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A new UNLV report shows Southern Nevada sports employment and visitor spending have surged across Las Vegas.

Electric vehicles might be able to get their batteries recharged in the future during a routine maintenance service.

Electric vehicles might be able to get their batteries recharged in the future during a routine maintenance service.

The Las Vegas sports economy has been booming over the last 10 years, according to a new study. UNLV's Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) and Sports Innovation Institute found that the sports-related workforce grew from about 8,500 to an estimated 18,816 workers between 2015 and 2025.

It took eight toddlers to hold the line. Standing between UNLV Interim Dean Chris Heavey and Joseph Morgan, interim dean of the College of Education, on Wednesday afternoon the children clutched a chain of colorful paper rings stretched across the entrance of the brand new Marlow Early Childhood Education Campus — until Morgan tore it in half, opening a new home for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center and the UNLV/CSUN Preschool.

It took eight toddlers to hold the line. Standing between UNLV Interim Dean Chris Heavey and Joseph Morgan, interim dean of the College of Education, on Wednesday afternoon the children clutched a chain of colorful paper rings stretched across the entrance of the brand new Marlow Early Childhood Education Campus — until Morgan tore it in half, opening a new home for the Lynn Bennett Early Childhood Education Center and the UNLV/CSUN Preschool.
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