Tourism

Las Vegas tourism leaders urge patience as headwinds linger

Bill Hornbuckle, president/CEO of MGM Resorts International, speaks in a “Titans of Las Vegas Industry” session during Preview Las Vegas 2026 at the Wynn Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.

A 7.5% dip in visitation last year raised concerns that Las Vegas was losing its luster, but Boyd Gaming CEO Keith Smith contends it’s “nothing we haven’t seen before.”

31 January 2026
By Kyle Chouinard

Las Vegas tourism down 7.5% in 2025 with 38.5 million visitors

Passengers head to baggage claim after arriving at Harry Reid International Airport Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.

Annual hotel occupancy averaged 80.3%, down 3.3 percentage points from the previous year, the authority said. Average daily room rate fell 5% ...

28 January 2026
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Rio workers ratify four-year contract after strike threat

The Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas is pictured on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Workers at the Rio have ratified a four-year collective bargaining agreement that includes a 15% wage increase and enhanced benefits, the Teamsters Local 986 announced this morning.

16 January 2026
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Atari Hotel project in Las Vegas quietly powers down

An Atari Hotels project planned for Las Vegas won't be happening, officials told the Sun in early January 2026.

Las Vegas won’t be leveling up with an Atari Hotel after all. The gaming-inspired resort once slated for the city has been shelved, the company confirmed this week, as the project narrows its focus to Phoenix.

16 January 2026
By Kyle Chouinard

Tourism slide prompts Cortez Masto to demand White House response

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev.is accusing the Trump administration of stonewalling her requests for data on the U.S. tourism industry’s decline.

Cortez Masto’s push underscores broader concerns as Las Vegas faces what many are calling a “Trump slump” in visitation.

14 January 2026
By Kyle Chouinard

Las Vegas se perfila como el principal destino para reuniones este año

Attendees head to exhibits during CES 2025 at the Venetian Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. STEVE MARCUS

Se prevé que Las Vegas sea el principal destino para reuniones en 2026, superando a Chicago y Nueva York, que ocuparon el segundo y tercer lugar, respectivamente, en el último pronóstico de reuniones y eventos de American Express Global Business Travel.

5 January 2026
By Katie Ann McCarver

Shutdown-fueled flight cuts help bring Las Vegas visitation down 5.2%

Shutdown-fueled flight cuts help bring Las Vegas visitation down 5.2%

Las Vegas saw a 5.2% drop in visitors last month with over 170,000 fewer people visiting compared to November 2024, according to new data from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

31 December 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

New LVCVA chief operating officer focuses on growth, guest experience

A view of the “ribbon roof” and exterior glass at the Central Hall during a hard hat tour of the renovations under construction at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s Central Hall Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

Dan Hayes, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s new chief operating officer, comes to Las Vegas from Salt Lake City with a quarter-century’s worth of experience in live events.

29 December 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Las Vegas airport loses 450K passengers in November

Passengers head to baggage claim after arriving at Harry Reid International Airport Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025.

Harry Reid International Airport saw more than 450,000 fewer passengers in November compared to the same month last year, according to airport officials’ monthly report released today.

23 December 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Nevada resorts fear social media checks could deter foreign visitors

Passengers head to baggage claim Nov. 5, 2025, at Harry Reid International Airport. A U.S. Customs and Enforcement proposal demanding foreign travelers’ social media history to enter the United States has caused concern.

Nevada’s resort industry has “serious concerns” about a proposal from U.S. Customs and Border Protection that would require international visitors to provide selfies of themselves and years of social media history ...

17 December 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

A pesar de la disminución del número de visitantes, los ingresos por juegos de azar se recuperan con fuerza

Pedestrians cross over a bridge at Las Vegas Blvd. and Park Ave. Wednesday Nov. 29, 2023.

Los ingresos por juegos de azar en Estados Unidos aumentaron un 7.2% hasta alcanzar los 18.96 billones de dólares en el tercer trimestre de 2025, lo que supone el mejor trimestre en cuanto a ingresos desde 2022, según el último informe Gaming Industry Outlook de la American Gaming Association (AGA).

15 December 2025
By Katie Ann McCarver

Beyond the heat, Death Valley welcomes travelers with comfort

Wet conditions in November in Death Valley could make for a rare superbloom in the spring.

With 3.3 million acres — the nation’s largest conserved desert landscape — Death Valley National Park can be explored in as little as a few hours or as long as a visit permits.

15 December 2025
By John Taylor

Allegiant Stadium named top-grossing US venue by Billboard for second consecutive year

An exterior view of Allegiant Stadium Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.

Live music and entertainment events at Allegiant Stadium brought in $281 million in gross revenue during the magazine’s reporting period, stadium officials said in a news release.

10 December 2025
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

F1's Las Vegas Grand Prix success exposes need for improvements

A Red Bull Racing driver passes the Sphere during the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025.

The third running of the Formula One race drew a record-breaking 1.5 million American television viewers, a 68% increase over last year’s race, according to ESPN.

10 December 2025
By Kyle Chouinard

Forty years on, NFR remains a tourism powerhouse in Las Vegas

Will Lummus of Mississippi makes a victory lap after competing in the steer wrestling event during the 2018 National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center.

The 10-day event kicks off its 40th year in Southern Nevada today, boasting 379 consecutive sellouts dating to 1987 and delivering a boost to the typically slow December tourism season …

4 December 2025
By Ray Brewer
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