The Queen Mary BioEnterprises Innovation Centre in London is seeking two dozen volunteers to inject themselves with coronavirus. Their intention is to help a company called hVIVO find a vaccine for the disease that has killed almost 4,000 people worldwide so far. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Raiders defeated the Bears in London and heads into their bye week breaking .500 on the season. The Raiders will have the opportunity to get healthy before facing the Packers in Green Bay in two weeks. (Le’Andre Fox/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Raiders win over the Chicago Bears in London was rookie Josh Jacobs’ best game this season. Jacobs, Moreau and the other Raiders rookies and second year players received praise from head coach Jon Gruden and quarterback Derek Carr after the game. (Le’Andre Fox/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney previews the Oakland Raiders vs. the Chicago Bears and gives an update on the team’s inactive players from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, England. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
With the Raiders playing the Bears in London, fans of the team have traveled from near and far to come out and support them. Review-Journal columnist Ed Graney asks fans if they will continue to do so when the Silver and Black moves to Las Vegas. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Madison Square Garden Co. is partnering with Las Vegas Sands Corp. to build a sphere-shaped arena on the Las Vegas Strip. MSG Sphere Las Vegas will be built just east of The Venetian, and will stand 360 feet tall. The 400,000-square-foot facility will be built on an open-air storage lot at Sands Avenue between Koval Lane and Manhattan Street. The scalable 18,000-seat arena is being built strictly for music and entertainment performances — not sports — although it also could host esports competitions. Construction is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2018, and a late 2020 opening is planned. Las Vegas will be the first Sphere location, but plans are in the works for a venue in London.
Vegas Nation video host Bryan Salmond, Raiders beat writer Michael Gehlken and Review-Journal columnist Ed Graney provide updates heading into Super Bowl weekend.
The band’s publicist confirmed Dolores O’Riordan’s death in a brief statement. No further details are available
at this time.
Need to get in the holiday spirit? Juan and Maria Torres are already there. The Torres’ have built a 20-foot Christmas castle in their front yard, including a replica of Big Ben in London and multiple cartoon characters, like the Flintstones and the Peanuts. Juan began building the display in April in his backyard. Juan works valet on a graveyard shift and would spend at least 7 hours of his day working on the display. Juan said he built the display so that the rest of the neighborhood could get in the holiday spirit, and of course, to make his wife happy.
Buoyed by his sold-out premiere on the Strip last summer, Mel Brooks returns to Vegas in the spring. The 91-year-old Brooks says, “I love Las Vegas, I really do. … There’s nothing like the Vegas vibe.” The show will cover such films as “Blazing Saddles,” “The Producers” and “Young Frankenstein.” Matt Goss is back on the Strip, at 1 Oak nightclub at The Mirage. He was joined by his twin brother, Luke, in his debut at the club on Saturday.
