Applied Analysis’ decision to end a role with the Stadium Authority comes as several opportunities for the consulting firm are on the horizon, including the A’s move to Las Vegas.
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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.
The Pac-12 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and football championship game will be played as scheduled in Las Vegas this coming year, but what happens after that remains to be seen.
The popular Game Day Express bus service is back for another season of Raiders, Knights and UNLV sporting events in the Las Vegas Valley.
Motorists traveling on Interstate 15 from Las Vegas toward Utah will face another road project slated to disrupt traffic along the busy route.
Chris Giles, who served as the A’s chief operating officer between 2017 and 2020, said the team and Oakland were never able to agree on the needed public-private partnership.
Among other moves, the Silver and Black hired a new chief operating officer and a new senior vice president of marketing.
An $84.6 million widening project on the 215 Beltway in the southern Las Vegas Valley is underway.
The ballpark is going to rely on fans walking to the stadium from nearby resorts. But Elon Musk’s Boring Company Vegas Loop could also be a key element to the transportation plan.
Work crews are now focused on building retaining walls for the I-15-Harmon Avenue high-occupancy-vehicle, half interchange, with the new resort corridor access coming in November.
Kylian Mbappé and Neymar jerseys are among the goods available at the recently opened Paris Saint-Germain store.
The Oakland Athletics hope to turn up to 4 acres of land leading up to their planned Las Vegas ballpark into an area similar to the one near T-Mobile Arena.
The first NFL-themed slot machines, developed by Aristocrat Gaming, will touch down on casino floors ahead of the kickoff of the 2023 football season.
As the Oakland Athletics finalize their Las Vegas stadium design, the seating capacity could go as high as 33,000.
As the concept design phase of the Oakland Athletics’ planned $1.5 billion Las Vegas ballpark begins, two firms are competing to get the job as they consider roof options.
Formula One officials are requiring businesses to pay a licensing fee to host watch events or run the risk of having their view obstructed.