There are few events that can bring an electricity to the venue and surrounding area than a big-time boxing event. Some of the world’s biggest fights staged in New York and Las Vegas have led to legendary tales of a city being packed with celebrities and regular fans alike both ringside and around a central Continue Reading
The United States Bowling Congress Open Championships will head to Las Vegas in 2022 with the South Point Bowling Plaza serving as the host venue for a two-year stint starting in 2021. The event is the world’s largest participatory event with over 50,000 bowlers competing over a four-month period. The event was scheduled to be Continue Reading
Coming off a 2019 NFL Draft that attracted an estimated 600,000 people over three days in Nashville, the professional football league felt confident the 2020 Draft in Las Vegas would be its largest one yet. And then the coronavirus pandemic sent everything in the other direction. No crowds on the Las Vegas Strip. No prospects Continue Reading
The Las Vegas Raiders officially ended its stay in Oakland, California by declining an option the franchise had to play one more season at Oakland Coliseum. NBC Sports Bay Area reported that the franchise inserted the option for one more season in 2020 in the case that Allegiant Stadium, the team’s new home on the Continue Reading
USA Table Tennis has awarded the 2020 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships to Las Vegas. The event will be held at the Mandalay Hotel and Convention Center, July 6-10. Las Vegas has hosted several significant table tennis events in the past including the national championships for several years in a row. “Las Vegas is more Continue Reading
On the heels of the Oakland Raiders officially becoming the Las Vegas Raiders, the NFL team has announced that MGM Resorts International will become an official gaming partner, a founding partner of Allegiant Stadium and an official home of the team’s pre- and post-game party. Under terms of the deal, MGM Resorts will have prominent Continue Reading
When the NFL Draft comes to Las Vegas in April, activities will be spread across the Las Vegas Strip, with the main stage and a fan festival at Caesars Forum and a red carpet for prospects along the fountains of the Bellagio. The 85th NFL Draft will be staged April 23–25 in Las Vegas, which Continue Reading
The Pac-12 Conference and 76, a Phillips 66 company, will continue their partnership that sees 76 as the presenting sponsor of the Pac-12 football championship game through 2023 as well as additional sponsorship of the men’s basketball tournament through 2024. As part of the sponsorship extension, 76 will continue to have a significant presence via Continue Reading
The NFL’s Raiders, ahead of their imminent move to Las Vegas, have signed another naming rights sponsor for the team’s arrival in Nevada, this time with a healthcare provider whose name will adorn the team’s practice facility and team headquarters. The Intermountain Healthcare Performance Center will open in the summer of 2020 and is named Continue Reading
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians will become a sponsor of the Raiders starting with the 2020 season—the NFL franchise’s first season in Las Vegas—and will become a founding partner of the new Allegiant Stadium on the Las Vegas Strip. San Manuel Casino is located outside of downtown Los Angeles. The casino also has Continue Reading
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