The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s new ad dubbing Las Vegas the “greatest arena on Earth,” rang true with the bevy of pro sports options Sunday.
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Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal in November 2018 and covers sports business and transportation. He previously worked at the Las Vegas Sun covering a variety of beats including transportation, business, gaming, and city and county government. Prior to that, he worked at the Pahrump Valley Times, where he was named the Nevada Press Association’s Outstanding Journalist in the intermediate category for his coverage of the Lamar Odom brothel overdose situation, rural healthcare and more. Mick was born in Texas but grew up in Las Vegas, attending UNLV’s Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies where he was a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha National Journalism Society.
Motorists should prepare for another round of lane reductions and offramp closures next week tied to the $40 million U.S. Highway 95 viaduct rehabilitation project in downtown Las Vegas.
Twice-weekly flights will be between Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport and Eureka, California’s Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport.
The Raiders are again offering an alternate COVID-19 vaccine screening for three days ahead of the team’s game Sunday versus the Dolphins at Allegiant Stadium.
The Oct. 30 showdown between the USA and Ireland in the Las Vegas Rugby Cup at Allegiant Stadium is set to be canceled, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday.
The contractor that could carry out the Tropicana Avenue/Interstate 15 interchange project was selected last week, but not without some controversy.
The Oakland Athletics have whittled down the number of possible ballpark sites in the Las Vegas Valley with hopes of releasing a list of finalists in the near future.
After waiting it out a year with the rest of Raider Nation, this week team owner Mark Davis finally took in a Raiders regular season home game at Allegiant Stadium.
Life is Beautiful returns to downtown Las Vegas this weekend after a one-year hiatus and with it a bevy of road closures.
The U.S. Highway 95 northbound Casino Center Boulevard onramp is set to close for six weeks in downtown Las Vegas.
The supplemental is an additional commercial airport being planned by the DOA and Federal Aviation Administration to serve the Las Vegas region.
Drawing 15.3 million viewers, the game’s megacast broadcast was the most-watched Week 1 Monday Night Football game since 2013, ESPN announced Tuesday.
According to the Raiders, 287 fans got their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine outside of Allegiant Stadium on game day, allowing them to attend Monday’s game.
A vehicle width limit of 10 feet and a weight limit of 129,000 pounds will be in place, with vehicles exceeding those limits being required to take a 224-mile detour.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles says a problem transportation officials had scanning the new design driver’s licenses has been mostly resolved.