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UNLV grad Guy Fieri is in the house tonight at Thomas and Mack Center.
UNLV 

Nearly 15,000 Pack Thomas & Mack For UNLV Hoops Loss, But UNLV Prez Says Basketball Program Has Come Far Since Last Year

December 2, 2017December 3, 2017 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Guy Fieri, Len Jessup

By ALAN SNEL   The Runnin’ Rebels lost in overtime. But a packed Mack was back and the emotional charge

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UNLV Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois (left) has hired former Virginia Tech co-worker Megan Caligiuri (right) to create homegrown video content for UNLV football and basketball games.
UNLV 

UNLV AD Reed-Francois Looks to Beef Up Marketing Efforts to Enhance Fan Experiences and Sell Tickets

December 1, 2017December 1, 2017 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Megan Caligiuri

By ALAN SNEL   It’s Dec. 1 and Desiree Reed-Francois has been on the job exactly six months as UNLV’s

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UNLV celebrates tonight's big win over Utah.
Basketball UNLV 

Seize The Moment, UNLV: Start Marketing Runnin’ Rebels Big-time to Reverse Dismal Attendance

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017 Alan Snel Cliff Findlay, Desiree Reed-Francois, Marvin Menzies, Robbie Findlay

By ALAN SNEL   There’s about seven minutes left in tonight’s UNLV-Utah basketball games and the Runnin’ Rebels are blasting

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Big UNLV booster Cliff Findlay has two words of advice to boost ticket sales and sponsorships: "Win games."
UNLV 

UNLV Faces Big Challenge In Marketing Teams In Las Vegas’ New Competitive Sports Market

November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 Alan Snel Cliff Findlay, Desiree Reed-Francois, James Dean Leavitt, Tony Cordasco

By ALAN SNEL   There was a national championship that seems lifetimes ago and Gucci Row and a college basketball

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The groundbreaking photo most likely to go viral tonight. Photo credit: Mark Damon/Las Vegas News Bureau
Raiders Stadium Raiders Team 

Raiders Stadium Groundbreaking, Vegas-Style

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Desiree Reed-Francois, Marc Badain, Mark Davis, Roger Goodell, Tommy White, William Hornbuckle

By ALAN SNEL    They celebrated the marriage of Las Vegas and the NFL Raiders today with a stadium groundbreaking

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

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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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. And like the Vegas Golden Knights, LVSportsBiz.com is celebrating its tenth birthday in 2027.

LVSportsBiz.com’s Written Word Series: Our storytelling focuses on original story lines.

June 2024: A father’s connection

June 2026: Baseball and the radio

April 2018: NHL team born in the desert

March 2020: Gratitude for being alive

June 2017: Birth of a website

August 2026: Team president does it all

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A’s stadium premium club sold out: Athletics say their new stadium’s exclusive club called the Athletic Club behind home plate is sold out, with 76 percent of the buyers from Southern Nevada. The A’s plan on opening their domed $2.1 billion stadium on the Strip in 2028.

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LVSportsBiz.com coverage of Athletics stadium project on Strip in Las Vegas.  

A’s owner John Fisher in Las Vegas

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

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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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