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.
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.
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.
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Traffic on a portion of the Las Vegas Strip will be closed to vehicle traffic Thursday afternoon for an NHL All-Star event.
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