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Desiree Reed-Francois

Raiders Stadium UNLV 

Allegiant Stadium’s First Football Fans In Attendance Could Be UNLV Football Fans

September 29, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Marcus Arroyo, Mark Davis

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com UNLV football games might end up having the first fans at the Raiders’ new Allegiant

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UNLV football coach Marcus Arroyo talks with former UNLV Rebel former great Randall Cunningham.
UNLV 

UNLV AD Reed-Francois on Rebels Football Season Postponed: ‘Today Is A Hard Day’

August 10, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Marcus Arroyo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The COVID-19 virus pandemic has claimed the UNLV football season and the rest of the

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Sam Boyd Stadium is back in action for a Sept. 5 game between UNLV and Louisiana Tech.
UNLV 

UNLV Home Football Game For Sept. 5 Will Be At Sam Boyd Stadium, Not New Allegiant Stadium

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Jeremy Aguero

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, not every UNLV football game in 2020 will be played at the new Allegiant

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Coach T.J. Otzelberger
UNLV 

UNLV Men’s Basketball Season Ends Thursday With 67-61 Loss To Boise State In Mountain West Tourney

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Alan Snel Amauri Hardy, Bryce Hamilton, Desiree Reed-Francois, Elijah Mitrou-Long, Jonah Antonio, Marvin Menzies, T.J. Otzelberger

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com So much for thinking UNLV men’s basketball team would ride a host streak all the

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UNLV students giving it to the Wolf Pack free throw shooter in first half.
UNLV 

UNLV Drops Overtime Decision To Nevada-Reno, 82-79, Before Spirited Crowd At Thomas & Mack Wednesday

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Alan Snel Bryce Hamilton, Desiree Reed-Francois, Marvin Coleman, T.J. Otzelberger

  By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell True, UNLV suffered a tough overtime loss to

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Column 

Year in Review: LVSportsBiz.com’s Top 10 Sports-Business Stories of 2019

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 Alan Snel Adam Silver, Bill Foley, Dana White, Derek Stevens, Desiree Reed-Francois, Floyd Kephart, Garry Bettman, Jim Murren, Kerry Bubolz, Kevin Camper, Marcus Arroyo, Seth Klarman, T.J. Otzelberger, Tony Sanchez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas is the frontier for sports business development in the U.S. It was difficult

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UNLV's new football coach -- Marcus Arroyo
UNLV 

New UNLV Football Coach Marcus Arroyo: ‘I Wanted This Job. The Pay Has Nothing To Do With It.’

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Marcus Arroyo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com In the business world, you never who will be your boss one day. Just ask

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Raiders Stadium 

LVSportsBiz Analysis: Why Do Raiders Want To Boot UNLV Football Out Of Stadium For Two Games In 2020? Because They Think They Can

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Len Jessup, Marc Badain, Rossi Ralenkotter, Sheldon Adelson, Steve Hill, Steve Sisolak

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Twenty years ago I sat across a table from a lobbyist for the Washington Redskins

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UNLV 

Graying Of UNLV Basketball Fan Base Shows Need To Draw More Young Fans; Runnin’ Rebels Lose, 60-56, To Kansas State In Overtime Saturday

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 Alan Snel Amauri Hardy, Desiree Reed-Francois, Donnie Tillman, Jonah Antonio

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com You would think a UNLV-Kansas State college basketball game on a Saturday afternoon would have

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UNLV 

Painful Ending To UNLV Football Game Saturday As Rebels Lose, 20-17, To San Diego State

October 26, 2019October 26, 2019 Alan Snel Dan Dolby, Daniel Gutierrez, Desiree Reed-Francois, Kenon Oblad, Tony Sanchez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com I strolled the sidelines at tonight’s UNLV football game and you can’t help but notice

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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.

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

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

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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.

 

 

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