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The season's biggest crowd gave Thomas & Mack Center big energy Tuesday evening.
UNLV 

High-Energy UNLV Arena Thundered With Hoops Life For Rivalry Game, But Rebels Lose To Rival Wolfpack, 87-70

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 Alan Snel Caleb Martin, Cody Martin, Desiree Reed-Francois, Jordan Caroline, Marvin Menzies

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   It was like the movie, Awakenings, the beast

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Losing New Mexico squad leaves the Thomas and Mack Center floor.
UNLV 

UNLV Hoopsters Win Again in Conference in Front of Lively Small Crowd

January 22, 2019 Alan Snel Marvin Menzie

BY ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   You get the sense the small crowds at UNLV basketball games may have bottomed out

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Gucci Row's open seats at the UNLV-Wyoming basketball game at Thomas & Mack Center Saturday night. v
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UNLV Hoops Team Wins First Two Conference Games in Front of Small Crowds at Thomas & Mack Center

January 5, 2019January 5, 2019 Alan Snel Dan Dolby

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.comĀ    They’re a young group of college basketball players with their best man sidelined with an

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UNLV 

UNLV Sports to ‘Refresh Marks’ When Football Team Moves Into New Stadium in 2020; New Logo is Benched

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   On the eve of a new year, UNLV’s sports staff is ushering in good news

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LVSportsBiz.com’s Top Dozen Las Vegas Fan Photos from 2018: Happy 2019 to our Readers

December 31, 2018 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   LVSportsBiz.com takes pride in reporting the news behind the sports action — whether it be

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UNLV Basketball/Football and VGK Hockey: Polar Opposites in Attendance in Las Vegas

November 24, 2018November 26, 2018 Alan Snel Marc Andre-Fleury, Marvin Menzies

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell   A few UNLV basketball games ago, Marvin Menzies

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Despite small crowds at UNLV basketball games, Learfield UNLV sports marketers are finding companies to buy sponsorships.
UNLV 

UNLV’s Sports Sponsorships Strategy: ‘We Don’t Use Wins and Losses To Do Business in Town’

November 20, 2018 Alan Snel Dan Dolby

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   The UNLV football team is struggling through another losing season, while the UNLV basketball squad

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UNLV 

UNLV Hoops Team Struggles On Court with Dismal Season-Opener Loss While Student Attendance Continues To Wane

November 10, 2018November 12, 2018 Alan Snel Chet Buchanan, Marvin Menzies, Shakur Juiston

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   A UNLV junior named Jack hung around Thomas & Mack Center after the basketball team’s

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Thomas & Mack Center's new center-hung scoreboard has been installed.
UNLV 

New Center-Hung Scoreboard a Vital Upgrade for Thomas & Mack Center

November 1, 2018November 2, 2018 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Mike Newcomb

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   MGM Resorts International has been busy cutting gaming partnerships with the NBA, NHL and New

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UNLV 

No Amount of Marketing and All-You-Can-Eat Nachos Can Replace Winning for UNLV Football

October 19, 2018October 20, 2018 Alan Snel Darren Palmer, Ed Bernstein, Lexington Thomas

  By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com   They’re trying.   Before Friday night’s UNLV football game, the athletic department set up

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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.

LVCVAĀ 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.Ā Ā 

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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