The Raider Image official team store will open to the public at 11 a.m. Wednesday ahead of the team’s inaugural game at the $2 billion stadium Monday.
Mick Akers
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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.
The video screen, spanning 27,600 square feet on the Interstate 15-facing side of the $2 billion stadium, was illuminated Monday night with color test bars.
The portion of I-11 between Wagonwheel Drive to the Henderson Spaghetti bowl will be repaved as part of the nearly year-long project that kicks off Nov. 2.
The Raiders’ tenure in Las Vegas is set to be guaranteed one year longer than originally expected.
The NFL reminded teams Monday that coaching staff members not wearing face coverings on the sidelines during games will face disciplinary action.
Droves of readers have contacted the Road Warrior in recent months to express frustrations with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles.
After four years of talks and 2½ years of construction, the Raiders’ “field of dreams” is finally a reality.
Only a small percentage of NFL teams will allow fans at games this season and those that do will at a significantly reduced capacity.
Daredevil motorists are taking over valley streets to carry out dangerous stunts behind the wheel in hopes of creating viral moments on social media.
The Raiders’ move to Las Vegas has proven to be a fruitful one with fans, as shown by the Silver and Black’s popularity in merchandise sales.
Nevada motorists with expiring driver’s licenses are being granted another extension after all.
Construction efforts on Allegiant Stadium not only finished on time and on budget, it also met community benefit goals set by legislation that allocated a $750 million public contribution to the project.
The Raiders secured a decadelong lease on an industrial complex across the street from Allegiant Stadium.
Las Vegas saw its biggest Raiders fan emerge Thursday morning as a massive Silver & Black jersey was draped over the Statue of Liberty at New York-New York.
Unruly drivers looking to skirt around the holiday traffic jam near the Nevada-California border put the “labor” in Labor Day for state troopers.
