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UNLV Is Big Dog In Revamped Mountain West Conference, With MWC Now Headquartered In Las Vegas

July 16, 2026July 16, 2026 Alan Snel Barry Odom, Dan Mullen, Erick Harper, Gloria Nevarez

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer LAS VEGAS, Nevada — It’s a big transition year for UNLV’s sports conference. And with the

UNLV AD Erick Harper: UNLV mulling all options. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

Mountain West Conference UNLV

UNLV Remains In Mountain West Conference (For Now) After Four MWC Schools Transfer To A Newly-Beefed Up Pac-6 Conference

September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 Alan Snel Erick Harper, Gloria Nevarez, Keith Whitfield

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Allegiant Stadium Raiders Stadium UNLV

UNLV Reaches Mountain West Championship Game, But Rebels Look Like Team Of Past As Boise State Belts UNLV, 44-20, Saturday

December 2, 2023December 2, 2023 Alan Snel Antonio Pierce, Barry Odom, Doug Brumfield, Fred Thompkins, Gloria Nevarez, Jayden Maiava, Taylen Green

Story by Alan Snel Photos by Hugh Byrne Back in August, not many saw this coming: the

Allegiant Stadium UNLV

Saturday’s Mountain West Title Game At Allegiant Stadium Will Be Modified UNLV Home Game With A Few Wrinkles

November 29, 2023November 30, 2023 Alan Snel Gloria Nevarez, Javan Hedlund

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Mountain West Conference championship game between UNLV and Boise State at Allegiant Stadium will

Sports Marketing Travel UNLV

Las Vegas Remains Key Cog In Mountain West Conference Events, Branding, Marketing

July 19, 2023July 19, 2023 Alan Snel Craig Thompson, Derek Stevens, Erick Harper, Gloria Nevarez, Javan Hedlund, Naki Fahina

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer The Mountain West Conference is exploring more business partnerships with the Circa hotel-casino

Wyoming's Barrel Man is always a popular socialite at games.

Basketball Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) Thomas & Mack Center Travel UNLV

Mountain West Conference Renews For Two More Years To Hold Hoops Tourney At Thomas & Mack Center Through 2024

March 8, 2023March 9, 2023 Alan Snel Craig Thompson, Gloria Nevarez, Javan Hedlund, Richard Pitino, Tim Miles

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer Las Vegas, Nevada — Mountain West Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez said Thursday the conference

Basketball Dollar Loan Center Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Stadiums/Arenas (General) T-Mobile Arena Thomas & Mack Center Travel UNLV

Public Price Behind Las Vegas Becoming College Basketball Mecca This Week; Five College Basketball Tourneys Take Over Arenas Across Market

March 6, 2023March 7, 2023 Alan Snel Bill Foley, Dan Butterly, Gloria Nevarez, Stu Jackson

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher/Writer They’re back. Dozens of college basketball teams from campuses like Gonzaga, Oregon,

Basketball Sports Marketing

Expect West Coast Conference To Be Returning To Las Vegas For College Hoops Tourney Action

March 5, 2022 Alan Snel Gloria Nevarez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com They seem to fit well into Orleans Arena every March, so it looks like the

There's Pepperdine radio broadcaster Al Epstein, doing his 1,035th straight radio broadcast Friday night.

Basketball

Parade of College Basketball Tournaments Starts in Las Vegas This Week With West Coast Conference At Orleans Arena

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 Alan Snel Al Epstein, Gloria Nevarez

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com LVSportsBiz.com photos by J. Tyge O’Donnell It’s that time of year in Las Vegas

The WCC basketball tourney at Orleans Arena

Basketball

West Coast Conference Negotiating to Keep Hoops Tourney in Las Vegas

October 18, 2018 Alan Snel Gloria Nevarez

By ALAN SNEL LVSportsBiz.com The West Coast Conference is staging its 11th basketball tournament in Las Vegas in March

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.

Click here for Alan’s recent appearance on KNPR radio in Las Vegas.

BRIEFS

Union deal at Allegiant Stadium: The Culinary Union announces tentative agreement on union contract reached with Oak View Group for 730+ cooks, servers, bartenders, & concessions workers at Raiders-run Allegiant Stadium.

F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Sphere extend deal: F1, Sphere announces new five-year agreement that extends their partnership through 2030, with Las Vegas Grand Prix utilizing Sphere’s exterior campus each year during race week.

The F1 track as it nears the Sphere. Photo credit: Hugh Byrne/LVSportsBiz.com

UNLV’s sports conference — the Mountain West — has a new slogan and “refreshed brand identity.” Built Bold is the “new defining tagline.”

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

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

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.