One of the most nebulous press releases we’ve seen in some time emerged from the ether this morning. It concerns the putative Las Vegas Diamond Arena, a 21,212-seat venue intended for an NBA expansion team. It’s full of all the indisputable reasons that this project, which would be located directly across the Strip from Mandalay Bay, is the perfect site to “deliver everything needed to define the future of a long-term home for a Las Vegas pro basketball team. For example: immediate access to I-15 and I-215, visibility to 60,000 daily vehicles on I-15, proximity to Reid International (with over 55 million annual passengers), and 18,460 existing parking spaces nearby. That kind of thing. As for who might be behind Diamond Arena, whether or not whoever it is has a deal for the land in question, whether or not there’s any funding in place or in the pipeline, what the parking situation might be like when both NBA and MLB teams are playing home games within a half-mile of each other, and when these little details might be forthcoming, interested parties can contact the Letizia (PR) Agency.
Source: Las Vegas News