After two years of talking about NFL draft week, it is finally upon the Las Vegas Valley.
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Phoenix has long held a monopoly in the Southwest on hosting major sporting events. But that has changed with Las Vegas and Los Angeles adding new facilities.
As the Athletics rang in the first home stand of the 2022 MLB season Monday in Oakland, the “home” part remains in flux for future seasons.
At least three people falsely told police that then-Raiders cornerback Damon Arnette was a passenger in an SUV that crashed and injured a woman near the team’s practice site in 2020.
Gov. Steve Sisolak refuted reports that he is blocking the Oakland Athletics from moving to Southern Nevada because of a request for millions in public subsidies for a ballpark.
Following Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s comments about Las Vegas being a “gross desert,” the mayor said in a later interview that the city has “tacky architecture.”
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has already watched the Raiders leave for Las Vegas and could be watching the Athletics head here next.
Monorail, bus and ride hailing options are available to ease transportation constraints near the Strip for the NFL Draft.
Some resorts are asking more than $1,000 a night to stay during the first of two BTS concert weekends and for the NFL Draft at the end of the month.
Before the Las Vegas race, organizers have to deal with a legal dispute between a Miami tech entrepreneur with ties to the Strip, and Formula One and Liberty Media.