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Nothing Artificial About UNLV’s Football Field Saturday: Rebels Will Play On Raiders’ Natural Grass Surface At Allegiant Stadium

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022 Alan Snel

ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISEMENTS By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s double duty for the natural turf inside Allegiant Stadium for two football

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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Mountain West Media Days In Las Vegas: College Football Teams Hightailing It To New Conferences, ‘It’s All About TV Revenue At This Point’

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Alan Snel Craig Thompson, Javan Hedlund

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Wacky geography. No, not a Jeopardy category. Just one way of describing the strange world

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UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center Competes Against Las Vegas’ Arenas By Hosting Two Major, Contrasting Events In July, December

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Albert Hall, Warren LeGarie

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com That ol’ warhorse of an arena in Las Vegas, the Thomas & Mack Center, is

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Some Hoops Fans Still Wearing COVID-19 Masks (Voluntarily) At NBA Summer League; Saturday Attendance Hits 17,022 In Las Vegas

July 9, 2022July 11, 2022 Alan Snel Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Trae Young

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Walk the concourse at Thomas & Mack Center or look at the fans who filled

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Inside Allegiant Stadium’s Attendance Numbers For 2021: Thousands Of Empty Seats, No-Shows At Raiders Games

May 29, 2022May 30, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com If you thought you saw lots of empty seats at Las Vegas Raiders home games

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UNLV Visits Las Vegas Ballpark In Summerlin For Tuesday Evening Baseball Against Arizona State; Final UNLV 11 Arizona State 10

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was baseball night in Summerlin Tuesday. The UNLV baseball team, a club that had

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First Thursday Of March Madness In Las Vegas Is A Holiday In Sin City

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s First Thursday of March Madness in Las Vegas, a day that should be a

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Monday Morning Gambler: The Long Road Trip–VGK Burn Bettors Repeatedly on Losing Streak

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, Cole Sillinger, Pete DeBoer

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com For bettors, the Vegas Golden Knights at the Pittsburgh Penguins game on Friday looked like

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UNLV’s Rally Against Wyoming In Mountain West Tourney Comes Up Short, 59-56

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, Donovan Williams, Jordan McCabe, Kevin Kruger, Royce Hamm Jr.

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com After the UNLV’s women’s basketball team punched its ticket to The Big Dance, UNLV’s men’s

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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

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T-Mobile Arena’s plaza has a new naming rights partner: Toshiba Plaza is now called Paramount+ Plaza.

A’s stadium site partner announces CFO move:

A’s Spring Training schedule in the Arizona Cactus League

WNBA Commish retires: Following seven years as the first-ever Commissioner of the WNBA, Cathy Engelbert has informed the league of her decision to retire at the end of 2026.

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 2026-27 NATIONAL TV BROADCASTS

Tue. Sept. 29 vs. Chicago (ESPN)

Tue. Oct. 20 vs. Tampa Bay (ESPN)

Wed. Nov. 11 vs. Utah (TNT)

Tue. Nov. 17 vs. Dallas (TNT)

Thu. Nov. 19 vs. Dallas (ESPN+)

Tue. Nov 24 at Edmonton (TNT)

Wed. Dec. 16 vs. San Jose (TNT)

Tue. Dec. 22 at Anaheim (TNT)

Thu. Jan. 7 vs. Minnesota (ESPN)

Wed. Jan. 20 vs. Edmonton (TNT)

Sat. Feb. 20 at Dallas (ABC) 2027 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series™

Wed. Feb. 24 vs. Florida (TNT)

Sun. March 7 at N.Y. Rangers (ESPN)

Tue. March 9 vs. San Jose (ESPN+)

Tue. April 6 vs. St. Louis (ESPN)

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

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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.

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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

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