Life is Beautiful returns to downtown Las Vegas this weekend after a one-year hiatus and with it a bevy of road closures.
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.
The U.S. Highway 95 northbound Casino Center Boulevard onramp is set to close for six weeks in downtown Las Vegas.
The supplemental is an additional commercial airport being planned by the DOA and Federal Aviation Administration to serve the Las Vegas region.
Drawing 15.3 million viewers, the game’s megacast broadcast was the most-watched Week 1 Monday Night Football game since 2013, ESPN announced Tuesday.
According to the Raiders, 287 fans got their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine outside of Allegiant Stadium on game day, allowing them to attend Monday’s game.
A vehicle width limit of 10 feet and a weight limit of 129,000 pounds will be in place, with vehicles exceeding those limits being required to take a 224-mile detour.
The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles says a problem transportation officials had scanning the new design driver’s licenses has been mostly resolved.
As the Oakland Athletics ballpark saga continues on parallel paths in Oakland and Las Vegas, team officials will again be in the Las Vegas Valley on Thursday.
Fans didn’t let the 100-plus degree heat deter them from carrying out a Raider tradition: tailgating. Some of them also lined up to receive COVID vaccination shots.
Raiders fans came out in full force and Las Vegas put on a show as Allegiant Stadium took the national spotlight for Monday Night Football.
With around 65,000 people expected to attend the Raiders game at Allegiant Stadium, the 5:15 p.m. start time will add to the usual traffic woes during peak travel times.
Here’s what Raiders fans need to know as they prepare to attend a game at Allegiant Stadium.
Between Aug. 17 and Thursday morning, the cheapest advertised price on secondary ticket market StubHub for the first regular season game with fans at the stadium fell 55 percent.
The Great Sphinx of Giza replica outside the Luxor on the Las Vegas Strip boarded the ship to Raider Nation Thursday, donning a pirate patch over one of it eyes.
Transportation Security Administration officers are encountering difficulties when attempting to scan the recently updated licenses, according to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles website.