“Now, as we get into a new era of basketball and how we go about doing our business, with the NIL (Name Image Likeness), with the transfer portal, to be able to sell this on top of our community, on top of our university, it just puts us at a whole ‘nother level. Nevada basketball coach Steve Alford told the crowd the arena would have a huge impact on recruiting. “I think there’s been a recognition that sports betting has proliferated throughout the country and that it’s regulated strictly and appropriately, and you can have this balance between the gaming industry and college sports,” he said. In an interview with the AP prior to the news conference, Sandoval reflected on how college sports have changed: When he was a student, casino advertising was prohibited at sports venues, even in Nevada, where gambling has long been legal. “It will create what I think is the greatest sports venue in the country,” Sandoval said. Sandoval, a 1986 Nevada graduate who served two terms as governor before he was appointed university president in 2020, said the school is “excited to explore the opportunity to partner with Alex Mereulo and Grand Sierra Resort as they develop a state-of-the-art arena and entertainment district that is unprecedented in Northern Nevada.”
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