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UNLV basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger chats with a referee before a UNLV game last season.
UNLV 

UNLV Basketball Draws Small Saturday Crowd, But Fans Enjoyed Second Half As Runnin’ Rebels Pull Away From Robert Morris

December 21, 2019 Alan Snel Amauri Hardy, Cheikh Mbacke Diong, Donnie Tillman, Jay Green, Marvin Coleman, T.J. Otzelberger, Vitaliy Shibel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com To be polite, it was a small UNLV basketball crowd. To be fair, it was

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T.J. Otzelberger on the UNLV basketball sidelines this season. (Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com)
UNLV 

How Do You Market A College Basketball Team That Shows Effort Described As ‘Unacceptable’ By The Coach?

December 18, 2019 Alan Snel Nick Blair, T.J. Otzelberger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com A visibly agitated and ticked-off UNLV basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger was so upset with the

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UNLV's new football coach -- Marcus Arroyo
UNLV 

New UNLV Football Coach Marcus Arroyo: ‘I Wanted This Job. The Pay Has Nothing To Do With It.’

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Marcus Arroyo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In the business world, you never who will be your boss one day. Just ask

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Raiders Stadium UNLV 

Las Vegas Stadium Authority Consultant: Raiders-UNLV Stadium Use Deal Does Not Require Raiders To Have Allegiant Stadium Available For Rebels Home Games On Sept. 5 and 12

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Alan Snel Jeremy Aguero

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Raiders-UNLV joint-use stadium agreement does not require the Raiders to have their new Allegiant

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UNLV football fans give a final toast to Sam Boyd Stadium Saturday.
UNLV 

UNLV Football Says Goodbye To Sam Boyd Stadium With Dramatic 38-35 Win in 299th Home Game Saturday

November 23, 2019November 25, 2019 Alan Snel Tony Sanchez

  By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Sure, she’s not much to look at compared to other iconic and ultra-moden college

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UNLV basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger
Gambling Golden Knights UNLV 

On Sports Betting: Runnin’ Rebels Pay First-game Bettors, But Most Road Wagers On Knights Fizzle

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 Alan Snel Gerard Gallant, T.J. Otzelberger

By Daniel Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com There’s one way for a new basketball coach to impress the home crowd — win

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UNLV 

Graying Of UNLV Basketball Fan Base Shows Need To Draw More Young Fans; Runnin’ Rebels Lose, 60-56, To Kansas State In Overtime Saturday

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 Alan Snel Amauri Hardy, Desiree Reed-Francois, Donnie Tillman, Jonah Antonio

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You would think a UNLV-Kansas State college basketball game on a Saturday afternoon would have

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UNLV 

Small Crowd Watches UNLV Basketball Deliver Win In Otzelberger’s First Regular Season Game

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Alan Snel Amauri Hardy, Cheikh Mbacke Diong, Donnie Tillman, Elijah Mitrou-Long, Jonah Antonio, T.J. Otzenberger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The sight of all those empty red seats in

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UNLV 

UNLV Sports Unveils New ‘Enhancements’ For UNLV Hoops Fans, But Winning Team That Qualifies For March Madness Would Be Best Enhancement

October 29, 2019October 30, 2019 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s hard to believe the UNLV basketball team was once the Vegas Golden Knights of

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UNLV 

NCAA Entering 21st Century

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Alan Snel Mark Emmert, Michael V. Drake

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It was inevitable. The NCAA decided to take a step Tuesday to allow college sports

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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

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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