A plan to build a new Major League Baseball stadium in the Bay Area took another step forward Thursday, but Las Vegas hasn’t yet struck out on the chance of luring the Oakland A’s here.
Mick Akers
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 service includes several cities on the West Coast, including Las Vegas, and will allow travelers to sign up for various packages depending on their travel needs.
If last month’s incident of the U.S. Highway 95 at Eastern Avenue bridge collapsing during planned demolition had you worried about the safety of road structures in the Silver State, this should help calm those nerves.
The over $100 million project aimed at outdoor enthusiasts — especially cyclists and runners — will be carried out in five phases.
In just two short years the NFL’s championship game will played at Allegiant Stadium just four years after the completion of the $2 billion facility.
Despite the lifting of the statewide mask mandate Thursday, those in Las Vegas should still carry a mask with them if they plan to ride a bus or fly on an airplane.
As the RTC deals with an ongoing labor shortage and COVID-19 related issues, the agency announced Tuesday night they would be running a Saturday schedule Monday-Friday beginning Feb. 22, until further notice.
The number of electric vehicles registered with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles has increased 133 percent in the last two years, going from 7,381 in 2019 to 17,162.
Las Vegas has quickly become the “sports capital of the world” and nothing makes that more evident than the city hosting the all-star games of both the NHL and NFL this weekend.
For a second day in a row flights were being canceled at Harry Reid Airport in Las Vegas due to a massive winter storm impacting large portion of the country.
Sunday’s NFL Pro Bowl game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas is tracking as the most expensive on record on the secondary ticket market.
Traffic on a portion of the Las Vegas Strip will be closed to vehicle traffic Thursday afternoon for an NHL All-Star event.
A strong winter storm impacting a large swath of the U.S. is affecting travel, including in Las Vegas at Harry Reid International Airport.
Similar to the process the Raiders used for fans during their home games at the $2 billion stadium, fans must show proof of vaccination via the Clear Health Pass smartphone app to gain entry, the NFL confirmed.
A group of NFL players will play the Madden 22 video on the Las Vegas Strip, with the goal of breaking the Guinness World Record of the largest projected video game display.