Local Las Vegas
The higher education system’s Board of Regents gave its initial OK on Friday to a plan that would build a 40,000-seat domed stadium on campus. The stadium would be accompanied by thousands of units of on campus housing, 600,000 square feet of retail space, a spacious outdoor gathering spot and parking for thousands of cars.
A Wynn Las Vegas executive was found dead in a luxury high-rise community late Wednesday night, sources said.
Las Vegas’ visitor industry has largely shrugged off the rapid run-up in crude oil prices that began last the summer.
The dazzling Feb. 1 presentation by a development group promising to not only build a 40,000-seat domed stadium at UNLV but remake its campus appears to have hit its first significant hurdle.
The former head of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Managers and Supervisors Association is accused of misappropriating nearly $40,000 in union funds, but he might avoid prosecution.