While there was some improvement in traffic backups last weekend, it wasn’t the “immediate relief” motorists expected when promised last year by the states’ top officials.
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.
Residents and visitors should plan for traffic impacts in Las Vegas because of the Pac-12 championship, Sunday Raiders game and NFR events.
The 2023 NFL Pro Bowl Games will feature several skills competitions, culminating in a trio of flag football games at Allegiant Stadium.
The USC Trojans-Utah Utes Pac-12 championship game Friday at Allegiant Stadium is expected to draw a nearly sold out crowd.
Both MGM Resorts, who operated the Mirage, and the NCAA said they had no role in the tournament’s operations, with that being the responsibility of the event’s promoter.
Multiple Southern Nevada locations are set to see wrong-way driver detection systems installed after they proved successful across the state.
Although likely in the works well before this season began, some fans took the filing the wrong way, since the Raiders haven’t done much winning this season.
Easing the financial strain of higher turkey costs, gas prices are falling across the country as the Thanksgiving Day holiday approaches.
The Final Four is the latest major event announced to take place at Allegiant Stadium. The NFL Pro Bowl was played there this year and will again take place there in 2023. The Super Bowl is slated to take place at the stadium in 2024.
About 55 million people are expected to travel nationwide for Thanksgiving, a 1.5 percent increase over 2021, according to AAA.
Ride hailing giant Lyft and the Nevada Coalition for Zero Fatalities are offering discounted rides for the Thanksgiving weekend.
As the $305 million revamp of the Interstate 15-Tropicana interchange rolls along, motorists who routinely travel through the area need to stay up to date on the latest happenings.
A fully autonomous capable SUV being tested in Las Vegas wasn’t in self-driving mode when it was involved in a crash earlier this week, company officials said.
The waving of a checkered flag Thursday morning signified a major milestone of Interstate 15-215 Beltway north interchange project.
Clark County could be tasked to pay for at least a portion of the millions of dollars worth of road improvements needed ahead of next year’s inaugural Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix.
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