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.
The dazzling Feb. 1 presentation by a development group promising to not only build a 40,000-seat domed stadium at UNLV but remake its campus appears to have hit its first significant hurdle.
While Bubba Watson was celebrating his victory at the Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday, Bill Lunde was celebrating, too, even though he finished 13 shots behind Watson. The former UNLV All-American and member of the Rebels’ 1998 national championship squad had made three straight cuts to start his 2011 season on the PGA Tour.
UNLV turned in two of the best indoor track performances in program history Friday on the first day of the Jacksons Invitational-New Balance West meet at Nampa, Idaho.
Ashleigh Shoughro scored her team-leading eighth and ninth goals of the season, and three other Rebels added a goal each as the UNLV women’s soccer team blanked Virginia Military Institute 5-0 in the Air Force Invitational in Air Force Academy, Colo., on Friday.
It would have been much easier with one of those fancy motorized machines that can lay up to 2,000 square meters of turf per day without one worker breaking a sweat.
