Frank Fertitta Archives

UFC President Dana White and Tucker Greene, UFC senior vice president, originals production, review UFC materials recently. Photo credits for White and Greene photos: UFC

UFC’s Original Content Development Sets Las Vegas-Based MMA Promoter Apart From Sports Leagues

June 30, 2024 Alan Snel Conor McGregor, Dana White, Doug Herzog, Frank Fertitta, Lorenzo Fertitta, Michael Chandler

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Dana White is heading to Florida for UFC 261 . Photo credit: J. Tyge O'Donnell/LVSportsBiz.com

Apex Slap Fighting UFC

Nevada State Athletic Agency Will Regulate Dana White’s Slap Fighting Business; Sport Described As ‘Highly Entertaining’

October 18, 2022 Alan Snel Craig Piligian, Dana White, Frank Fertitta, Hunter Campbell, Jeff Mullen, Lorenzo Fertitta, Stephen Cloobeck

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com UFC Writer Dana White’s fight business just got bigger Tuesday. This time, it’s Slap

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Monday Morning Gambler: Short Favorite Wins Heavyweight Crown For Bettors In UFC 260

March 29, 2021March 31, 2021 Alan Snel Francis Ngannou, Frank Fertitta, Gerrit Cole, Lorenzo Fertitta, Pete DeBoer, Shane Bieber, Stipe Miocic

By Dan Behringer of LVSportsBiz.com After 52 seconds in Round 2 and a series of powerful left hands from Francis

It took a while. But UNLV will finally build a football training center. Photo credit: Bryan "Boomer" Kaisk/K6Studios

UNLV

More Shovels In The Ground In LV: This Time, It’s A New UNLV Football Training Center

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Frank Fertitta, Harvey Hyde, Len Jessup, Lorenzo Fertitta

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com UNLV’s football lore does not quite match up to the mystique of its basketball

Column Raiders Stadium T-Mobile Arena UFC UNLV

LVSportsBiz.com’s High Five: 5 News Items That Got Us Thinking

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017 Alan Snel Armani Rogers, Bill Foley, Frank Fertitta, Lorenzo Fertitta, Rex Ryan, Tilman Fertitta, Tony Romo

By ALAN SNEL — Forbes reported last week that brothers Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta cashed out their final stake

Basketball

Golden Nugget Owner Tilman Fertitta, Cousin of Lorenzo and Frank, Buys Houston Rockets For NBA Record $2.2 Billion

September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 Alan Snel Frank Fertitta, Leslie Alexander, Lorenzo Fertitta, Tilman Fertitta

By ALAN SNEL The new owner of the NBA Houston Rockets has a familiar name for Las Vegans.

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

LVSportsBiz number for 2024: $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.