Supporters of the Silver and Black can now show their Raiders fandom while making purchases with their debit card.
Mick Akers
Sports Business and Transportation reporter
Email: makers@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 387-2920
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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.
Southwest Airlines, McCarran airport’s busiest carrier, is in talks with union representatives about possible payroll concessions to offset the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
With a bond offering underway to finance construction of a high-speed train between Las Vegas and LA, one of the backers expects the line to play a big role in sporting events.
The Raiders are cheering for the state to approve UNLV’s plan to have limited fan attendance at its home Mountain West Conference games at Allegiant Stadium this season.
The Raiders paid their respects Thursday to those affected by the Route 91 Harvest festival shooting.
The local employees are among more than 40,000 workers across the nation set to lose their jobs.
Three years later, the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center still interacts with those affected by the mass shooting on a daily basis.
With the culmination to the long, strange trip of an NBA season kicking off Wedensday with the NBA Finals inside the Florida bubble, a question remains, could that trip one day include Las Vegas?
Freshman Democratic Assemblywoman Michelle Gorelow is facing political newcomer Republican Jay Calhoun in the 35th District, which covers Southern Highlands and southwest Las Vegas
Two-time Democratic Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod is facing off against Republican candidate Jay Carlson in Assembly District 34.
The state’s second-longest bridge opened to traffic Monday morning providing a much-needed link in the northwest valley.
Brightline, the company behind the XpressWest high-speed rail project, began an up-to-$3.2 billion bond offering for the initial financing of the project.
With the end of a grace period for expired vehicle registrations, motorists who waited are discovering they now owe late fees.
Since talk of relocating to Las Vegan began in 2016, the value of the Las Vegas Raiders has soared and now eclipses the $3 billion mark, according to Forbes magazine.
The quick-turnaround tests are aimed at helping travelers navigate travel restrictions instituted by some states, the airline announced Thursday.