Globe Life Field, which sits on 13 acres with a fully retractable roof, features many elements the Oakland Athletics are looking for in a Las Vegas ballpark.
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.
A new music video and online petition encourage fans to “excessively celebrate” the Super Bowl when it is held in Las Vegas in February.
First introduced in 2013, the $5 billion All Net Resort & Arena project has been delayed several times, and its proposed financial backing has changed multiple times over the past decade.
Despite starting at midnight or later in two of the four time zones, the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix averaged over 1 million viewers on ESPN.
A provision in the A’s relocation approval noted that if owner John Fisher sold the team before moving to Las Vegas that he would have to pay MLB 20 percent of the sale price.
Las Vegas is projected to be a top destination for Thanksgiving travelers so traffic in and around Southern Nevada will be stuffed like a turkey this week.
Race officials announced the 2024 date and opened up ticket deposits ahead of Saturday’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Formula One’s biggest star hasn’t held back his disdain for the spectacle that is the Las Vegas Grand Prix this week.
A class action lawsuit has been filed against the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix in relation to fans being forced to leave Thursday’s practice session after an hourslong delay.
Formula One superstars Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez will don special Elvis jumpsuits for the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
After an hourslong delay, the second round of Las Vegas Grand Prix practice commenced at 2:30 a.m. Friday, but fans weren’t in the stands to witness it.
After visiting various sites across the Las Vegas Valley, the allure of the Strip was too great to turn down, Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher said Thursday.
The A’s plan to build a $1.5 billion, 33,000-seat stadium on 9 acres at the Tropicana site on the Strip, with an opening set for 2028.
The head of Formula One’s parent company issued an apology to Las Vegas residents for the months of road work needed to prepare the Las Vegas Grand Prix circuit.
MLB owners meetings end Thursday in Arlington, Texas. The Oakland Athletics need 75 percent of the 3o owners to vote in favor of their move to Las Vegas.