If sports players can be traded, why not a stadium? UNLV officials covet 38 acres of Clark County land sandwiched between Thomas & Mack Center and a 42-acre site for a possible new stadium, so one scenario could be the university considering swapping Sam Boyd Stadium for the county property.
A UNLV official plans to talk with Clark County officials on Monday about acquiring 38 acres owned by the county that sit between The Thomas & Mack Center and a proposed stadium site off Tropicana Avenue.
The owners of the new MGM Resorts International-AEG arena on the Strip are launching a new VIP club membership deal that will allow a member to buy a ticket for the vast majority of events at the $375 million venue that opens in April.
Bulldozers Thursday were preparing the 3,000-foot dirt race course packed with 24 teeth-rattling jumps, a 150-foot turn that extends into a seating section and a 100-foot triple-jump sending motorcycle racers airborne at this weekend’s Monster Energy Cup at Sam Boyd Stadium.
I’m counting on MGM Resorts International to do the right thing and build a parking garage for the new arena the company is opening next spring.
UNLV stadium pointman Don Snyder says he’s hitching his stadium aspirations to a new gubernatorial tourism infrastructure committee, which he hopes can suggest packaging the stadium, the LVCVA’s convention center improvements and Southern Nevada transportation updates under a single funding umbrella.
Construction equipment is demolishing seat sections above Turns 3 and 4 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway to make room for a relocated high-end hospitality area and a new 25-space luxury RV section.
On a recent weekday, it was a quiet late morning at Einsteins Bros Bagels on Tropicana Avenue across from McCarran International Airport.
