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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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No Football Fans At Allegiant Stadium This Time As Wyoming Runs Over Winless UNLV, 45-14, On Black Friday

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Doug Brumfield, Levi Williams, Marcus Arroyo, Max Gilliam, Xazavian Valladay

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, UNLV Athletics gave it the ol’ college try. They sold tickets for UNLV football’s

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During These Surreal Pandemic Times, UNLV Basketball Team Embarrassed In Lopsided Loss To Montana State On Thanksgiving Eve

November 25, 2020November 26, 2020 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, Desiree Reed-Francois, T.J. Otzelberger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell The world might seem upside-down as a novel

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COVID-19 Infections Prompt UNLV Officials To Scrub Saturday’s UNLV vs Colorado State Football Game In Colorado

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Marcus Arroyo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Four COVID-19 infections in UNLV’s football program has resulted in the university not playing its

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Final Two UNLV Football Games Will Have No Fans At Allegiant Stadium, While UNLV’s Basketball Teams Will Start Season Also Without Fans At Games

November 16, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, that was fun while it lasted. UNLV sports officials said the final two home

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UNLV’s Football Players Battle Fresno State On Historic Presidential Day For USA; Final: Fresno State 40 UNLV 27

November 7, 2020November 7, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Marcus Arroyo, Max Gilliam

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The artificial playing rug is under the roof at Allegiant Stadium and that means the

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UNLV Football Makes History With First Fans Inside Allegiant Stadium Saturday; Nevada Overpowers UNLV, 37-19, As 2,000 Allowed To Attend On Halloween

October 31, 2020October 31, 2020 Alan Snel Carson Strong, Desiree Reed-Francois, Marcus Arroyo, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The UNLV artificial turf was rolled in and “REBELS” in bright red letters are in

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It’s A Sellout For UNLV vs UNR At Allegiant Stadium Saturday, But There Were Only 1,800 Tickets To Be Sold

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 Alan Snel

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UNLV Athletics have a sellout for Saturday’s first ever Rebels football game at Allegiant Stadium,

UNLV football coach Marcus Arroyo at Allegiant Stadium.

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UNLV Students Gobble Up 200 Free Tickets For Saturday’s UNLV vs UNR Football Game At Allegiant Stadium

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Alan Snel Marcus Arroyo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Two hundred free tickets for UNLV students for Saturday’s first UNLV Rebels football game at

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UNLV Football Limited To 2,000 Fans For Home-Opener Against UNR At Allegiant Stadium Oct. 31

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UNLV will be allowed to have up to 2,000 fans for its football game with

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.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

BRIEFS

The Thrill is back: The pro women’s volleyball team, the Thrill, was out of business last year but a press release says the Thrill has a new local owner and a new coach and details will be reveled at a Monday presser. The Las Vegas Thrill of Major League Volleyball used to play at the Lee Family Forum in Henderson.

Union deal at Allegiant Stadium: The Culinary Union announces tentative agreement on union contract reached with Oak View Group for 730+ cooks, servers, bartenders, & concessions workers at Raiders-run Allegiant Stadium.

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Sphere extend deal: F1, Sphere announces new five-year agreement that extends their partnership through 2030, with Las Vegas Grand Prix utilizing Sphere’s exterior campus each year during race week.

The F1 track as it nears the Sphere. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV’s sports conference — the Mountain West — has a new slogan and “refreshed brand identity.” Built Bold is the “new defining tagline.”

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.

Alan focuses on reducing road violence and has asked government to enforce road safety laws, design better roads for bicyclists and walkers not just motorists, educate drivers, install more penalties for reckless motorists and lower speed limits.

Here are Alan’s travel story samples, literary adventures based on Alan’s expansive and curious approach to reporting sports-business news and a bicycle life:

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

LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel has also written two books: Long Road Back To Las Vegas and Bicycle Man. Purchase Long Road Back To Las Vegas on Amazon and contact Alan to buy Bicycle Man at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com.