Oak View Group and Sports Illustrated are joining forces to bring the Club SI hospitality space to life for the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Mick Akers
Transportation reporter
Email: makers@reviewjournal.com
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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.
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen has purchased a 5.5 percent stake into Sphere Entertainment, the parent company of Sphere in Las Vegas.
Independence Day travel is expected to be extremely busy, with a record 71 million people set to travel within the U.S. for the holiday.
The Raiders are looking to bring the tailgating experience at Allegiant Stadium to the next level with the addition of new premium spaces for pregame festivities.
The Aces can add another prestigious honor to their list of accomplishments. They were listed as the WNBA’s most valuable franchise by Sportico.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada is turning to artificial intelligence to bolster safety at its transit centers in Las Vegas.
Race fans next week will have a cheaper general admission ticket option for this year’s Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The Nevada Department of Transportation is getting public feedback on bringing U.S. Highway 95 to interstate code from the northwest valley through Indian Springs.
The Oakland Athletics are hosting a series of focus group meetings with Southern Nevada residents.
Language in the Oakland Athletics’ Las Vegas nonrelocation agreement includes an added clause by Major League Baseball tied to a potential altered playoff format.
As the Oakland Athletics’ continue moving forward on the Las Vegas relocation process, early design work has begun on uniforms.
Snow plows are commonly used on roads to clear winter snows, but they come in handy in the summer to deal with another nuisance on northeast Nevada roads — hordes of Mormon crickets.
As the summer begins, the bulk of the work on the yearslong Interstate 15-Tropicana Avenue project will enter into the final stretch.
Progress continues on the Oakland Athletics’ plan to build a $1.5 billion ballpark in Las Vegas. Senate Bill 1 became law a year ago, but steps remain before shovels hit the ground on the Strip.
Decades in the making, residents now have another option to cross the Colorado River between Laughlin and Bullhead City, Arizona.