New Supercross event bound for Las Vegas
A new international Supercross race will take place Oct. 16 at Sam Boyd Stadium.
Details will be announced Tuesday during a news conference involving officials from Las Vegas Events, which is providing sponsorship.
The single-night event will be sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association and promoted by Feld Entertainment, which also owns the AMA Supercross Series.
Plans for the Sam Boyd race are to create a course that blends Supercross and Motocross to attract some of the best international riders.
The event will fill a slot vacated by the loss of the U.S. Open for Supercross that will not be held this fall at the MGM Grand. The Open had been held annually in Las Vegas since 1998.
The new event, not yet named, will be held over the Oct. 14 to 17 weekend with the inaugural Dew Tour Championships at Hard Rock Hotel featuring skateboarding and BMX competition.
