By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
This one hurts for Las Vegas.
The monster-sized CES trade show — the biggest convention in Las Vegas — won’t be coming to Las Vegas in January 2021 because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
It will be strictly digital.
Not having thousands of visitors coming to Las Vegas to CES will be a major loss for the Nevada economy.
CES is famous for its cars and even sports gadget. So, maybe Jon Gruden can hold his own personal CES to show off his new car.
Patrick Mahomes knows baseball. The quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to the Super Bowl win is now part of the Kansas City Royals’ ownership group.
Jim Murren, the former CEO of MGM Resorts International, said it again Tuesday. That is, he believes Las Vegas will get an NBA team in a few years.
Murren was instrumental in MGM Resorts buying the WNBA San Antonio franchise and moving and re-branding it into the Las Vegas Aces.
Dana White being Dana White. In this interview, the UFC bossman/president/ringmaster says the media doesn’t understand the business of MMA. “None of you know anything,” he said of the media and its knowledge of the business of MMA.
By the way, White is always looking for the next great super-fight and he has one lined up for October at a venue to be determined.
After four more Marlins baseball players tested positive for COVID-19, Washington “Nationals players voted against going to Miami for three -game series this weekend.”
Here is the Vegas Golden Knights’ TV and radio coverage of Thursday’s exhibition game with Arizona Coyotes and the Aug. 3 round-robin game with Dallas.
And Las Vegas Aces PR man John “Giggy” Maxwell with another gem on Aces coach Bill Laimbeer and Laimbeer’s hair.
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