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The UNLV men’s swimming and diving team won the Mountain West Conference Championships for the seventh straight year on Saturday, while the women’s team took fourth at the meet in Oklahoma City.
Tim Chambers has never been one to blow an uncertain trumpet. The guy dreams big and expects those around him to share a similar confidence.
The higher education system’s Board of Regents gave its initial OK on Friday to a plan that would build a 40,000-seat domed stadium on campus. The stadium would be accompanied by thousands of units of on campus housing, 600,000 square feet of retail space, a spacious outdoor gathering spot and parking for thousands of cars.
No fewer than a dozen stadium and arena proposals have emerged in Southern Nevada over the past 15 years, and most of those have fizzled. Today, the Board of Regents meets to consider whether to provide exclusive negotiations to Majestic Realty with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, regarding the construction of an on-campus stadium and other major improvements.
