UNLV issued a statement Thursday saying athletic director Erick Harper misspoke when he said his department could only cover the first two years of football coach Dan Mullen’s contract.
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Las Vegas Grand Prix’s head executive is confident a new deal will be struck to continue staging the race in Sin City past 2025.
The Athletics are looking to start preliminary work on their Las Vegas ballpark to keep the project on track to be completed for the 2028 MLB season.
Vay has served over 10,000 riders since it kicked off its Las Vegas operations a little over a year ago out of its downtown hub.
UNLV athletic director Erick Harper said last week that his department only has the funds to pay for the first two years of football coach Dan Mullen’s five-year contract.
Regents questioned UNLV leadership on whether its actual athletics budget deficiency was north of $30 million or millions higher than the university reported in a 10-year financial analysis.
Tickets to the 2025 Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, which go on sale next month, will be 35 percent cheaper on average compared with last year’s race.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority jersey patch deal with the Athletics is a multimillion-dollar agreement.
With daylight saving time in effect, motorists should be wary about the effects “springing forward” has on driving.
After an eventful week of Las Vegas-based announcements for the Athletics, the hype surrounding the team’s planned relocation is building among fans.
The Athletics announced a deal with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to sport a Las Vegas patch on their uniforms even while playing at their temporary home in California.
With Oak View Group taking over as Allegiant Stadium’s concessionaire next month, Levy Restaurants, the soon-to-be former food and beverage operator at the $2 billion facility, is laying off over 1,000 employees.
Following the planned weeklong closure of Tropicana Avenue over Interstate 15, a flyover ramp shuttered since 2022 will reopen to traffic.
Marc Badain, who worked for the Raiders for 30 years and led the charge to relocate the team to Las Vegas, was named the president of the Athletics on Thursday.
The Athletics provided an updated glimpse inside their plans for a $1.75 billion ballpark with new renderings.