Events at Allegiant Stadium have attracted 3.6 million people since mid-2021 when fans were first allowed inside the $2 billion facility.
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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.
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.
The next Las Vegas Stadium Authority board meeting scheduled for Thursday doesn’t include any agenda items related to the Oakland Athletics’ Las Vegas ballpark.
The Boring Company’s Vegas Loop is expected to soon expand to near UNLV and surrounding areas, including Formula One’s Grand Prix Plaza.
One Canadian man looking to get ahead of other potential job candidates posted his “resume” on a digital billboard in front of UFC headquarters.
The NFL began preparing Allegiant Stadium this week for the Super Bowl, and the Raiders’ natural grass field is on the league’s to-do list.
The A’s lobbyists filing is centered on Schools Over Stadiums not providing the full text of Senate Bill 1, the stadium funding bill, in their petition referendum.
Elon Musk’s Boring Company purchased another plot as expansion of the Vegas Loop people mover system is on the horizon.
The NFL wasted no time getting Allegiant Stadium ready for the Super Bowl on Feb. 11, arriving one day after the Raiders season ended.
Tesla Cybertrucks will soon be moving passengers through the Boring Company’s Vegas Loop tunnel system.
The 300,000-square-foot building on the northeast corner of Harmon Avenue and Koval Lane near the Strip is slated to host a number of events in 2024.