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Major Leagues Finally Ready To Deal Las Vegas In

... key to the city from Las Vegas leaders at City Hall in 2011. Las Vegas city councilmen Bob Coffin and Steve Ross, singer Engelbert Humperdinck, Las Vegas Mayor Pro Tem Stavros Anthony, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Wolfson, Las Vegas City Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian, and Las Vegas City Councilman Ricki Barlow. (Getty Images). As attractive as metro Las Vegas' size is, however, the Raiders play in the sixth-largest television market. More eyeballs mean more money when the NFL brokers its obnoxious broadcast deals. Nielsen ranks Las Vegas the country's 40 th-largest market for the 2016-17 television season, which would put it ahead of only No. 47 Jacksonville, No. 50 New Orleans, No. 53 Buffalo and No. 68 Green Bay among NFL cities. Las Vegas also presents population quirks of which leagues aside from the NFL should be wary. "The gaming issue has crumbled," said Stallworth, who backed up Randall Cunningham at UNLV and then started two seasons. "The wall is down, and it continues to ...

4 Picks For Art In Las Vegas This Week

... 4 picks for art in Las Vegas this week. Host Seth Rudetsky introduces a clip from The Little Mermaid during a preview event for the upcoming 2017-18 Broadway season at The Smith Center on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto. By CAROL CLING. LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. Piano Battle: Andreas Kern vs. Paul Cibis. It’s dueling pianos time in this Charles Vanda Master Series showdown: Acclaimed pianists Paul Cibis and Andreas Kern battle at UNLV’s Artemus W. Ham Hall, taking turns performing classical works before the audience determines the winner. Catch the keyboard fireworks at 8 p.m. Saturday; for tickets ($20-$55), call 702-895-2787 or visit __link__/pac. ‘The Little Mermaid’. Southern Nevada’s “Under the Sea” — at least at the Henderson Pavilion, 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, where Huntsman Entertainment’s “The Little Mermaid” follows Ariel’s musical adventures at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, plus 7:30 p.m. March 31 and April 1. Tickets are $20 to $25; $50 VIP packages include premium seating and pre-show dinner. Click on __link__ for tickets. ‘4000 Miles’. A Seattle tree-hugger winds up on his feisty ...

Relationship With Dubai Renewed With Deal By Mgm Resorts Subsidiary

... well, as Dubai World sued MGM over the project and, according to Time magazine, stopped putting money into it. The project teetered toward bankruptcy, and the Review-Journal reported that Wall Street was speculating that MGM Mirage itself might file for Chapter 11. MGM and Dubai World ended their “5-week-old public feud” in April 2009 by agreeing to fully fund and finish the $8.5 billion project, the RJ reported , ending speculation that City Center would end up in bankruptcy court. “I don’t think I can overstate the significance of this event,” MGM chief executive Jim Murren said at the time. City Center opened in December 2009, when the economy was in the trash heap: The valley’s unemployment rate was 12.7 percent at the time, having more than tripled since MGM first announced the megaproject. Eventually, the economy slowly began to heal. Visitor counts are hitting record levels in Las Vegas, and City Center is now a gleaming cluster of hotel and condo towers — Aria, Vdara, Mandarin Oriental and Veer Towers — with the hyper-luxury Shops at Crystals, which ...

Raiders’ Move To Las Vegas Looks Like A Certain Bet

... Group, said the latest proposal is not “clear and specific (or) actionable in a reasonable time frame.” One league executive wondered why the Fortress loan hadn’t been mentioned when Schaaf met with the NFL’s stadium and finance committees in Florida two weeks ago. Another characterized the letter as an attempt by Schaaf “to save face.”. NFL representatives and executives requested anonymity because the issue is officially unresolved and the league doesn’t want to be seen as trying to influence the decision. The issue of using tax money to finance a stadium has always been a nonstarter for Schaaf. “I am willing to lose this team if the public money is the issue,” Schaaf told reporters last month, adding that Oakland residents are mad that tax money is still being used to pay for luring the Raiders back from Los Angeles in 1995. Even if owners approve a move, the Raiders would play at the Coliseum for two more seasons while a $1.9 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium is built for them in Las Vegas. The ...

Two Walks In Las Vegas Valley Raise Awareness About Suicide Prevention

... favorite aspects of the Out of the Darkness walk is the beads people wear to represent a different type of loss. "You can walk around to the other participants of the walk and you can see the color beads they're wearing, and you can relate to that person," she said. WHITE: Loss of a child. RED: Loss of a spouse or partner. GOLD: Loss of a parent. ORANGE: Loss of a sibling. PURPLE: Loss of a relative or friend. SILVER: Loss of a first responder/military. GREEN: Struggled personally. TEAL: Friends and family of someone who struggles. By BROOKE WANSER. LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL. Simran Sodhi was poised as she spoke to a crowd gathered for a suicide prevention walk Saturday morning, but as she talked of her 13-year-old brother’s death and neared the end of her remarks, the Palo Verde High School senior broke down in tears. But not before the 17-year-old student had made her point to ...

Swarming Bees Scare Las Vegas Couple Into Action

... and saw something odd. “I noticed there’s bugs flyin’ around this tree.”. Hoards of bees buzzed in the air and hunkered over a patch of debris on the grass right on the line of Sulzer’s property and land owned by Mc Carran International Airport near Russell Road and Buffalo Drive. Rob’s wife, Joan, is allergic to bees. She says, “It could be a matter of life and death. If I got stung around the face I could go into anaphylactic shock.”. Joan Sulzer was so afraid of bees stinging her she’d walk through her garage instead of up the walk to her front door. Tim Szymanski, with Las Vegas Fire & Rescue, says let the pros handle the bees. "You should never attempt to move the hive by yourself. In almost every case where a person tries to do it themselves they end up in the hospital.". Rob called Mc Carran Airport as did 13 Action News. Within an hour a man from pest control, clad in a bee handling suit, went to work and the bees were gone. “They came out, they killed ‘em,” says Rob Sulzer. The couple was sad to see the bees killed. But pest control says that was the safe option. “I’m glad that I don’t have to worry about it anymore. I’m happy, I’m happy,” ...

Suspects In Animal Masks Rob Bellagio Store, Send Panicked Guests Fleeing

... Las Vegas police are investigating a jewelry store robbery inside the Bellagio hotel-casino complex that sent frightened guests fleeing as masked suspects smashed glass windows with sledgehammers. Police said three people wearing dress clothing — suits or tuxedoes — and animal masks smashed the windows, grabbed items from inside the store and fled. “It is like a movie, it’s just crazy,” Las Vegas Metropolitan PD Lt. Carlos Hank told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. One witness posted to Twitter a picture of a person wearing what appeared to be a pig mask and peering around a corner while standing beneath a Rolex sign. The witness, Twitter user Kir_Kamil, said the person in the pig mask tried to flee but was detained. The incident happened shortly before 3 a.m. local time. Literally just witnessed an armed robber in a pig mask at a Rolex store at the Bellagio & then ...

10 Best Things To Do In Las Vegas This Weekend

... placing your order with a server, select the meal you want on the high-tech touch screen menu. The kiosks are in 2,600 Mc Donald’s restaurants worldwide but the restaurant near the intersection of Sunset and Durango is the first in Nevada to offer the digital interactive experience. TILTING THE BASIN. The exhibit “Tilting the Basin” is finally tilting toward Southern Nevada. After a 2½-month run last year at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, the show — subtitled “Contemporary Art of Nevada” — is officially open in an Arts District warehouse turned pop-up museum. See it Wednesdays through Sundays at 920 S. Commerce St. Read more about the pop-up here. BUBBLE UP FOR VINO. The 43 annual UNLVino launches Thursday with Bubble-Licious at The Venetian, with tickets $100 in advance, $125 at the door. It’ll be followed by Sake Fever March 31 at Red Rock Resort ($75/$100) and the Grand Tasting April 1 at Paris Las ...

Las Vegas Strip Reopens After 1 Shot Dead, 1 Injured

... there was no confirmed second suspect and it was not an active shooter situation, police added. "The shooting incident happened on the bus," said Larry Hadfield, a spokesman with Las Vegas Metro police. "We had one single shooting incident with two victims. Both were transported to the trauma center and one is deceased.". Hadfield said the shooter was armed with a handgun and was the only person on the bus before he surrendered. "This is a single incident and is not deemed to be terrorism related," Hadfield said. The man was in his 50 s and randomly opened fired at passengers, Assistant Sheriff Tom Roberts said. "He was on the second floor of the bus and started shooting at passengers," Roberts said. "He was delusional and talked about seeing people, so he was definitely not with it and suffered some mental health issues.". Roberts said the man opened fire with a handgun during the police negotiation, but officers did not return fire. It is believed the suspect is on a bus on Las Vegas Boulevard. This incident is being treated as a barricade at this time. #LVMPDnews __link__/vz 9 q Ls ...