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UNLV Football Learns Start Time For Halloween Game Against Nevada-Reno At Allegiant Stadium: 7:30 PM

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Marcus Arroyo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The starting quarterback for UNLV’s football team is still an unknown. How many fans will

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UNLV AD Reed-Francois Chats With LVSportsBiz.com About NCAA Events Coming To Las Vegas, COVID-19, UNLV VS UNR At Allegiant Stadium

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Fresh off the major news of the NCAA staging sports championship events in Las Vegas,

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Las Vegas To Host College Hockey’s Frozen Four In 2026 and College Basketball’s Regionals In 2023 At T-Mobile Arena

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 Alan Snel Dan Gavitt, Desiree Reed-Francois

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Two years ago, LVSportsBiz.com reported college sports championships would be coming to Las Vegas thanks

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Raiders Stadium UNLV 

Allegiant Stadium’s First Football Fans In Attendance Could Be UNLV Football Fans

September 29, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Marcus Arroyo, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UNLV football games might end up having the first fans at the Raiders’ new Allegiant

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A rendering showing the Las Vegas stadium with the UNLV football markings.
PBR UNLV 

PBR Leaves T-Mobile Arena For Texas in November, But Mountain West and UNLV Football Are Back In October

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Alan Snel Jeff Williams, Sean Gleason, Steve Hill

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The 2020 Professional Bull Riders World Finals scheduled for November at T-Mobile Arena on the

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UNLV football coach Marcus Arroyo talks with former UNLV Rebel former great Randall Cunningham.
UNLV 

UNLV AD Reed-Francois on Rebels Football Season Postponed: ‘Today Is A Hard Day’

August 10, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Marcus Arroyo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The COVID-19 virus pandemic has claimed the UNLV football season and the rest of the

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Golden Knights UNLV 

NHL Playoffs and Golden Knights Return In August, While UNLV Non-Conference Football Games With Cal, Arizona State At Allegiant Stadium Are Scrubbed

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The National Hockey League will go toe-to-toe with the COVID-19 pandemic this summer when it

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Raiders Stadium UNLV 

UNLV Can Host Arizona State At Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium Sept. 12 If Rebels Move Colorado State Home Game From Oct. 24 to Oct. 23

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 Alan Snel Steve Hill

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The home stadium sites for the UNLV football team in 2020 have come into a

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Sam Boyd Stadium is back in action for a Sept. 5 game between UNLV and Louisiana Tech.
UNLV 

UNLV Home Football Game For Sept. 5 Will Be At Sam Boyd Stadium, Not New Allegiant Stadium

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Jeremy Aguero

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, not every UNLV football game in 2020 will be played at the new Allegiant

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COVID-19 UNLV 

Sports and COVID-19: UNLV Offers $1 Season Ticket Deposit Deal For Football Season, But Virus Expert Fauci Calls For No Fans At Stadiums

April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 Alan Snel Anthony Fauci

UNLV is trying to stir more football fans into attending Rebels home games by promoting a deal that allows people

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Briefs

July 5, 2021

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

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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

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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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