The Raiders are looking to bring a comfort of home to the stadium in their latest Allegiant Stadium founding sponsorship deal with livestreaming platform Twitch.
Mick Akers
Sports Business and Transportation reporter
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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.
Virgin Hyperloop One is looking to take the progress the company has seen at their Southern Nevada test track and implement the underground, high-speed transportation model worldwide.
MGM Resorts International confirmed no game day tailgating will be permitted at the planned Las Vegas Village parking lot.
A new proposal for the busy Tropicana Avenue and Swenson Street intersection would send drivers underground near UNLV.
The franchise’s value has increased nearly $1.5 billion dollars since talks heated up in 2016 to uproot the team from Oakland, California, and move them to Southern Nevada.
The Innovation Checkpoint, which went live in June, has already processed more than 14,000 passengers.
Anheuser-Busch is producing special edition alien-themed cans of Bud Light tied to “Alienstock,” a three-day event planned for Rachel later this month.
The events are expected to draw up to 15,000 people to Lincoln County per day, plans filed to the county revealed.
Gov. Steve Sisolak said he’s been in contact with state and local agencies, including the Nevada National Guard, in regards to the planned “Storm Area 51” events.
Between 2008 and 2017, fatal red light crashes left 147 dead in the Silver State, according to AAA.
RTC’s Golden Knights Express ridership jumped from 40,679 in the 2017-18 season to 57, 920 last season.
The signs are being tested and are unlikely to begin warning motorists about crashes and other road conditions until late fall, according to state transportation officials.
The money going to Nevada will go toward projects to improve two bridges on U.S. Highway 95 in Las Vegas, at Desert Inn Road and at Eastern Avenue.
The marquee “Storm Area 51” event, Alienstock, is expected to draw upwards of 10,000 attendees for the multiday gathering in the Nevada desert.
The Transportation Security Administration is testing the automation of the identity verification in a TSA PreCheck lane at McCarran International Airport.