Las Vegas: tourism leaders say needs a bigger stadium

Southern Nevada's appetite for hosting more special events to draw large numbers of tourists could result in a renewed push to build a stadium to stage events too large for facilities Las Vegas already has.

Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, and Pat Christenson, president of Las Vegas Events, told members of the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee on Thursday that in order to host some of the big-ticket special events that appeal to large crowds, a bigger building is needed.

In the times the community has debated the need for a big stadium, event organizers have acknowledged that there are at least 20 major annual events Las Vegas could attract if it had a venue to accommodate them.