The Las Vegas Super Bowl Host Committee and NFL chose 150 Las Vegas companies to join its Super Bowl Business Connect program, ahead of Super Bowl LVIII.
Mick Akers
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.
Bay Area fans hoping the Oakland Athletics don’t go the way of the Raiders and end up in Las Vegas are looking to pack the stands for one night this summer at RingCentral Coliseum.
Allegiant Stadium continues to prove itself as one of Las Vegas’ biggest draws with nearly 1.7 million fans attending events at the $2 billion facility in 2022.
As the Oakland Athletics’ Las Vegas relocation work continues, the team has hired a small army of lobbyists to carry out groundwork with state leaders.
Tuesday night marked the start of “Dropicana,” part of the demolition of the Tropicana bridge tied to the $305 million I-15-Tropicana Interchange project.
Getting involved in the booming Las Vegas professional sports market was too good of an opportunity for a group of notable sports figures to pass up.
The waving of a checkered flag Thursday morning signified a major milestone of Interstate 15-215 Beltway north interchange project.
Clark County could be tasked to pay for at least a portion of the millions of dollars worth of road improvements needed ahead of next year’s inaugural Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Following a four-month beta test of its on-demand electric vehicle service in the downtown Las Vegas area, Halo.Car is expanding its operations valley wide.
Tourism officials hope some form of the Boring Co.’s transportation project will be operable by the time big game arrives in 2024.
As one Interstate 15 improvement project will be moving toward completion another one is set to begin in the same vicinity.
Oakland Athletics president Dave Kaval told the Review-Journal he didn’t have a timeline on when the potential Las Vegas stadium site could be announced.
With the Raiders and a bevy of other events already planned for Allegiant Stadium, officials are looking to add staff to work upcoming events at the $2 billion facility.
With talks between local and F1 officials occurring since last year, a race taking place in Las Vegas is “very real.”
A strong winter storm that hit the eastern United States on Sunday and ongoing staff shortages caused by the surge of COVID-19 were blamed for the disruptions.