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New UNLV Basketball Coach Josh Pastner Makes Pit Stop At Aviators Game On Circuit To Sell Runnin’ Rebels Hoops To Vegas Market

May 29, 2025May 31, 2025 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Dan Mullen, Erick Harper, Fran Riordan, Josh Pastner, Kevin Kruger

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Steve Hill, LVCVA head

Allegiant Stadium College football LVCVA Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Super Bowl Travel

LVCVA Spent More Than $70,000 On Travel, Meals For College Football Championship Game Expenses; LVCVA Says Travel Part Of Research Protocol Of Staging Title Game In Vegas

May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 Alan Snel Adam Feldman, Brian Yost, Erick Harper, Jim Gibson, John Saccenti, Katie Wik, Lisa Motley, Michael Naft, Mike Newcomb, Rob Dondero, Steve DePue, Steve Hill

(Publisher’s Note: Why did we report this travel expenses story? The Las Vegas market ranks low compared to its peer

Basketball Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

New UNLV Basketball Coach Josh Pastner Calls New Job A ‘Sleeping Giant,’ High-Energy Pastner Wants To Ignite City, Rejuvenate Once-Powerful Program

March 26, 2025 Alan Snel Chris Beard, Dan Mullen, Erick Harper, Josh Pastner, Kevin Kruger, Mick Cronin, T.J. Otzelberger

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Basketball Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

UNLV Hires New Basketball Coach, Josh Pastner; New Basketball Tournament In Las Vegas Doles Out $500,000 In NIL Ambassador Money To Top Four Teams

March 25, 2025 Alan Snel Erick Harper, Josh Pastner, Kevin Kruger, T.J. Otzelberger

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Basketball Lee's Family Forum LVCVA Marketing Orleans Arena Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

Another Week Of Madness In Las Vegas: Four College Hoops Tourneys Wrap Up From Orleans Arena to Thomas & Mack To Henderson

March 15, 2025March 16, 2025 Alan Snel Dan Butterly, Erick Harper, Kevin Kruger

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Basketball Thomas & Mack Center UNLV

UNLV Basketball Coach Wanted: Athletics Director Erick Harper Fires Kevin Kruger

March 15, 2025March 16, 2025 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Dan Mullen, Desiree Reed-Francois, Erick Harper, Kevin Kruger, T.J. Otzelberger

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Basketball Mountain West Conference Sports Marketing UNLV

If UNLV Misses NCAA Tournament Again, Can Coach Kevin Kruger Keep His Job For Next Season?; UNLV 68 Nevada 55 Friday

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 Alan Snel Dan Mullen, Dave Rice, Desiree Reed-Francois, Erick Harper, Jaden Henley, Jailen Bedford, Jalen Hill, Julian Rishwain, Kevin Kruger, Kobe Sanders, Lon Kruger, Rick Pitino

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Allegiant Stadium Fans UNLV

UNLV Pays New Head Football Coach Dan Mullen $3.5 Million A Year For Five Years

December 16, 2024December 16, 2024 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Dan Mullen, Erick Harper

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Allegiant Stadium College football UNLV

Erick Harper Gets His Man: Former Florida Football Coach Dan Mullen Introduced As UNLV’s New Coach Friday

December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Dan Mullen, Erick Harper

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Allegiant Stadium College football Fans UNLV

UNLV Hires Another Former SEC Coach As Dan Mullen Is Next Rebels Coach; Mullen Introduced On Campus Friday

December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Dan Mullen, Erick Harper

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July 5, 2021

LVSportsBiz.com CONTACT: 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, Seattle and Tampa besides Las Vegas and is considered a national authority on the topic. Please read our investigative reports on:

F1 race promoting misleading economic data on race event in Las Vegas

Las Vegas still owing more than $1 billion on its debt for contributing $750 million for construction of Raiders’ NFL stadium.

LVCVA spending $165,000 on Super Bowl trip to LA

LVCVA CEO Steve Hill’s claiming that tourism decreases in Las Vegas in summer is wrong

Las Vegas consultant Jeremy Aguero having conflict of interest for asking Nevada Legislature for A’s stadium construction money while also working as administrative support for Las Vegas Stadium Authority.

LVCVA awarding $1.2 million contract to Phoenix-based sports marketing company that hires former husband of LVCVA’s vice president of sports & events less than a month after.

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Our coverage of the Athletics stadium project 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

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

LVSportsBiz number for 2025: $1,178,161,041. That’s the amount of debt Las Vegas (actually, Clark County) owes for its public share of building the Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium.