The festivities were for Allegiant Air employees to celebrate the carrier’s deal with the Raiders to name the under-construction stadium in Las Vegas after the airline.
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.
Allegiant Air, which was named the Las Vegas stadium’s naming rights partner Monday, saw over 14 million passengers in 2018, generating $1.7 billion in total revenue last year.
Although kept busy throughout the year, the Freeway Service Patrol’s work heats up along with the triple-digit summer temperatures.
The son of former Hollywood and Broadway star Debbie Reynolds is upset that the Las Vegas street name honoring his mother could soon change.
Construction on the high-speed rail project between Las Vegas and Southern California could get underway in early 2020 if tax exempt bonds are approved for the project.
The Raiders aren’t holding anything back in the construction of their over 300,000 square-foot headquarters and practice facility, where features are included to conclude public interaction with the space.
Virgin Hyperloop One will make a three-city tour across the U.S. explaining the technology and the testing the company has been carrying out near North Las Vegas.
A monthly record of 4.5 million passenger at McCarran International Airport in June keeps 2019 on pace to surpass 2018’s annual passenger record of 49.7 million passengers.
Older motorists can be as distracted by in-vehicle infotainment technology as they are by using a hand-held device while driving.
The $345 million enhanced bus route option was chosen in April by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada over a possible light rail project.
Despite two recent deaths of boxers tied to brain injuries, Nevada the gold standard in keeping fighter safety in mind.
Work on the 17th pedestrian bridge over the Las Vegas Strip will result on a full closure of the road next week.
Work on a pedestrian bridge spanning over Summerlin Parkway will result in traffic restrictions overnight Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week.
Las Vegas Valley motorists will see increased traffic downtown beginning this weekend as a popular trade show opens at the World Market Center.
The high occupancy vehicle lanes on portions of Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 95 in Las Vegas have kept Nevada Highway Patrol troopers busy.
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