What does UNLV have that no other program in the country – not Alabama, not Notre Dame, not Texas? It’s right there in the name. Vegas, baby! Vegas!

Could it be for a stadium? Maybe for a medical school? What about housing?

UNLV may have an opportunity to wiggle out of its cramped, landlocked spot near the Strip.

The UNLV Foundation, the university’s nonprofit fundraising arm, has entered a deal with Wells Fargo to buy a 42-acre site at Koval Lane and Tropicana Avenue for $50 million for a potential football stadium or other uses.

After years of sitting dormant, UNLV’s Harry Reid Research & Technology Park is finally breaking ground on two construction sites on Thursday, February, 19, 2015.