The Athletics laid out how the team plans to finance their Las Vegas Strip ballpark, with team owner John Fisher’s family set to contribute up to $1 billion.
Mick Akers
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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.
With Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both planning Las Vegas Valley election rallies, motorists should brace for presidential-sized traffic impacts.
Organizers of the Formula One race have been moving some fans’ seats out of the West Harmon Zone. Now officials are offering a discount package in that zone.
The Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix is less than a month away as setup work continues around the 3.8-mile street circuit.
The yearslong Las Vegas Boulevard improvement project moves on with a new round of scheduled traffic impacts.
About 6,000 runners will take to Charleston Boulevard between Red Rock Canyon and downtown Las Vegas for the first-ever Las Vegas Marathon.
Allegiant Stadium will host two games between four college basketball powerhouses in 2027 as part of its preparation for the 2028 Final Four.
The event, taking place on Nov. 3, features races of three lengths: a full marathon (26.2 miles), half marathon (13.1 miles) and a 7-mile run.
Raiders home games have routinely been a destination for visiting fans. One could say that was by design.
Raiders fans wanting one of the team’s Nevada specialty license plates can obtain one free of charge compliments of the Silver and Black.
UNLV has opened up additional seating for the Mountain West showdown against Boise State, which could have College Football Playoff implications.
The process to get the A’s planned Strip ballpark project to the point where construction is scheduled to begin next year has been a collaborative effort.
Bally’s Corp. is now aiming at potentially having a portion of their planned resort and casino to open up with the Athletics planned Las Vegas ballpark in 2028.
The Athletics will play on natural grass when they begin their three-year residency in 2025 at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, before moving to Las Vegas.
Crews will begin this month installing Interstate 11 signage along U.S. Highway 95 throughout the Las Vegas Valley.