Daniel Rush oral history interview, 2024 October 28

Oral history interview with Daniel Rush conducted by Claytee D. White and Stefani Evans on October 28, 2024 for the Game On! The Oral History of Las Vegas Sports project. In this interview, Rush recalls a childhood in Chicago, Illinois and Woodland Hills, California. He recalls visiting Las Vegas, Nevada while attending California State University, Northridge (CSUN). After graduating with a B.A. in Communications, the future Vice President of Global Sports and Events Sales for MGM Resorts International headed to UNLV, where he earned his B.S. in Hospitality Management in 1994. He then was hired into the hospitality industry, working as a travel sales manager, leisure sales, and eventually into sports-related sales. He discusses hosting the Downtown Las Vegas Soccer Club in 2013, the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2016 expansion franchise, MGM Resorts International building T-Mobile Arena, and the National Football League (NFL) allowing the Oakland Raiders to come to Las Vegas. He talks of the Supreme Court's 2018 overturning of PASPA (Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992), which then allowed states to determine whether they would allow sports betting. He addresses the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, the Oakland Athletics future relocation to Las Vegas, and shares his goal to bring international sports federations to Las Vegas. Digital audio and photograph available; no transcript available.