“We’ve had a number of other countries come in for the weekend to ride in this big event. Mexico, we have a few riders Canada, we have a few riders. “We bring a lot of people from all over the country. The ride could host as many as 9,000 participants this year from all over the United States and the world. “We consider ourselves the biggest bike ride in the country,” said Steve Rivera, 59, El Tour de Tucson’s media director. Sponsored by Banner University Medicine, El Tour is a charity event and has raised over $110 million for nonprofit organizations and beneficiaries. 18, the No.1 best bike ride in the country.Įl Tour de Tucson began in 1983 with around 200 riders and has expanded to over 7,500 yearly participants. USA Today recently named El Tour de Tucson, which returns to downtown Tucson on Saturday, Nov. Contact her at Follow on Twitter.Riders racing past an airfield during El Tour de Tucson. McKenna Ross is a corps member with Report for America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms.

The company said it will “reposition the property for future development.” Wild Wild West closed its doors last week. The company previously announced plans to demolish and sell the land under Fiesta Henderson, Fiesta Rancho and Texas Station - the three casino-resorts that remained closed even after pandemic-mandated closures were lifted. The ice skating rink at Pepsi Ice Arena, on the same site as Fiesta Rancho, remains open while Station Casinos’ parent company, Red Rock Resorts, owns the land. The Review-Journal previously reported that a permit application was filed with North Las Vegas on July 25 for the demolition of Fiesta Rancho. It’s unclear when crews will demolish Fiesta Rancho, located at Lake Mead Boulevard and Rancho Drive in North Las Vegas, as well as the recently shuttered Wild Wild West on Tropicana Avenue just west of Interstate 15. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) began tearing down two shuttered Station Casinos properties on Monday, as the company began the work of reshaping its real estate portfolio in Southern Nevada.ĭemolitions started Monday morning at Fiesta Henderson, off Lake Mead Parkway, and Texas Station, on Rancho Drive in North Las Vegas, after the properties received city permits last month to demolish each site’s main building and parking garages. Crews tear down Texas Station, on Monday, Sept.

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