Schools Over Stadiums, a PAC backed by a teachers union, claims the Oakland Athletics’ stadium funding bill violates the state constitution.
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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 Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix is one of the top selling events this year globally on secondary ticket marketplace StubHub, while hotel room rates have stabilized.
Late night motorists should avoid portions of Las Vegas Boulevard this week as overnight shutdowns are planned for Las Vegas Grand Prix track testing.
The stretch of road is probably the smoothest in the Las Vegas Valley, with the circuit seeing two rounds of paving operations over the course of several months to get the track up to race code.
Las Vegas will host the inaugural All-MLB weekend celebrating the year’s best in the sport. The All-MLB Team Show will air Dec. 16 on MLB Network.
Clark County is looking to bolster its school crossing guard program to include the middle schools.
F1 and Clark County entered into a 10-year partnership to allow for the race to take place in and around the Strip during the week before Thanksgiving.
The G League Ignite have beefed up their in-game entertainment with a new mascot and dance team ahead of Friday’s opener at Dollar Loan Center in Henderson.
Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend room rates on the Strip continue to decrease one week out from the inaugural race.
A big piece to moving workers employed at properties located within the race’s footprint is a park-and-ride system involving the Las Vegas Monorail.
The Oakland Athletics have a new design of their proposed Las Vegas ballpark, according to MGM Resorts International CEO Bill Hornbuckle.
Crews on Tuesday were painting the track and installing fixtures in various hospitality spaces in and around the Formula One pit building, readying the area for next week’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Fans looking to get their hands on Las Vegas Grand Prix merchandise will be able to do so at a soon-to-open retail pop-up shop on the Strip.
The Athletics got a legal win in District Court over a political action committee’s attempt to get the public financing for the team’s planned ballpark on next year’s ballot.
State officials are looking to ease traffic congestion around a major resort corridor road project.