The Oakland Athletics have hired CAA ICON as their consulting firm for team owner John Fisher and the team’s planned $1.5 billion Las Vegas ballpark.
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.
Las Vegas Lights owner Brett Lashbrook is unapologetic about this weekend’s “Vegas Loves Oakland Sports Teams” promotion.
The Sept. 24 “Sunday Night Football” home opener for the Raiders against the Pittsburgh Steelers is the most in-demand game of the season on StubHub.
A group linked with the Nevada State Education Association has filed a referendum petition to repeal the funding for the Athletics’ baseball stadium in Las Vegas.
Resort corridor workers are crucial to the success of any weekend in Las Vegas but they will be especially key during the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Prep work for the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix in November will kick into high gear in the coming weeks.
Motorists should expect significant overnight traffic on the 215 Beltway in the southern Las Vegas valley tied to an $84.6 million widening project.
You’re driving down the road behind a dump truck and a rock hits your vehicle, cracking the windshield. Who is going to pay for the damage?
With a Clark County-imposed deadline scheduled to hit Wednesday, the All Net Resort & Arena project is still a go, according to project CEO Jackie Robinson.
Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday she made presentations to both schools — Washington State on Aug. 24 and Oregon State on Monday.
Two ticket packages for Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium will go on sale Thursday.
Three overnight closures on a portion of Interstate 15 are scheduled for next week as part of the $305 million I-15/Tropicana interchange project.
The first-ever NFL-themed slot machines have touched down on casinos floors just ahead of the 2023 season.
The Raiders have come a long way from 2015, when they were 31st in the 32-team NFL in Forbes annual ranking of NFL team values.
A retro style In-N-Out burger located across Russell Road from Allegiant Stadium opened on Thursday