The nearly two-week Las Vegas NBA Summer League is nothing but net for the city.
Mick Akers
Sports Business and Transportation reporter
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Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 and covers sports business and transportation. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.
Nevada received one of the highest grades in the country for its infrastructure, but the state has plenty of room for improvement, despite the passing grade.
After years of lane closures, a stretch of Interstate 15 near the resort corridor returned to full capacity Friday morning.
Las Vegas Grand Prix officials continue to partner with businesses located within the race’s footprint ahead of the third year of the race.
The famed Goodyear Blimp is flying around the Las Vegas Valley this week, providing passenger rides and aerial shots for the multiple WWE events.
The off-ramp has been closed since 2022 as part of the $382 million I-15/Tropicana Avenue interchange project.
The WWE will take over Las Vegas for the better part of a week in April with its biggest event of the year, WrestleMania 41.
Dan “The Captain” Bickmore has resigned as the Las Vegas Aviators’ public-address announcer after working in the role for the better part of 27 seasons.
The team is providing in-kind donations and corporate partnership contributions, along with cash for a total of $270,000, the Raiders announced Wednesday.
A major road project planned for Interstate 11 in downtown Las Vegas that could have cost more than $5 billion has been shelved, partly because of rising construction costs.
The Tropicana site will be rebuilt with the Athletics ballpark and Bally’s Corp. integrated resort in phases, according to plans submitted to Clark County.
Navy Week is making its first appearance in Las Vegas this week, and local officials are offering visits to various sporting events to make the event more memorable.
With Interstate 15 already lined with them and more being added, U.S. Highway 95 is now set to see more dynamic messaging boards added to a stretch of the freeway.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver has mentioned Las Vegas and Seattle as potential expansion markets, and two groups are looking to build an NBA-ready arena on the Strip.
Biden’s trip continues Wednesday when he is slated to deliver the keynote speech at the UnidosUS Annual Conference at the MGM Grand Conference Center.