The Las Vegas Strip would be closed to vehicle traffic the three days of the NFL draft, April 23-25, to accommodate an expected 400,000 or more attendees, according to a source with direct knowledge of the draft plan.
Founder Allan Carter explains decision to shutter the Las Vegas label. (Jason Bracelin/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kaiseki Yuzu restaurant celebrated its move from Henderson to Chinatown at 3900 Spring Mountain Road on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (Al Mancini/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie launches Notes for Notes at a Henderson Boys & Girls Club. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas police have arrested the man accused of attacking a military veteran on a public bus on Dec. 13.
Nathaniel Graves, 26, was arrested Saturday on charges of mayhem, battery resulting in substantial bodily harm, and abuse of an old/vulnerable person with substantial bodily harm
UFC president Dana White believes there is a real possibility he will be watching his good friend Tom Brady taking snaps for the Las Vegas Raiders from White’s suite at Allegiant Stadium next season. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
After defeating Donald Cerrone at UFC 246, Conor McGregor talked about who he’d be interested in facing next, his desire to fight in Ireland or to be the first combatant to compete in Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
After Conor McGregor’s first-round demolition of Donald Cerrone at UFC 246, UFC president Dana White said a rematch between “The Notorious” and UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is the fight to make next. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Max Pacioretty speaks to the media after the Golden Knights lost to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer talks about loss to Montreal Canadiens on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (Dave Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Following their victories at UFC 246, winners Drew Dober, Aleksei Oleinik, Sodiq Yusuff, Diego Ferreira and Brian Kelleher talk about what getting their hand raised meant and what they’ve planned to do next. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
MMA veteran Roxanne Modafferi, who trains out of Las Vegas, defeated 21-year-old rising prospect Maycee Barber via unanimous decision at UFC 246. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
UNLV basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger talks about the victory over New Mexico on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Golden Goose, a restored YESCO marquee on Fremont and 10th Street in Downtown Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Hundreds of people marched through downtown Las Vegas on Saturday as part of the Empowering Women March 2020.
The event coincided with the annual women’s marches that began in 2017 as a protest of President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Many marchers wore pink hats or shirts, chanted and carried signs as the group snaked from Fremont Street up Ninth Street, then along East Ogden Avenue and finally down Las Vegas Boulevard to the Lloyd D. George Courthouse, where they rallied for about 90 minutes.
An elderly woman was robbed in an elevator on the 300 block of Fremont Street. Video courtesy of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. (James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Robert Green, 86, a Las Vegas resident and close confidante of Martin Luther King Jr., talks to students at Matt Kelly Elementary School in Las Vegas. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Mas Por Favor in Las Vegas’ Chinatown is an Instagram dream come true with original art, an arch of skulls and one of roses. (Heidi Knapp Rinella/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Nevada Board of Dental Examiners terminated its two top staffers for a second time Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, providing both with undisclosed separation packages. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye
Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer talks about practice time while the team is on the road. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer talks about William Karlsson’s absence from the team, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. Karlsson suffered an upper-body injury. (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Peter DeBoer talks about player Ryan Reaves (David Schoen/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Scott Booth, a former pilot for Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, talks about piloting a Papillon tour helicopter when the aircraft crashed in Grand Canyon in 2018, killing five of the six passengers. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The UFC 246 fight card, featuring a welterweight main event between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone, is official, minus one planned bout. In place of Claudia Gadelha vs. Alexa Grasso, a bantamweight bout between Brian Kelleher and Ode’ Osbourne will move up to the pay-per-view main card. All fighters competing on the card faced off during the ceremonial weigh-ins at The Park Theater.
UNLV coach T.J. Otzelberger talks about playing New Mexico, Jan. 18, 2020. (Mark Anderson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Truth & Tonic, one of the two dining spots within The Venetian’s Canyon Ranch Spa + Fitness, rolled out its new plant-based menu on Friday. Executive chef Pete Ghione talks about the menu. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
2020 Presidential Candidate Deval Patrick joins hosts Rory Appleton and Steve Sebelius on the RJ Politics Podcast.
Steve Hill, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, hints at new branding slogan for Las Vegas, which will no longer be “What happens here, stays here.” The new slogan will be unveiled Jan. 26 during the Grammy Awards. (Renee Summerour/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday morning that Las Vegas has everything a city needs to host a Super Bowl, and more.