UNLV Interested In Selling Sam Boyd Stadium To Clark County For $5 Million; Here’s An Idea: Clark County Buys UNLV Stadium, Uses It For F1 Race To Stop Complaints Of Las Vegas Grand Prix Ruining Strip
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By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer
UNLV is interested in selling Sam Boyd Stadium to Clark County for $5 million.
It’s on the Board of Regents meeting agenda for Sept. 5 and 6.
UNLV spokesman Tony Allen said the sale of Sam Boyd Stadium is a discussion item and it could return to the Regents meeting agenda within six months.
“Out of respect to the Board of Regents and its discussion on this item, we typically refrain from interviews prior to the board meeting,” Allen said Monday.
“We anticipate bringing the topic back to the board for further discussion and possible action at a future meeting – potentially within the next six months,” Allen told LVSportsBiz.com today.
As far as Clark County goes, county spokesperson Jennifer Cooper said the county has no comment.
Clark County has two very large parks not too far away from UNLV’s former football stadium that used to also host motorcycle races, Monster Truck events and Grateful Dead concerts. Wetlands Park is to the north and Silverbowl Park is nearly across the street at East Russell Road.
Here’s the LVSportsBiz.com suggestion for Clark County: buy Sam Boyd Stadium and tell the Las Vegas Grand Prix to move its race from the Strip to the stadium just like Formula 1 holds its race at the Miami Dolphins stadium in west Miami-Dade County. Only kidding, folks.
But combining the stadium land with the Silverbowl park into a giant sports complex would be a good idea.
