Nevada: UNLV wants to open campus in Middle East

by E Wayne Ross on March 24, 2008

Las Vegas Sun: UNLV wants to open campus in Middle East
Region’s tourism hot spot a good fit, dean says

Tucked between Saudi Arabia and Oman, with beaches kissed by the Persian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates might seem alien to Nevadans. But the oil-rich Middle Eastern federation with a population of more than 4 million has close ties to Las Vegas.