LAS VEGAS — A former National Basketball Association player wants to build a $1.3 billion arena and hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Jackie Robinson, a former UNLV player-turned Las Vegas businessman, said this week he expects to begin construction in the spring on the privately funded project near the renovated SLS Las Vegas hotel. It would open at the end of 2016. The 22,000-seat stadium would be the second new arena on the tourist corridor. MGM Resorts International is building a similarly-sized project on the opposite side of the Strip, in partnership with sports and entertainment promoter AEG. The city is already set to get two oversized Ferris-style observation wheels. — AP