snel Craig Piligian, Dana White, Frank Fertitta, Hunter Campbell, Jeff Mullen, Lorenzo Fertitta, Stephen Cloobeck

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com UFC Writer Dana White’s fight business just got bigger Tuesday. This time, it’s Slap

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The Fight Show Goes On: UFC, Dana White Pull Off Reshuffled Event At T-Mobile Arena Saturday After Weighty 11th-Hour Fighter Issues

September 10, 2022September 10, 2022 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Andreas Michael, Chris Barnett, Cris "Cyborg", Dana White, Daniel Rodriguez, Hakeem Dawodu, Hunter Campbell, Jon Jones, Khamzat Chimaev, Megan Olivi, Mick Maynard, Nate Diaz, Sean Shelby

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com UFC Writer You are one of Las Vegas’ best entertainment providers and you have

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Weekend Sports Gambler: Countdown Underway to Raiders-Chargers Kickoff on Sunday

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 Alan Snel Becky Hammon, Josh McDaniels, Khamzat Chimaev, Marcus Arroyo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer, LVSportsBiz.com Sports Betting Writer Now the fun begins. And the lines snaking to the betting

Dana White calls off press conference. Photo credits: Cassandra Cousineau/LVSportsBiz.com

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It’s A First For MMA Fight Promoter: Dana White Calls Off UFC 279 Pre-Fight Presser Thursday Because Of Backstage Skirmishes

September 9, 2022 Alan Snel Dana White, Daniel Rodriguez, Kevin Holland, Khamzat Chimaev, Nate Diaz, Tiki Ghosn, Tony Ferguson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com UFC Writer It was a first for UFC. The UFC 279 pre-fight press conference

UNLV coach Marcus Arroyo

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Monday Morning Gambler: With August, Comes Rain, Humidity — And College Football

August 1, 2022 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Kelsey Plum, Marcus Arroyo

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com You can count on a few things in August in the desert: Stifling humidity, quixotic

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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.

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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

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.