And with the NHL and NFL moving into town, sports venues were on the way that could compete with any in the country.īut the NCAA, as usual, was behind the times. In his view, Vegas had everything you’d want for a Final Four or college football national championship game: Lots of flights in and out, plentiful hotel space and endless options for food and entertainment. “There were so many people (in college sports) who hadn’t been to Vegas in 25 years,” Livengood said. Over time, he began to see that the NCAA was making a mistake by eschewing Sin City as a place to plant its flag with championship-level events. The longtime athletics director at Washington State, Arizona and UNLV, Livengood had been living in Las Vegas since his retirement in 2013.
LAS VEGAS - Jim Livengood had a big idea.
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