Daredevil motorists are taking over valley streets to carry out dangerous stunts behind the wheel in hopes of creating viral moments on social media.
Mick Akers
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Mick joined the Las Vegas Review-Journal as transportation reporter in November 2018. 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 Raiders’ move to Las Vegas has proven to be a fruitful one with fans, as shown by the Silver and Black’s popularity in merchandise sales.
Nevada motorists with expiring driver’s licenses are being granted another extension after all.
Construction efforts on Allegiant Stadium not only finished on time and on budget, it also met community benefit goals set by legislation that allocated a $750 million public contribution to the project.
The Raiders secured a decadelong lease on an industrial complex across the street from Allegiant Stadium.
Las Vegas saw its biggest Raiders fan emerge Thursday morning as a massive Silver & Black jersey was draped over the Statue of Liberty at New York-New York.
Unruly drivers looking to skirt around the holiday traffic jam near the Nevada-California border put the “labor” in Labor Day for state troopers.
The LVCVA’s $24.26 million purchase of the Las Vegas Monorail is not an investment in the future of the long-struggling transportation mode — it’s an investment in the future of mobility in the resort corridor and beyond.
If you’re among the Nevadans whose driver’s license or vehicle registration expired during the COVID-19 pandemic, the extension to take care of your issue is nearly up.
LVCVA spokeswoman Maria Phelan said the tourism agency didn’t create a 2020 outlook “in light of the fluid environment.”
When Allegiant Stadium opens to fans at some point in the future it will do so as the first sports venue to go cashless.
Southwest Airlines is set to add two new leisure hot spots to its flight network this year.
When crowds at Allegiant Stadium are too much for those with sensory issues or those who don’t acclimate well with crowds, two quiet spaces will be available.
Daily nonstop flights will kick off Nov. 17 between McCarran International Airport and John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California.
With sports arenas and stadiums in the Las Vegas Valley set to sit empty without fans for the immediate future, some facilities are looking at ways to utilize their space outside of game days.