A new attraction is coming to the Las Vegas Strip, as T-Mobile Arena will open in April and provide the city with a state-of-the-art indoor sports and entertainment venue. While T-Mobile Arena will feature many of the modern amenities associated with new venues, it will also offer many unique aspects, including an arena-exclusive cocktail menu. […]
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NHL expansion moves to final stage
It’s been a quiet process, as NHL expansion has moved into a final stage where financials and business plans provided by potential Las Vegas and Quebec City ownership groups are subjected to painstaking scrutiny. (more…)
NHL expansion attracts Las Vegas, Quebec bids
A rather hurried process to gauge potential interest for NHL expansion may have backfired, as the league received only two bids from interested parties in Las Vegas and Quebec City. (more…)
Officials still pursuing new downtown Las Vegas arena
Mayor Carolyn Goodman says she’s still pursuing a new downtown Las Vegas arena despite the groundbreaking today on a new $350-million Strip arena in back of New York-New York. (more…)
Las Vegas arena groundbreaking set for May 1
With multiple arena proposals still on the table, AEG and MGM Resorts International are moving ahead on a $350-million arena project behind New York-New York on the Strip, and a groundbreaking is scheduled for May 1. (more…)
Cordish has four months to finalize downtown Las Vegas arena deal
Cordish Companies has four months to finalize a downtown Las Vegas arena financing plan, as the city council is clearly growing impatient with the firm. (more…)
MGM, AEG announce new Las Vegas arena
After years and years of talk, we have movement on a new Las Vegas arena, with AEG and MGM Resorts International finalizing plans for a new Populous-designed project between New York-New York and Monte Carlo resorts. (more…)
Voters overwhelmingly reject new Nassau County arena
In the end, it wasn’t even close: by a margin of 57 against and 43 percent for, Nassau County voters overwhelmingly rejected a bond referendum providing $350 million for a new New York Islanders arena. The vote would have borrowed $400 million for a new arena and a $50-million minor-league ballpark. There certainly was a […]
Caesars wins Vegas arena battle; long battle still ahead
Caesars Entertainment won a huge battle by persuading a state judge that a referendum on raising Strip sales taxes for a new arena is legal, but other factors still may bring the project to a screeching halt. The issue: Caesars and the Arena Initiative Committee want to see the sales tax on the the Strip […]
IDM shifts direction on Vegas arena, heads downtown
International Development Management, which had pitched a Silver State Arena on the Vegas Strip, has shifted direction and is now proposing a new arena, football stadium and minor-league ballpark in downtown Las Vegas, bringing a new chapter to the area’s arena wars. The prime tenant of the facilities: the University of Nevada, Las Vegas sports […]
New Vegas events center would be home of Runnin’ Rebels
{jathumbnail off} Majestic Realty and its partners unveiled plans for a new 40,000-seat events center next to Thomas & Mack Center that would serve as the new home of the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels, with the old arena consigned to a backup role. The plan from Majestic — also in the news for proposing a new […]
Renovations pitched for Thomas & Mack Center
An expansion of athletic facilities at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) proposed by private developers could include a much-needed renovation of Thomas & Mack Center. UNLV officials love to push Thomas & Mack as the busiest arena in college sports, which is true — but a little misleading, as it’s the only major […]