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Texas and Florida NFL Teams Are Top Attendance Draws During COVID-19 Pandemic; Raiders vs Falcons In Atlanta Sunday

November 29, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com With Texas and Florida allowing sports events to have crowds during the novel coronavirus pandemic,

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With UFC’s Big-Name Stars Fading, Las Vegas MMA Promotion Marketing Lesser-Known Fighters

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Deiveson Figueiredo, Impa Kasanganay, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Joaquin Buckley, Jordan Wright, Valentina Shevchenko

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com In this most wild year for all professional sports, Las Vegas-based UFC has found athletes

UFC Prez Dana White leaves Air Force One in Bullhead City. LVSportsBiz.cpom photos by J. Tyge O'Donnell

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UFC Prez Dana White Joins President Trump On Campaign Trail, Says Air Force One Is Bad Ass

October 28, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Donald Trump

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com President Donald Trump has UFC bossman Dana White on the campaign trail with him, as

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - OCTOBER 25: Khabib Nurmagomedov of Russia announces his retirement in the Octagon after his victory over Justin Gaethje in their lightweight title bout during the UFC 254 event on October 25, 2020 on UFC Fight Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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UFC Undefeated Champ Khabib Retires After Emotional Win At UFC 254 Saturday

October 24, 2020 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com For the first time in a decade, UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov entered a professional MMA

Dana White at the UFC Apex building next to the promotion's HQ in Las Vegas.

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UFC’s Many Controversies Are Welcomed Marketing Tools To Sell Fight Show Product

September 20, 2020September 21, 2020 Alan Snel Colby Covington, Dana White, Donald Trump, Jorge Masvidal, Kamaru Usman, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tyron Woodley

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Controversy sells and there’s no sport organization generating more of it than Las Vegas-based Ultimate

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - SEPTEMBER 12: (L-R) Michelle Waterson kicks Angela Hill in a strawweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on September 12, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

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UFC (and Dana White) Have Come A Long Way With Women Fighters

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 Alan Snel Amanda Nunes, Dana White, Gina Carano, Michelle Waterson, Ronda Rousey, Weili Zhang

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship had another big night at its Apex building in the

Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) laughs with teammates as they stretch during warm ups at the Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Henderson. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Gambling Raiders Stadium Raiders Team UFC

LVSportsBiz Roundup Thursday: NFL, Raiders Will Have Election Day Off To Vote; Raiders’ Newest Sponsor; UFC’s Newest Worker; Downtown Las Vegas’ Circa Hotel-Casino Hiring 100 Workers For Stadium Swim

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Derek Stevens, Paul Stastny, Ryan Reaves, Tom Seaver

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Las Vegas Raiders and the other 31 NFL teams will close their offices Nov.

Aces Golden Knights Raiders Team

NHL Player Playoff Game Boycott On Racial Injustices Sparked Difficult Conversation In Las Vegas

August 31, 2020September 1, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Jacob Blake, Jon Gruden, Nissa Tzun, Ryan Reaves, Steve Grammas

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com On Sunday, hockey fans in Las Vegas rejoiced about fan favorite Marc-Andre Fleury returning to

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President Trump’s Republican Convention Card Features A Heavy Hitter: UFC Prez Dana White

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Alan Snel Colby Covington, Dana White, Donald Trump, Kamaru Usman

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UFC President Dana White is flying to Washington, D.C., this week to meet his friend,

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UFC’s Cormier Performed Double Duty for UFC As Both Fighter And Broadcaster; Miocic Defeats DC In Cormier’s Final Fight

August 15, 2020August 16, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Daniel Cormier, Stipe Miocic

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com With the most consequential heavyweight championship in UFC history on the line in Las Vegas

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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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.