The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada plans to operate a Game Day Express bus route for UNLV football games at Allegiant Stadium, mainly catered to students.
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.
Autonomous delivery company Nuro is set to invest $40 million by way of constructing a manufacturing facility and test track in Southern Nevada.
The Elon Musk-owned company reached out to UNLV leaders in June about the possibility of including a station at the school’s campus.
For the Raiders preseason finale against the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, California the average purchase price of a ticket on the resell ticket market is $172.09 according to TickPick.
The 51,326 announced sell-out crowd was the largest indoor audience in the history of the event, the company announced Tuesday.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is hoping to put Nevada on the road toward the future.
Team owner John Fisher and A’s President Dave Kaval plan to be in the Las Vegas Valley Wednesday through Friday, a team spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
Of 34 new cases announced last week, mainly tied to alcohol or mask wearing, nine of them had ties to Las Vegas, with fines totalling $113,000.
Jeffrey Koonce, father of Raiders rookie defensive end Malcolm Koonce, is unable to get vaccinated due to various health issues and he doesn’t want to risk having an adverse reaction.
Well-known Las Vegas gambler Bill Walters is set to donate $1 million to the fund aimed at financing the work needed to rename Las Vegas’ airport to Harry Reid International Airport.
A group comprised of billionaires Wes Edens and Nassef Sawiris, who co-own the Premier League’s Aston Villa soccer franchise, has filed a trademark name for a prospective Major League Soccer team in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport clocked 4.15 million travelers passing through its gates in July, nearing passenger volume seen pre-pandemic.
One of the cutest dogs working for the Transportation Security Administration can be found sniffing around Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport.
Despite causing a stir with some fans, the Raiders decision to only allow vaccinated fans attend the team’s home games at Allegiant Stadium hasn’t appeared to impact the secondary ticket market.
The Raiders’ announcement that proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required to attend games at Allegiant Stadium this season has raised questions about how the process will work.