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It's hard to find the new UNLV logo anywhere.

New UNLV Logo Here to Stay, But Sightings of New Mark Are Rare

September 1, 2017September 5, 2017 Alan Snel Carolyn Goodman, Desiree Reed-Francois, Mark Wallington, Vince Alberta

By JULIE ANN FORMOSO UNLV athletic officials are ramping up all types of fan enhancements for Saturday’s football season home-opener

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LVSportsBiz’s 3 Questions for a Fan: UNLV’s New Logo, Golden Knights Tour, LV’s Soccer Team

August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL Jim Braun is not just a sports fan. The diehard Washington State Cougars fan also made

51s Aviators Boxing Golden Knights Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena UNLV

LVSportsBiz’s Game of Numbers

August 18, 2017January 31, 2019 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Conor McGregor, Floyd Mayweather

By ALAN SNEL 32,500 One Floor E, Row B ticket price for Mayweather-McGregor boxing match at T-Mobile Arena Aug.

Dan Dolby, Learfield's new general manager for its sports marketing operations at UNLV, will be selling hope and pride to prospective UNLV sports sponsors.

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UNLV’s New Sports Marketing Company Faces 2-Minute Drill To Get Ready For Football Season

August 2, 2017 Alan Snel Dan Dolby

By ALAN SNEL With UNLV’s football season only a month away, the university’s new sports-marketing company is in a two-minute

PRCA Commissioner Karl Stressman negotiated more money for NFR stars such as Kaycee Feild pictured here. Stressman has retired and this year's NFR will be his last one.

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PRCA Commissioner Stressman Hangs Up His Boots with Professional Cowboys Group: ‘This will be my tenth NFR in Vegas. It’s long enough.’

July 3, 2017July 6, 2017 Alan Snel Karl Stressman

By ALAN SNEL Before T-Mobile Arena, the Golden Knights and the Raiders took root in Las Vegas, there were other

UNLV signs up a new sports marketing company, Learfield, for its sports teams.

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UNLV Athletics Dumps IMG as its Sports Marketing Firm, Hires Learfield in 10-year Deal

June 29, 2017July 1, 2017 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL Big business news broke today out of the UNLV Athletic Department, where new AD Desiree Reed-Francois said

Stadium Authority Chairman Steve Hill chats with the media after a recent stadium board meeting. He said the stadium contractors meeting locals this week is an example of the Raiders "engaging" the community.

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UNLV Needs Time to Determine Game-day Rent at New Raiders Stadium in LV

June 8, 2017June 8, 2017 Alan Snel

By ALAN SNEL UNLV will spend the next two months figuring out how much it will cost to stage football

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.

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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

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

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.