“Luckily we make more money with one exhibition soccer game at the Coliseum than we do throughout the entire A’s season,” Leigh Hanson, Mayor Sheng Thao’s chief of staff, said.
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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.
With design work still ongoing, Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher didn’t reveal specifics about what the planned ballpark would include.
The planned 218-mile, high-speed rail line will primarily run along the Interstate 15 median with trains capable of reaching 186 mph.
Tropicana Avenue over Interstate 15 is scheduled to close next weekend for crews to increase road capacity ahead of the Super Bowl.
In the movie industry, sequels are usually worst than the original and when it comes to traffic projects, that is no different.
Planning for the Super Bowl began more than two years ago, and the NFL and its Las Vegas partners are close to reaping the benefits from a worldwide audience.
The Oakland A’s need a place to play for the 2025-27 MLB seasons. A stadium under construction in a Utah suburb has their attention.
The Oakland Athletics are making site visits as they try to figure out where they will play once their Oakland Coliseum lease is up after the 2024 season.
The newly constructed Interstate 15-Harmon Avenue half interchange now has an opening date.
Events at Allegiant Stadium have attracted 3.6 million people since mid-2021 when fans were first allowed inside the $2 billion facility.
Crews will begin to remove the temporary bridge Sunday built for the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Flamingo Road over Koval Lane.
The FIA, F1’s governing body, released start times for all races on this year’s circuit and the Las Vegas Grand Prix will again take place under the lights of the Strip.
After looking to invest in a USL franchise for some time, former MLB slugger Jose Bautista jumped at the opportunity to buy the Las Vegas Lights.
Former MLB All-Star Jose Bautista has acquired the Las Vegas Lights soccer team from Brett Lashbrook, who had owned the team since it joined the USL in 2018.
UNLV is scheduled to receive nearly $2 million from the Las Vegas Stadium Authority to make up for a revenue shortfall tied to the university’s 2022 football season.