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.
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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.
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.
Installation of the massive 760-foot bridge Flamingo Road bridge over Koval Lane was completed last week.
The Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix has been upgraded to a level two security rating by the Department of Homeland Security.
The Tropicana Avenue Bridge over Interstate 15 is scheduled for a multiday full closure beginning this weekend.
The Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix winner’s stage will be located at a favorite Strip landmark. Grand Prix weekend is scheduled for Nov. 16 to 18.
Construction on the Oakland Athletics’ Las Vegas ballpark is scheduled to begin in April 2025 and be completed in January 2028.
The Golden Knights are partnering with a developer to manage a North Las Vegas hockey facility.
The planting of 58 trees at a Henderson park marked the start of the NFL Green’s environmental initiatives surrounding the lead up to the 2024 Super Bowl.