The Raiders gave UNLV athletics a million reasons to smile Tuesday.

The Las Vegas Raiders are donating $1 million to UNLV’s athletics program, the team announced Monday.

Boyd Gaming is leasing space at UNLV’s Black Fire Innovation building, which will allow the casino company to move its own innovation lab into an educational research setting.

 Safety and security for Nevada’s visitors will be the focus of the newly launched Tourist and Safety Institute at the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs.

UNLV announced a new institute dedicated to tourist safety after the Legislature approved $1 million in state funding for the program in June.

UNLV has announced the launch of the Tourist Safety Institute, a new program meant to find ways to improve safety in the Las Vegas tourism industry.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Boyd Gaming have finalized a lease and partnership agreement to establish the Boyd Innovation Lab within UNLV's Black Fire Innovation building, located at the UNLV Harry Reid Research and Technology Park.

Boyd Gaming will bring its innovation center to a building at UNLV’s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in a joint innovation and training effort, the company and university announced.