Tourism

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.

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.

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 …

NoMad Las Vegas to become the Reserve at Park MGM

A cabana at NoMad Hotel

The NoMad Las Vegas will shed its name later this month as MGM Resorts International rebrands the boutique hotel as the Reserve at Park MGM, the company announced this morning.

‘Relative improvement’: Las Vegas visitation sees slight rebound in October

A bird's-eye view of the Las Vegas Strip at dusk, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016.

Las Vegas had 3.41 million visitors in October to mark a “relative improvement” in tourism for a region grappling with a downturn in visitation ...

Three days of Formula One excitement about to hit the Las Vegas Strip

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, drives the course during qualifying for the 2024 Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix auto race Friday, Nov. 22, 2024.

The Las Vegas Grand Prix returns for its third year this week, transforming the Strip into a three-day motorsports extravaganza — complete with racing action, associated events and road closures across the corridor …

Grand Prix glows as Las Vegas weathers international visitor slump

Mercedes driver George Russell of Great Britain leads a pack of drivers during the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix. The Formula One event, which is expected draw upwards of 100,000 people for each of its three days of racing, returns to Las Vegas this week.

While many visitors come from nearby “feeder markets” like California and Arizona, race officials say they have seen growing interest from Mexico, Canada and throughout Europe.

TSA workers at Las Vegas airport weathering government shutdown

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

Karen Burke, TSA’s federal security director for Nevada, told Las Vegas’ tourism board this afternoon that Harry Reid International Airport had handled the federal government shutdown ...

Las Vegas tourism budget report shows mounting strain from visitor declines

Traffic is shown on Las Vegas Boulevard Saturday, April 17, 2021.

With fewer people visiting Las Vegas, room tax receipts for the three months ending Sept. 30 were $73.9 million, down $12.3 million, or 14%, from the same period a year ago.

Dubai overtakes Las Vegas with surge in hotel rooms

Bicyclists ride along Sheikh Zayed highway during the Dubai Ride annual event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.

According to new data pulled for Bloomberg by real estate analyst CoStar Group, the Middle Eastern city now has more hotel rooms than America’s resort capital.

Canceled flights and disruptions hit Las Vegas travelers as air traffic cuts begin

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from Harry Reid International Airport Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.

At least 35 flights were canceled at Harry Reid International Airport on Friday, the first day of federally mandated air traffic reductions.

Report: Las Vegas among 40 airports facing flight cuts due to shutdown

A view of the airport traffic control Tower at Harry Reid International Airport as an American Airlines passenger jet comes in for a landing Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the FAA would reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets to maintain safety as controllers working without pay show signs of strain.

Las Vegas tourism down again in September with Strip revenue falling 5.5%

The Las Vegas Strip is seen looking south from Flamingo Road in this March 24, 2023, photo. The next president won’t immediately affect the path of gaming and tourism in Las Vegas, said Andrew Woods, an economist and director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at UNLV.

Las Vegas tourism again lagged behind 2024 in September, this time welcoming around 300,000 fewer visitors largely due to “slower midweek volumes,” according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority ...

Rossi Ralenkotter, Las Vegas tourism icon, dies at 78

Rossi Ralenkotter, President & CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, addresses the audience during the Las Vegas Convention Center Phase Two expansion groundbreaking ceremony on the Las Vegas Strip where the Riviera Casino once stood, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018.

Rossi Ralenkotter, the marketing visionary who helped create the iconic “What Happens Here, Stays Here” Las Vegas advertising campaign, has died after a 16-year battle with cancer.

Shutdown threat puts already shaky Las Vegas tourism at risk

A view of the airport traffic control Tower at Harry Reid International Airport as an American Airlines passenger jet comes in for a landing Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025.

A federal government shutdown could cost the travel industry $1 billion a week and deliver a punishing blow to Las Vegas’ already faltering tourism economy, industry experts say …