Raiders of the Lost Ark… of Football? The Global Frenzy Over the New Las Vegas Stadium Alright, gather ’round, internet denizens, because we’re about to dive into a topic that’s got the world buzzing like a Vegas slot machine on a hot streak: the new Raiders stadium in Las Vegas. That’s right, folks, the Silver…
Allegiant Stadium: The Glitzy New Kid on the Block That’s Got the World Talking Allegiant Stadium, the glittering new home of the Las Vegas Raiders and UNLV football, has been making waves globally, and not just because of its shiny, metallic exterior. This architectural marvel has become a cultural phenomenon, sparking conversations, memes, and even…
Raiders vs Chargers: When Two Expats Duke It Out in a City That Barely Noticed They Arrived by Diego “The Jet-Lagged” Marlowe, International Sports Desk Las Vegas—if you squint past the LED volcanoes and crypto-bro wedding chapels—looks less like a city and more like a pop-up ad for late-stage capitalism. Into this neon fever dream…
Raiders Game: How a Rust-Bucket Franchise Became a Global Parable of Late-Stage Capitalism By Our Man in Row Z, Nursing a Warm Beer and Existential Dread Las Vegas—The Raiders’ 27-20 win over Kansas City last Sunday was more than another over-produced American gladiator match. It was a Rorschach test for a planet that can’t decide…
The UNLV Football Coach and the Theater of American Dreams By our Las Vegas bureau chief, still recovering from the all-you-can-eat buffet of hope LAS VEGAS—Somewhere between the wedding chapels offering “Marry a Stranger, Get a Free Margarita” coupons and the slot machines that cough out cryptocurrency instead of coins, the University of Nevada, Las…
LAS VEGAS WEATHER: WHERE THE WORLD COMES TO MELT By our correspondent who has filed stories from actual deserts that were more hospitable Las Vegas—that glittering monument to human optimism in Nevada’s Mojave Desert—has been experiencing weather that makes one wonder if the city finally negotiated an exclusive deal with the sun. While temperatures flirt…
Crawford vs Canelo: When Two Hemispheres Collide in a Glorified Parking-Lot Behind a Casino in Vegas Dave’s Locker Global Dispatch, 9 May 2024 The boxing world has finally found a way to make the war in Gaza, the collapse of the Yen, and the slow-motion implosion of the Arctic ice shelf feel like quaint side-notes:…
