Las Vegas tourism officials on Thursday formally signed off on a new 10-year contract that will keep the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas through 2024.
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Between the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo flirting with leaving Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Wranglers hockey team looking for a new arena for next season, there’s one word that has received a lot of attention — Wrangler.
This weekend, expect to see costumed sports fans playing loud music amid an array of international flags as the fifth annual USA Sevens rugby tournament rolls through Las Vegas.
The number of Americans paying to participate in fantasy sports has grown at a 7.8 percent rate annually over five years. That growth has transformed what was once a small group of devoted players into a multibillion-dollar business.
The Gaming Control Board and the International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday they will cooperate in monitoring irregular bets related to the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia to ensure the integrity of the competition.
Scott Kent’s love for fighting developed while he was growing up in Helena, Mont., and watched boxing on ABC’s “Wide World of Sports.”
Sports betting is big business in Nevada with $3.45 billion wagered in the last reporting year. But Las Vegas casinos and sports books are still trying to figure out how to attract fantasy sports players to the Strip.
The Las Vegas Events board on Thursday began evaluating a counteroffer made by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association to keep the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas but did not make a decision on the PRCA proposal.
The PRCA, the sanctioning body that oversees the NFR, presented the counter offer to the event organizers nearly a month after its board voted 6-3 to reject the LVE offer. The PRCA also voted to make the counteroffer.
With Ultimate Fighting Championship poised for rapid international expansion in 2014, the Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts fight organization faces one major challenge — exporting its signature high-energy fight show production to venues around the world.