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Eyewitness To Major League Sports During Pandemic: Without Fans In Venues, Big League Games Look Like High-tech Pick-up Games With Athletes In Nice Uniforms

December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Vegas Golden Knights have sealed off their practice rink from the public at their

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Stadium That People Thought Hosted Final College Football Game In Las Vegas Is Home For Five Games During COVID-19 Pandemic; San Jose State 34 Boise State 20 Saturday

December 19, 2020December 19, 2020 Alan Snel Matt Mecurio, Nick Starkel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com At 50 years old, she’s not a glamorous, young beauty like new palatial Allegiant Stadium.

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Las Vegas’ COVID-19 Woes Tuesday: UNLV Basketball Coach Otzelberger Tests Positive, Raiders’ Receiver Ruggs Placed On COVID List

December 15, 2020December 16, 2020 Alan Snel Henry Ruggs III, T.J. Otzelberger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The COVID-19 pandemic has been absolutely brutal to Las Vegas’ vaunted sports and entertainment industry,

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On Sports Betting: Bet On The Raiders? The ‘Experts’ Warned Against It

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Hank Goldberg, Marcus Arroyo

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Bet on the Las Vegas Raiders? In a key late-season game vs. the Indianapolis Colts?

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Want To Play A College Football Game At Sam Boyd Stadium? New Mexico Did Three Times At $30,000 A Game

December 12, 2020December 13, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell They’re dressed in red jerseys and red pants and

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New Mexico’s Football Partial Bubble In Las Vegas Can Be Template For NFL, Other College Football Programs During Pandemic

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Alan Snel David Williams, Desiree Reed-Francois, Eddie Nunez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the sports world in March, LVSportsBiz.com made a bold

San Jose State practices at Sam Boyd Stadium to get ready for SJS-Nevada game Friday. Photo credits of Sam Boyd Stadium: San Jose State Football Twitter

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Ol’ Sam Boyd Stadium Comes Out Of Mothballs To Host Three New Mexico Games and San Jose State vs Nevada Matchup Friday

December 8, 2020December 8, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Don’t bury good ol’ Sam Boyd Stadium quite yet. Sure, it’s not exactly an architectural

UNLV competes against K-State at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas on December 5, 2020.

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On Sports Betting: Runnin’ Rebels Flash Momentum; Raiders Jolt Jets In Jersey

December 7, 2020 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, David Jenkins Jr., Derek Carr, T.J. Otzelberger

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com It was a little thing, really. But the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels came away with their

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UNLV vs Boise State Football Game Scheduled For Allegiant Stadium Friday Is Canceled Because Of COVID-19; Game Will Not Be Rescheduled

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Alan Snel Marcus Arroyo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Mountain West Conference football game between UNLV and Boise State at Allegiant Stadium scheduled

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On Sports Betting: UNLV Sports Gave Bettors Nasty Case of Holiday Indigestion

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Jon Gruden, T.J. Otzelberger

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com It was Thanksgiving Eve, and the table was set for UNLV basketball. The Runnin’ Rebels

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LVSportsBiz.com CONTACT: 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. Please read our investigative reports on:

F1 race promoting misleading economic data on race event in Las Vegas

Las Vegas still owing more than $1 billion on its debt for contributing $750 million for construction of Raiders’ NFL stadium.

LVCVA spending $165,000 on Super Bowl trip to LA

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill’s claiming that tourism decreases in Las Vegas in summer is wrong

Las Vegas consultant Jeremy Aguero having conflict of interest for asking Nevada Legislature for A’s stadium construction money while also working as administrative support for Las Vegas Stadium Authority.

LVCVA awarding $1.2 million contract to Phoenix-based sports marketing company that hires former husband of LVCVA’s vice president of sports & events less than a month after.

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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

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 2025: $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.