If not for Bill Foley’s affection for U. S. Military Academy at West Point , the Vegas Golden Knights would be called the Vegas Aces.
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No. 58 is to stay in the stables at this year’s National Finals Rodeo.
The ninth annual “Toys for Tots Celebrity Benefit Show” for the United States Marine Corps toy-donation program is set for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 at Westgate’s Internatioal Theater.
The Kats! Bureau at this writing is a tent just west of the Strip, near Russell Road, with Delano and Mandalay Bay gleaming in the background. This is the current site for, and future home of, the Las Vegas Raiders.
Lance Burton is to arrive on an elephant on Saturday to open the 68th annual Zelzah Shrine Circus at Boulevard Mall. The event runs 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21 and Oct. 22.
The Kats! Bureau at this writing is high atop T-Mobile Arena, where the Vegas Golden Knights will soon host the Arizona Coyotes — rather, the hated Arizona Coyotes — in our city’s first NHL game.
Floyd Mayweather has some expendable cash and has added a mansion to his collection of estates
The Canelo-GGG bout was a clean sellout, 22,358, the largest arena fight ever in Nevada.
Seeking to address the question, “Does the company that owns Bellagio also own Circus Circus?” MGM Resorts is launching its “Welcome To The Show” marketing campaign.
The capacity at T-Mobile Arena for boxing is a little more than 20,000. Canelo Alvarez and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin are gunning for that number Saturday.
Jaden Agassi, at 6’2 and 205 pounds, has been one of the hottest high-school baseball prospects in the country.
Conor McGregor took to the VIP terrace of Encore Beach Club and addressed a sold-out crowd: “It didn’t turn out the way we wanted, but we can still party like it did!”
And, adding yet more spice to the spectacle, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took part — remotely — by providing the voiceover for the video leading to the fighters’ entrance to the arena.
Mike Tyson is recovering from back surgery about six weeks ago. He had been in serious discomfort from sciatic nerve damage.
Floyd Mayweather is due to host parties at his Girl Collection strip club on Friday night and again after Saturday’s bout with Conor McGregor at T-Mobile Arena.