With Las Vegas set to host the Super Bowl in a few short months, the National Football League provided a glimpse of what the festivities could look like.
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Former Raiders player Henry Ruggs has been booked into High Desert State Prison, located about 40 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
Some more amenities are planned near Allegiant Stadium, with many planned to be open during the NFL season.
Rock, rap and DJs will be represented as the NFL sets its Draft Concert Series on the Strip.
The Raiders are playing their first game ever at Allegiant Stadium, and Raider Nation is out in full force in Las Vegas.
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will be part of the Las Vegas Raiders’ first home game at Allegiant Stadium.
Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis is using the team’s home opener to thank supporters and donate to a pair of prominent Las Vegas charities.
With the Raiders set to move into their new Henderson digs this summer, the street that leads to the Silver and Black’s soon-to-be home will bear the team’s name.
The planned facility near Executive Airport Drive and St. Rose Parkway would house 1½ indoor football fields, a 200-seat theater, a training center and office space. At 323,000 square-feet, the planned headquarters is about twice the size of the MGM Grand’s casino.
Nevada authorities say former NFL linebacker Ryan Jones was shot dead over the weekend in a Reno apartment and two other people suffered non-life threatening gunshot wounds.
Gov. Brian Sandoval on Wednesday said he will call a special session of the Legislature in early October to consider a package of recommendations for Clark County that include building a 65,000-seat football stadium, expanding the Las Vegas Convention Center and paying for more police officers.
Some state lawmakers are cheering the prospect of having the NFL’s Oakland Raiders take up residence in Las Vegas, but they’re on the sidelines on how a $1.9 billion stadium should be financed.
A transformer exploded near Eastern and Tropicana avenues around 5:30 p.m. Thursday, setting fire to several trees near an apartment building.