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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Sept. 27, 2020 NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway could spark Las Vegas' biggest sports weekend ever. Photo by Daniel Clark.

Golden Knights Raiders Team Speedway UFC UNLV

September 2020 Could Deliver Mother Lode Of Sports Weekends In Las Vegas: ‘This Would Be Unbelievable’

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Kevin Camper, Peter Guzman

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Las Vegas tourism and sports leaders are working on creating the mother lode sports weekend in

UNLV was leading 49-7 in the third period.

UNLV

UNLV’s Football Team Starts Final Season at Sam Boyd Stadium with 56-23 Rout of Southern Utah; Announced Attendance at 17,421

August 31, 2019September 1, 2019 Alan Snel Armani Rogers, Charles Williams, Dan Dolby, Desiree Reed-Francois, Tony Sanchez

By Alan Snel LVSportsBiz.com Photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell UNLV’s football team began saying farewell to Sam Boyd

July 5, 2021

LVSPORTSBIZ.COM, launched June 2017: We are a digital magazine providing market-leading news, intelligence, enterprise and breaking info 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.

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Hirings and Firings:

Las Vegas Aces President Nikki Fargas said the Aces are not renewing the contract of General Manager Natalie Williams. The Aces hired Williams as the team’s general manager in April 2022.

Vegas Golden Knights said the NHL club has signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension worth an average annual value of $7,425,000.

Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project in Las Vegas.

Mark Rosentraub on A’s stadium site on Strip.

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

To contact LVSportsBiz.com Publisher Alan Snel or buy his book, Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys, email him at asnel@LVSportsBiz.com

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