Stephen Espinoza Archives

Historic Sports Night In Vegas As UFC’s MMA Event At Sphere ($23 Million Gate) Goes Mano A Mano Against Canelo Boxing Match ($17 Million Gate) At T-Mobile Arena Saturday

September 14, 2024September 18, 2024 Alan Snel Canelo Alvarez, Dana White, Jeff Mullen, Matthew Valenzuela, Stephen Espinoza

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Allegiant Stadium Boxing Dana White T-Mobile Arena

Moneymaker Canelo Makes Another Las Vegas Visit Saturday, With Showtime Prez and UFC Bossman White Sparring Over Their Fight Products

September 29, 2023September 29, 2023 Alan Snel Dana White, Jermell Charlo, Saul Canelo Alvarez, Stephen Espinoza

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Story and photos by Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com Boxing Writer It’s good to be king. Saul Canelo Alvarez

Boxing T-Mobile Arena UFC

Switch In Tradition: Instead Of Canelo Fight In Vegas UFC Stages ‘Noche’ Fight Event Matching Alexa Grasso Vs. Valentina Shevchenko In LV Saturday

September 16, 2023September 16, 2023 Alan Snel Alexa Grasso, Canelo Alvarez, Dana White, Eddie Hearn, Stephen Espinoza, Vince McMahon

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com UFC Writer Going back 30 years, since legendary boxer Julio César Chávez stopped Meldrick

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Saturday Fight Night In Vegas: Elite, Old-School Boxers Square Off In Ring, Leave Trash Talking, Social Media Barbs To Others

July 29, 2023July 29, 2023 Alan Snel Errol Spence Jr, Stephen Espinoza, Terance Crawford

ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT By Cassandra Cousineau, LVSportsBiz.com Boxing Writer Tonight’s Terance Crawford vs Errol Spence Jr. match is a throwback fight

Canelo TKO win over Plant Saturday. Action photos by: Tom Donoghue

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Sold Out Canelo-Plant Fight Draws 16,586 To MGM Grand Garden, With Canelo Defeating Plant With 11th Round TKO

November 6, 2021November 7, 2021 Alan Snel Caleb Plant, Canelo Alvarez, Floyd Mayweather, Gennady Golovkin, Stephen Espinoza

By Cassandra Cousineau of LVSportsBiz.com A massive crowd packed the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday to see elite boxer Canelo

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.