Author Archives: Las Vegas Weekly Stories: News

Since the opening of the Las Vegas Ballpark this spring, Aviators games have become one of the most popular sports destinations in the Valley. According to the team, they draw an average of almost 9,000 fans per game, the best attendance numbers among…

Jordan Davis doesn’t expect a team to select him in the NBA Draft today. The North Las Vegas native, who played at the small college of Northern Colorado, is considered undersized at 6-foot-2 and lacks the consistent outside shot practically required …

Jordan Davis doesn’t expect a team to select him in the NBA Draft today. The North Las Vegas native, who played at the small college of Northern Colorado, is considered undersized at 6-foot-2 and lacks the consistent outside shot practically required …

From Blue Ribbon Sushi to Vasari to Las Vegas Ballpark and beyond.

Let’s take a look at what this plant is, what it does and what the debate around it entails. Mitragyna Speciosa is a member of the coffee family, an evergreen tree that contains opioid properties …

Joe Davidson is part man, part myth. He’s lean-built, sunkissed, weather-worn, and his piercing blue eyes have seen the world. His secluded and quirky nursery on the far reaches of Blue Diamond Road welcomes visitors to the base of the Spring Mountain…

Imagine driving through the desert, passing endless mountains, sagebrush, cactuses and Joshua trees. The sun is beating down, and you haven’t seen a sign of human life for miles, other than the occasional gas station. Out of nowhere, you spot somethin…

T.J. Otzelberger hasn’t coached a game at UNLV yet, but the hard work of building the program back into a contender began the the minute he accepted the job …

The 50th-annual World Series of Poker began in late May at the Rio with the set of 89 championship tournaments running through mid-July. The Main Event begins on July 3 and lasts 10 days, with the final table …

Tanager—named for the classic Curtiss Model 54 aircraft—is the latest addition to Downtown Summerlin by the Howard Hughes Corporation, which welcomed the first residents to the master planned community in 1991. It’s the first Summerlin apartment compl…