With the possibility of increases in COVID-19 restrictions going into effect in California, the teams could play their home games at Allegiant Stadium.
Mick Akers
Sports Business and Transportation reporter
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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.
After officials had to pull money out of a debt reserve account to make a scheduled bond payment on Allegiant Stadium, a question arose about how the process works.
After what SouthWest Airlines called “a lack of meaningful progress in negotiations” with multiple unions, Las Vegas’ busiest carrier issued Thursday issued notices that over 6,800 employees could be furloughed.
The Greyhound station at the Plaza Hotel in downtown Las Vegas is set to be replaced after being located there for nearly 50 years.
Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport saw an increase of travel over Thanksgiving weekend but not at pandemic highs as seen nationally.
The Boring Company is moving quickly to get their planned underground people mover expanded outside of its Las Vegas Convention Center loop project.
McCarran International Airport and other airports nationwide have seen an uptick in passenger volume in the days leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday.
Because of a shortfall in tax revenue, Clark County had to withdraw $11.55 million from a debt reserve account to help make December’s scheduled bond payment for Allegiant Stadium.
Despite new rounds of COVID-19 regulations going into effect in each state, the border of Nevada and California near Primm remains open to traffic.
Hawaiian Airlines is offering drive-through or walk-up COVID-19 testing at select cities to allow travelers to skip a mandatory quarantine upon their arrival in the islands.
Thanksgiving will likely see significantly fewer travelers years amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a recommendation from the CDC for Americans to stay home.
As coronavirus cases surge across the country, a spike in positive cases in Transportation Security Administration employees at the nation’s airports has also occurred.
The nearly 1.98 million passengers reported by the Clark County Department of Aviation marks the busiest month at McCarran since March when the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact began.
Driverless technology company Motional has been given the nod by the state to begin next year operating autonomous vehicles without a safety driver in place.
After over eight months of construction the $6.5 million downtown gateway arches wre lit up Wednesday as the sun sets on the Las Vegas sky.
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