Formula One’s biggest star hasn’t held back his disdain for the spectacle that is the Las Vegas Grand Prix this week.
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 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.
Schools Over Stadiums, a PAC backed by a teachers union, claims the Oakland Athletics’ stadium funding bill violates the state constitution.
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.