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Dana White at an event at the APEX building in Las Vegas last year.

UFC Back In Action With UFC 249 Scheduled For Fan-less Arena In Jacksonville, Florida May 9

April 24, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Tony Ferguson

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com UFC President Dana White will not be denied. Dana White is moving ahead with the

UFC President Dana White. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

UFC

UFC Prez Dana White Pulls Plug On UFC 249: White Tells LVSportsBiz, ‘Disney Asked Me To Postpone’

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In the end, even UFC President Dana White couldn’t buck the virus –or top Disney/ESPN

UFC

UFC 249 Will Be Held At Domestic U.S. Location, Not The Mystery Island; Reports Point To UFC 249 Being Held On Tribal Land In California

April 7, 2020April 8, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UFC President Dana White wants to clear something up — UFC 249 will happen in

Basketball COVID-19 Golden Knights

Sports Industry Facing Strange New World To Navigate During COVID-19 Era; Sports Options Down To UFC White’s Plan For UFC 249 On Mystery Island

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com It’s the morning after what was supposed to be college basketball’s national championship game. For

UFC President Dana White. Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

UFC

UFC Prez Dan White Forges Ahead With UFC 249 Event April 18 Amid COVID-19 Pandemic As U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 10K

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Justin Gaethje, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com If you thought Dana White pulling of a magic trick like getting Conor McGregor to

Raiders Stadium

Las Vegas Construction Forges Ahead, While Strip Is Barren, Silent Amid Coronavirus Pandemic; UFC Prez Dana White Says He Has Lined Up Venue To Host UFC 249 April 18

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In this age of isolation, hand washing, coronavirus spreading and most of America and Las

UFC President Dana White

UFC

UFC Prez Dana White Will Not Be Denied: ‘Fights Will Go On’ During COVID-19 Virus Crisis

March 14, 2020March 15, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UFC President Dana White knows only one way: To put on fights. That’s why he is

UFC's APEX building

UFC

Two UFC Fight Night Shows Relocated To UFC’s APEX Building In Las Vegas Amid Sports Leagues Shutting Down Games Because Of Coronavirus Pandemic

March 12, 2020March 13, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The fight shows go on for Las Vegas-based UFC in this new anxious time when

Sanitizer not too far from Pac-12 hoops tourney court at T-Mobile Arena.

Basketball Golden Knights T-Mobile Arena

Age of Coronavirus: NBA Suspends Regular Season, NCAA Bans Fans From National March Madness Tournament, Pac-12 Hoops Tourney In Las Vegas Will Not Allow Fans Starting Thursday, NHL Monitoring COVID-19 Crisis

March 11, 2020March 11, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Jonathan Marchessault, Marc Andre-Fleury, Nate Schmidt, Reilly Smith, Rudy Gobert, Tom Hanks

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The breathtaking news about the COVID-19 virus unfolded quickly Wednesday afternoon. The NBA suspended its

UFC

UFC Prez Dana White Last Year Predicted Ascension of Chinese Fighter; Zhang Defends Her Strawweight Belt Against Joanna in Fierce Battle at UFC 248 in Las Vegas

March 7, 2020March 8, 2020 Alan Snel Dana White, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Zhang Weili

By Cassandra Cousineau and Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Even before Zhang Weili distinguished herself with a strawweight world championship belt

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

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.