The director of player personnel said it has been a rewarding experience on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018, at T-Mobile Arena. (Steve Carp/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Review-Journal reporters Ben Gotz and Elaine Wilson preview this week’s biggest basketball matchups in Southern Nevada.
Elevators at Mandalay Bay are again stopping at the 32nd floor after a pause at the end of last year.
Mandalay Bay closed off a few floors starting in late November amid a guest slowdown caused by the combination of the holiday season and fallout from the Oct. 1 mass shooting.
Monday’s headlines: Elevators stop on 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay again following shooting, suspect survives gunshot, faces murder charge in wife’s death, grand jury hears testimony in corruption probe of Las Vegas councilman. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Golden Edge host Bryan Salmond and Review-Journal reporters Steve Carp and David Schoen go over the Golden Knights win over the New York Rangers.
Review-Journal reporter David Schoen recaps the Golden Knights game against the Nashville Predators.
Police used pepper spray to break up a fight at the Canyon Springs-Legacy basketball game Friday at Canyon Springs High (Joel Angel Juarez/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant on the Subban brothers going head-to-head Friday, Dec. 8, 2017 in Nashville. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Coach Marvin Menzies and two UNLV players talk about their game against Illinois on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Review-Journal reporters Elaine Wilson, Todd Prince and Jason Bracelin discuss the latest news surrounding the Mandalay Bay and a website selling Las Vegas benefit concert tickets.
Review-Journal reporter Michael Gehlken talks about Amari Cooper returning to practice Friday and how Jon Feliciano missing Sunday’s game effects the team.
The newly relocated Las Vegas WNBA franchise will begin play in the 2018 season. New owners MGM Resorts will integrate a professional franchise into Las Vegas’ busy sports landscape that’s shared with the 51s, Lights FC, Golden Knights and Raiders. Here are some of the expectations and challenges the team will have. 1. Ticket prices: The key to any sports franchise is selling season tickets and group outings. For Las Vegas’ team, that starts with locals. “(You don’t) just open the doors and tell everybody you’ve got a game and stand there waiting to sell tickets,” 51s president Don Logan said. “You’ve got to get out, you’ve got to get out into the community and you’ve got to do everything we do. There’s no easy way.” Last year, San Antonio charged $12 to $165 for single-game tickets for 17 home games. 2. Creating an identity: Coach Bill Laimbeer inherits a team from San Antonio that hasn’t made the playoffs or had a winning season since 2012. Las Vegas’ team is also a franchise that lost its first 14 games last season before finishing a league-worst 8-26. 3. Patience will be required: Will they have to fill all 12,000 seats at Mandalay Bay for the season to be deemed successful? “They have to be realistic,” Connecticut Sun CEO Mitchell Etess said. “If they could get 5,000 bodies into every single game, that would be pretty good for the first year.”
Ten days ago, Buzzfeed reported that Kihuen’s former finance director had accused him of sexually harassing her and touching her thigh twice in early 2016. Identified by her first name, Samantha, who was 25, says then-candidate Kihuen asked her for sex, and she rejected her advances. Disgusted by his behavior, Samantha quit the campaign and told the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee why she was quitting.
Disbarred Las Vegas estate lawyer Robert Graham was sentenced to 16 to 40 years behind bars Friday for stealing more than $16 million from clients.
The National Finals Rodeo kicked off in Las Vegas Thursday at the Thomas & Mack Center Here’s a look at the leaders after the first go-round results Bareback riding: Jake Vold, 87.5 points on Kesler Championship Rodeo’s Oakridge, $26,231 Steer wrestling: Tyler Waguespack, 3.5 seconds, $26,231 Team roping: Kaleb Driggers/Junior Nogueira, 4.1 seconds, $26,231 each Saddle bronc riding: Hardy Braden, 87.5 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Hatitude Alpha Dog, $26,231 Tie-down roping: Ryan Jarrett, 7.5 seconds, $26,231 Barrel racing: Nellie Miller, 13.64 seconds, $26,230 Bull riding: Trey Benton III, 90 points on Big Stone Rodeo’s Mortimer, $26,231 NFR continues Friday night at the Thomas & Mack Center at 6:45 p.m.
The SLS Las Vegas hasn’t turned a profit since opening in 2014 and is on the ‘verge of bankruptcy,’ according to a lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County by 60 Chinese nationals who lent money to the project in exchange for citizenship. The investors lent roughly $400 million and each investor paid $45,000 in administration fees. The plaintiffs are seeking $255 million in damages plus attorney fees and other costs. The plaintiff’s investment is at risk of being completely wiped out and some plaintiffs will not be able to get their permanent green cards.
Months after a mass shooting took the lives of 58 people, Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay still grapples with the effects. Several restaurants and amenities in the hotel are taking longer breaks this holiday season. The spa, which shut for five days last year, will be closed for a month. One restaurant will be closed for lunch for six weeks. A restaurateur says revenue in the six weeks after the shooting was down 30 to 50%. The hotel closed several floors this holiday season, including the 32nd, where the shooter stayed. Hundreds of workers’ hours were cut. Many full-time employees were put on a reserve list. The hotel boosted security, including more undercover officers. Meanwhile, Mandalay Bay’s average room price for December is up 5%.
Formula One racing may be coming to Las Vegas. According to documents obtained by the Review-Journal, Formula One Licensings has filed trademark applications for merchandise and other items related to a proposed Las Vegas Grand Prix A city tourism official said the possibility of Formula One returning to Las Vegas is only speculation at this point, but a Formula One spokesman confirmed Las Vegas is on its radar as a future race site. *quote* The timetable for adding a U.S. race or races to the schedule is not known, nor has a location for a proposed Las Vegas race been identified.
The Oct. 1 mass shooting that occurred at the Mandalay Bay raised questions about how the hotel would weather the stigma of the shooting. (Nicole Raz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Nevada attorney general’s office prosecuted one of its own following poor conditions at funeral home
Conflict of interest arises after unrefrigerated bodies found at deputy attorney general’s funeral home in Reno. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Friday’s headlines: 7-year-old boy hospitalized after ingesting meth, chiropractor charged with sexually assaulting girl, motorcyclist killed in crash near the Strip. Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal
Bryan Salmond, Steve Carp and David Schoen discuss the Golden Knights’ up-and-down road trip, including whether Vegas can maintain the solid start, whether the team is better or worse than its record as well as the upcoming games on the schedule.
Bryan Salmond and Michael Gehlken discuss how the Raiders are handling their bye week, including what the players have planned to recharge for the rest of the season.
With less than a week before his scheduled execution, Scott Dozier, who was convicted of murdering 22-year-old Jeremiah Miller in 2002, remains steadfast in his resolve to be put to death for his crimes.
Review-Journal reporters Ben Gotz and Justin Emerson preview matchups to watch during Week 2 of high school football playoffs. The six matchups are between Sunrise Mountain at Desert Pines, Virgin Valley at Mojave, Faith Lutheran at Bishop Gorman, Legacy at Arbor View, Foothill at Liberty and Green Valley at Canyon Springs.
Military Veteran Co-Host Yonel Dorelis on TCM (Turner Classic Movies)
Victor Joecks Interviews Republican U.S. Senator Dean Heller about DACA, the Raiders stadium, Tarkanian and tax reform.
Andrew Dice Clay confirmed part of a report that he was hospitalized last week for dehydration — he was indeed hospitalized, but he was not dehydrated. He had emergency heart surgery to clear a blocked artery with a stent. He was in pain while taping an episode of “The Ed Bernstein Show” He spent three days at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center and canceled his scheduled performances at Red Rock Resort. “The bottom line is, I was very excited to come here, especially after what Vegas has been through, to do my job and make people laugh … I feel terrible about it, but I’m not ready to get back onstage,” Clay said.
Victor Joecks Interviews Republican U.S. Senator Dean Heller about DACA, the Raiders stadium, Tarkanian and tax reform.