NDOT has begun the process of an environmental study, aimed at determining the potential impacts that eliminating HOV lanes would have on Southern Nevada.
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.
The underground concept came after UNLV raised concerns with the previous elevated expressway option being an eyesore and would also block branding of the school and the Thomas & Mack Center.
The Boring Company’s planned expansion for the underground transportation system was given the green light by the Clark County Commission.
Las Vegas is seeking to keep the NFR in Las Vegas, with some seeing the Oakland Athletics’ planned Southern Nevada ballpark as a potential landing spot.
Phil Ruffin and the A’s were working on a deal for the 37-acre Las Vegas Festival Grounds site located on the southwest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Sahara Avenue.
If the Oakland Athletics receive the hundreds of millions of dollars in public funding to construct an MLB ballpark in Southern Nevada, the Las Vegas Stadium Authority would likely oversee it.
As the Oakland Athletics focus their attention on landing a $1.5 billion MLB ballpark in Las Vegas, team brass are excited about the potential transportation prospects for their chosen site.
Although not common in MLB, Oakland A’s general manager David Forst said having a club’s Triple-A and major league teams in the same market makes a lot of sense.
The condition would have been tied to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds, a 39-acre site the Oakland Athletics no longer are considering for a stadium.
The Oakland Athletics have landed several endorsements from various Southern Nevada chambers of commerce supporting the MLB team’s potential move to Las Vegas.
The weekend ramp closure begins Friday evening and is tied to NDOT’s Summerlin repair and rehabilitation project slated to run through early August.
Interstate 15 is set to be shut down over a pair of nights in connection with the ongoing $305 million I-15/Tropicana Avenue project.
Chauffeur service company Blacklane announced it would be offering rides to travelers between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
“Drivers are not allowed to cross the double white lines at any time,” a Nevada Department of Transportation spokesman said.
Although a large portion of the tickets are grandstand seats, the VIP experience is also big with up to 40,000 hospitality seats available for the race.