Teamwork for tourism

Vegas Golden Knights Drumbots and a “Go, Knights, Go” chant ushered in the Las

Vegas Global Economic Alliance’s Perspective event Tuesday.

The Golden Knights’ president has big aspirations for the valley and said Las Vegas has the potential to become the “sports and entertainment capital of the world.”

“The Strip’s an important part of who we are, but it’s not the only thing that we do,” Kerry Bubolz said.

These efforts are being pushed by Team Las Vegas, a collaborative promotion from local sports teams with help from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Bubolz said locals can expect to see more cross-promotion in the future.

“We’re not competitors,” he said. “We’re all here working on behalf of this great city.” While Las Vegas has long had the right infrastructure in place for mass tourism, Bubolz said, new facilities such as the upcoming Raiders stadium will draw even more events. Additionally, these facilities will give a “new profile” to teams already in place, like the UNLV Rebels.

said. “And we are doing that.”

Only 23.5 percent of Nevadans have a bachelor’s degree or higher, putting the state 45th in educational attainment. Aguero attributed that to a lack of bilingual teachers and large class sizes in the Clark County School District, among other factors.

“We are going to have to attack it where it is broken,” he said. “If we are going to be honest with ourselves in terms of funding education, we have to figure out how to do it and how to do it right.”

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