Lorenzo 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

ADVERTISEMENT Shop at Jay’s Market at 190 East Flamingo Road at the Koval Lane intersection ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com

Sports Marketing Sports Tourism Travel UFC

Before Las Vegas’ Major League Team Hype There Was UFC, Which Celebrates 30 Years Of Cage Fights, PPV Deals, High Drama With International Week; UFC 290 Has $9.75 Million Gate; 19,204 Attendance

July 8, 2023July 8, 2023 Alan Snel Alexander Volkanovski, Chuck Liddell, Dana White, Lorenzo Fertitta, Yair Rodriguez

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com UFC-MMA Writer There isn’t a city in America experiencing the kind of intense growth

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

Marketing MMA T-Mobile Arena UFC

Broadcast Biz: Former UFC Champ Daniel Cormier Shining As Commentator In Post-Fight Career

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 Alan Snel Anthony "Rumble" Johnson, Daniel Cormier, Dooho Choi, Forrest Griffin, Israel Adesanya, Jon Jones, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Lorenzo Fertitta, Max Holloway, Michael Bisping, Ryan Clark

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com Saturday night’s UFC 276 fight card inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas was headlined by

UFC

UFC Fight Night On ABC Debuts Venum Sponsorship

April 10, 2021 Alan Snel Anderson Silva, Lawrence Epstein, Lorenzo Fertitta

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com For the second time in less than a year, Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship scored

Gambling Golden Knights UFC

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

Boxing

Las Vegas and Boxing Industry: Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Includes Impressive Group

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 Alan Snel Andre Ward, Clarence Adams, Danny Lopez, Devin Haney, Fernando Vargas, James Toney, Jose Sulaiman, Julian Jackson, Lorenzo Fertitta, Mark Johnson, Miguel Cotto

By Cassandra Cousineau for LVSportsBiz.com Southern Nevada made a strong showing in the 2020 Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame

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.

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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.

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

BRIEFS

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

The Vegas Golden Knights Foundation said it raised $2,001,640 through the 51/49 Raffle during the 2025-26 season. All proceeds came from the team’s home games at T-Mobile Arena from the regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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.