A few years ago Sara Rosenberg of Miami took one glance at the fashion look of accessories such as pocketbooks and tote bags that showed sports team logos and was aghast.
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Local transit service on holidays this year will operate on either Saturday or Sunday schedules, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada announced Thursday.
Boosters of a domed stadium project on the UNLV campus have mentioned an NFL Pro Bowl and NFL pre-season games as potential events that would help generate millions of dollars for the local economy. But the NFL doesn’t appear likely it would stage a Pro Bowl event or sanction a game at the proposed “Mega-Event Center,” as officials for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and their private development partner are calling the proposed 60,000-seat venue.
Skyvue, the 500-foot Ferris wheel under construction on the south end of the Strip, has run into more financial problems. MMC Inc., the contractor that has been building the foundations, has filed suit to collect on $1.1 million in unpaid bills by foreclosing on the project. All told, eight companies that have worked on Skyvue have filed liens for their work.
A building-sized billboard that won approval from a city committee on Tuesday could be a sign of things to come in the downtown Las Vegas skyline.