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UNLV 

Heartbreak In Sin City For Winless UNLV: Utah State Comes Back To Defeat Rebels, 28-24, In Final Minute Despite Chuck Wagon’s Career Night At Allegiant Stadium Saturday

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 Alan Snel Charles Williams, Lexington Thomas, Marcus Arroyo, Savon Scarver, Tony Sanchez

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The UNLV football team hitched a ride on the Chuck Wagon against Utah

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Gambling Golden Knights Raiders Team UNLV 

Sunday Night Gambler: Las Vegas Aces Suddenly in Semifinals Dogfight

October 3, 2021 Alan Snel Jon Gruden, Josh Jacobs, Marcus Arroyo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com  Drama in the WNBA Semifinals? Who’d a thunk it. But there were the

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Aces Gambling Golden Knights NFL Raiders Team 

Monday Morning Gambler: Raiders Confound Betting Experts, Beat Dolphins, 31-28, In OT

September 27, 2021 Alan Snel Jon Gruden, Marcus Arroyo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Numerous betting analysts had an opinion on the Miami Dolphins at the Las

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UNLV 

Iowa State Dominates UNLV, 48-3, At Allegiant Stadium Saturday With Cyclones Fans Enjoying Lopsided Laugher

September 18, 2021September 19, 2021 Alan Snel Brock Purdy, Cameron Friel, Charles Williams, Doug Brumfield, Marcus Arroyo, Tate Martell

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Allegiant Stadium COVID-19 UNLV 

UNLV Loses Crazy 2 OT Wild One To Eastern Washington, 35-33, At Allegiant Stadium Thursday As Rebs Coach Still Seeks First Win

September 2, 2021September 3, 2021 Alan Snel Brian Sandoval, Charles Williams, Daniel Gutierrez, Desiree Reed-Francois, Doug Brumfield, Marcus Arroyo, Sheldon Adelson

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UNLV football coach Marcus Arroyo at Allegiant Stadium.
Raiders Stadium UNLV 

Another First For UNLV Football: Rebels Play First Full-Capacity Game At Allegiant Stadium Thursday

September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 Alan Snel Charles Williams, Marcus Arroyo

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Officially speaking, the first fans to pass through the turnstiles at Allegiant Stadium

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COVID-19 Golden Knights Raiders Team UNLV 

With Reed-Francois Taking Mizzou AD Job, Las Vegas Sports Market Loses Third Major Player In Three Weeks

August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 Alan Snel Brian Killingsworth, Desiree Reed-Francois, Kevin Kruger, Marc Badain, Marcus Arroyo, Marvin Menzies, T.J. Otzelberger, Tony Sanchez

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com With Sunday’s news that UNLV Athletic Director Desiree Reed-Francois took the University of Missouri’s AD

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Gambling Raiders Stadium Raiders Team UFC UNLV 

On Sports Betting: Bet On The Raiders? The ‘Experts’ Warned Against It

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Snel Derek Carr, Hank Goldberg, Marcus Arroyo

By Dan Behringer for LVSportsBiz.com Bet on the Las Vegas Raiders? In a key late-season game vs. the Indianapolis Colts?

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COVID-19 UNLV 

UNLV vs Boise State Football Game Scheduled For Allegiant Stadium Friday Is Canceled Because Of COVID-19; Game Will Not Be Rescheduled

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Alan Snel Marcus Arroyo

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com The Mountain West Conference football game between UNLV and Boise State at Allegiant Stadium scheduled

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UNLV 

No Football Fans At Allegiant Stadium This Time As Wyoming Runs Over Winless UNLV, 45-14, On Black Friday

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 Alan Snel Desiree Reed-Francois, Doug Brumfield, Levi Williams, Marcus Arroyo, Max Gilliam, Xazavian Valladay

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com Well, UNLV Athletics gave it the ol’ college try. They sold tickets for UNLV football’s

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Briefs

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

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May 24, 2021

Our bicycle story collection:

Red Rock Scenic Drive outside Las Vegas

Let’s Pedal Zion National Park

Bicycling Bristlecone Trail At 9,000 Feet Outside Vegas

Bicycling Las Vegas far from Strip

Incomparable Grand Canyon by bike

Move over road cycling, here comes mountain biking in Las Vegas

Pedaling Zion National Park

Biking magical Seattle and the Northwest

Remembering the Knapper

Bicycling the Tour de Stadiums of Las Vegas

Remembering BeFly Beth

Las Vegas bicyclist struck by bullet during memorial ride

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