Tourism

Whether Calif. ever embraces sports betting, Las Vegas sportsbooks should retain pull

The SuperBook at the Westgate in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. Miranda Alam/Special to the Weekly

Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook oddsmaker Jay Kornegay believes his sportsbook will someday have a presence in California. It just won’t be anytime soon, thanks in part to a recent decision by voters in California against legal sports betting. A pair of sports betting ballot measures ...

16 November 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas airport has strong September, on pace to surpass 2019 passenger totals

Signage is shown in Terminal 3 at Harry Reid International Airport June 9, 2022.

In total, the airport this year has counted 38.5 million passengers. It is on pass to surpass an airport-best 51.5 million passengers in 2019.

31 October 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas annual visitation on track to beat 2021

Tourists watch Independence Day fireworks explode over Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip Monday, July 4, 2022.

Las Vegas attracted just under 3.6 million visitors last month, according to the city’s tourism bureau. That’s up 14% from September 2021 but about 3.5% lower than ...

27 October 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Safety, security remain top priorities, Las Vegas resort executives say at conference

Circa casino owner Derek Stevens, left, and Wynn Resorts CEO Craig Billings participate in a panel discussion with gaming executives at Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in the Venetian Expo Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

Despite some high-profile crimes, including a mass stabbing last week, “it’s hard to find a safer location than the Las Vegas Strip,” a casino executive asserted Tuesday at a gaming conference.

12 October 2022
By Bryan Horwath

M Resort in Henderson adding a 384-room hotel tower

An exterior view of the M Resort at St. Rose Parkway and Las Vegas Boulevard South in Henderson on Thursday, March 28, 2019.

The owner of the M Resort announced plans today to add a $206 million, 384-room tower, nearly doubling the Henderson casino’s hotel capacity. “The next ...

10 October 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas on track to top last year’s 32 million visitors

Tourists walk by the Slotzilla tower at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas Saturday, April 17, 2021.

Nearly 3.2 million people visited Las Vegas in August, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. That is up 6% from August 2021 but 11% down from ...

29 September 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Convention attendees help boost Las Vegas tourism figures for July

Steve Hill, president/CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), prepares for an interview before the opening of the Las Vegas Convention Center's West Hall Tuesday, June 8, 2021.

Las Vegas welcomed just under 3.5 million visitors last month, the highest monthly total since the start of the pandemic, according to the city’s tourism bureau.

30 August 2022
By Bryan Horwath

President of Las Vegas Events retiring next year

Pat Christenson, President of Las Vegas Events, speaks during an announcement for the return of Americas Party fireworks display at the Fashion Show Mall Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021.

Pat Christenson, who during more than two decades as president of Las Vegas Events helped bring the National Finals Rodeo, Electric Daisy Carnival and college basketball ...

17 August 2022
By Ray Brewer

Ground is broken on newest Strip resort: Dream Las Vegas

David Daneshforooz from Contour speaks about the upcoming Dream hotel and casino at the Las Vegas Ceremonial Shovel Groundbreaking event. Friday, July 8, 2022. Brian Ramos

The north Strip has garnered attention in recent years with developments like Resorts World Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion. But it was a venture on the south side of the boulevard that had people talking Friday.

9 July 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Pre-pandemic sized crowds descend on U.S. airports for holiday

Travelers check in at the Philadelphia International Airport ahead of the Independence Day holiday weekend in Philadelphia, Friday, July 1, 2022. The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic.

The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic. Travelers seemed to be experiencing fewer delays and canceled flights Friday than they did earlier this week. The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 2.4 million travelers at ...

1 July 2022

Reports chart good month in May for Nevada casinos, tourism

Tourists ride escalators to Planet Hollywood and the Miracle Mile Shops on the Las Vegas Strip Saturday, April 17, 2021.

A trio of economic reports show that May was a good month for Nevada tourism and gambling, including passenger traffic characterized as the third-busiest ever at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Thursday that casinos statewide won $1.3 billion last month, the ...

30 June 2022
Associated Press

Trip to Las Vegas worth high cost of gas, Californians say

Napoleon Sharble of Sacramento, Calif. stands by his pickup truck after filling up at a gas station in Jean, Nev. Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

On their way to Las Vegas, Ron Robbi and his wife stopped near the Nevada-California border to get gas. With prices hovering around record levels, the numbers on the pump spun by like the wheels on a casino slot machine. That Wednesday, regular unleaded at the Chevron station in Primm was $6.92 ...

28 June 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Economic analyst: Challenges on horizon but Las Vegas resilient

Principal Analyst with Applied Analysis Brian Gordon speaks during the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance Perspective conference at the M Resort Thursday, June 23, 2022.

Despite stiff economic headwinds, local economist Brian Gordon said he wasn’t anticipating anything close to a repeat of the Great Recession that devastated Las Vegas more than a decade ago. “I do not expect a repeat of where we were in 2008 and 2009 and the fallout that ensued,” said Gordon, principal with financial analytics firm Applied Analysis. “I think we’re more apt to be in the soft landing category.”

24 June 2022
By Bryan Horwath

Clark County back to press short-term rental proposal

Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones asks a question during a meeting April 19, 2022, at the Clark County Government Center. At their meeting Tuesday, June 21, 2022, Jones and his fellow commissioners are slated to take up a proposal that would require owners of short-term rentals, such as Airbnbs, to be licensed and to pay a transient lodging tax. “This is a result of a lot of input from neighbors who have dealt with this for years now,” Jones said of the proposed ordinance.

Commissioners today are scheduled to consider a transient lodging tax proposal for short-term rentals where property owners would pay an annual fee to be licensed and agree to pay 12.5 to 13.5% on each rent.

21 June 2022
By Grace Da Rocha

Las Vegas welcomes end to COVID testing for travelers from abroad

Clark County Department of Aviation Director Rosemary Vassiliadis speaks to members of the media after Virgin Atlantic Flight 155 from London Heathrow Airport arrived as the first international flight after the U.S. border reopened to vaccinated travelers Monday, November 8, 2021, at McCarran International Airport.

The Biden administration is lifting the requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Airline and tourism groups ...

10 June 2022
From staff and wire reports
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