Tourism

Union picketers send message to Las Vegas Strip resort owners: Show us the money

Thousands of culinary union members picket outside of the Paris hotel and other MGM and Caesar properties in Las Vegas, Thursday, October 12, 2023 Brian Ramos.

The Las Vegas Strip was filled Thursday with the sound of thousands of Culinary Union members chanting mantras like “Las Vegas look around, Vegas is a union town” and drivers honking their horns in a show of support as local hospitality workers picketed for the first time in decades ...

13 October 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

New initiative at UNLV hopes to take lead in creating a safer Las Vegas

Robert R. Ulmer, Ph.D., Dean of the UNLV Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, poses for a photo at UNLV Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023.

Las Vegas has a concert about every weekend, casino acts nightly, a rapidly growing sports scene and a New Year’s Eve celebration that shuts down the busiest and brightest road in Southern Nevada. With November’s Formula One race and the Super Bowl in February, Las Vegas is only going to get busier ...

11 October 2023
By Grace Da Rocha

Culinary members to picket Caesars, MGM properties amid negotiations

The Culinary Workers Union local 226 holds a strike vote today at the Thomas & Mack Center Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023. The culinary and bartenders union is currently in negotiations with casino and hotel employers for the contracts of its members and will be able to call a strike, if needed, if the vote passes today.

Thousands of hospitality workers will picket outside eight Las Vegas Strip properties on Thursday after another week of negotiations with three major resort companies didn’t result in a new ...

10 October 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Exhibitors at Global Gaming Expo ready to ‘make the magic happen’ this week in Las Vegas

A view of the Konami Gaming booth during the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in the Venetian Expo Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

Even as gaming grows on both a national and global scale the energy of Las Vegas continues to make it the destination for a gaming convention like G2E ...

8 October 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Upcoming events to fetch billions in revenue for Las Vegas, tourism agency reports

Steve Hill, CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, talks to the media Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, about 15 blockbuster events coming over the next several months to the Las Vegas Valley. Hill estimates those 15 events will bring revenue of at least $10 billion to the area. Optimistically, it could reach $15 billion, he said.

Tourism chief Steve Hill made sure to stress that tourism officials and resort leaders aren’t slowing in their approach to book new events.

7 October 2023
By Ray Brewer

Frustrated by contract negotiations, Vegas hospitality workers consider strike

Members of the Culinary Workers Union rally along the Las Vegas Strip, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, in Las Vegas. The union rallied to support servers, dishwashers, cooks and bartenders who work at T-Mobile Arena and have been locked in contract negotiations for nearly a year with their employer, Levy Premium Food Service.

Several thousand union members are on the negotiating committees, and it will ultimately be their decision whether to recommend that members call a strike.

24 September 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Cybersecurity demands that businesses constantly evolve

Guests stand in line waiting to check into their rooms Sept. 14 at the Aria. MGM Resorts International was hit with a cyberattack that shut down much of its normal operations, causing longer-than-usual lines and temporarily discontinuing some services.

Cyberattacks that victimized major resort companies on the Las Vegas Strip this month are a strong reminder to stakeholders to protect their operations ...

21 September 2023
By Ray Brewer

Fontainebleau Las Vegas looks to fill thousands of positions

A view of the Fontainebleau hotel Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.

Fontainebleau Las Vegas has initiated a massive hiring push ahead of its grand opening in December. The Las Vegas Strip’s newest luxury resort and casino, which has been in the works ...

13 September 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Las Vegas Strip workers air F1-related construction complaints to county commissioners

Traffic lines up near cones and a freshly paved Koval Ln Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

A presentation by Las Vegas Grand Prix officials on community outreach efforts, traffic plan and construction updates turned into commissioners grilling race officials about ...

7 September 2023
By Grace Da Rocha

Rosen continues to champion high-speed rail project linking Las Vegas, SoCal

Brightline Train Design

Brightline West wants to build the 218-mile system that would have rail stations in Las Vegas and in Rancho Cucamonga, Hesperia and Apple Valley in Southern California. The Nevada Department of Transportation applied for federal grant funding on behalf of Brightline and with the support of the entire Nevada congressional delegation and four California congressional representatives.

19 August 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Henderson entertainment executive looks to keep legacy of blues legend B.B. King alive

Film and music producer Vassal Benford poses for a photo with one of B.B. King's guitars during an interview Friday, July 28, 2023.

Nearly a decade since his death in Las Vegas at age 89, the groundbreaking artist’s legacy lives on, in part through the efforts of Vassal Benford, a Nevada-based music and entertainment producer who is also the chairman of King’s estate ...

9 August 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

The adventuresome descend on Death Valley, the original tourist hot spot

Tourists flock to Death Valley to experience the heat. Death Valley is famous for being the hottest place on earth and driest place in North America. Monday, July 17, 2023. Brian Ramos

Despite temperatures north of 115 degrees Monday, Death Valley was slammed with visitors — drawn in by the possibility of a record high temperature for planet Earth ...

19 July 2023
By Rhiannon Saegert

LVCVA president rewarded with $33K raise, $179K bonus

Steve Hill, President of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, speaks during a ceremonial groundbreaking for a renovation project at the Las Vegas Convention Center Tuesday, May 9, 2023.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday greenlit new salary ranges for the authority’s top executives, approving recommendations for merit increases first made by the organization’s Compensation Committee in June. The change, approved by the LVCVA Board of Directors during its monthly meeting, is based on ...

12 July 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

Las Vegas' busy July 4 holiday puts Airbnb anti-party measures in focus

Las Vegas' busy July 4 holiday puts Airbnb anti-party measures in focus

More than 330,000 people are expected to visit Las Vegas this Fourth of July weekend, a nearly 5.5% increase from last year, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Many of those visitors will take advantage of ...

1 July 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver

UNLV study confirms Las Vegas’ status as a top destination for sports

An exterior view of Allegiant Stadium Saturday, April 23, 2022.

Las Vegas is increasingly a sports destination, with the capacity to seat hundreds of thousands of fans in professional sports venues, an abundance of annual events to attract tourists, and impressive growth of sports employment ...

28 June 2023
By Katie Ann McCarver
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