Tourism

Cosmo on Las Vegas Strip to return to paid self-parking next week

The Cosmopolitan

Non-hotel guests will be charged $10 for up to four hours to park beginning Tuesday. It’s free for Nevada residents for the ...

27 May 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Extended wait times for Uber, Lyft are raising concerns in Las Vegas

Christian Sanchez of Orlando, Fla. waits for a Lyft ride at a rideshare pickup area in the Terminal One parking garage at McCarran International Airport Thursday, May 20, 2021.

Depending on the day, time and location, longer-than-normal wait times for Uber, Lyft and taxi rides in Las Vegas have become common since visitation started to increase ...

23 May 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas welcomes back trade shows with tobacco expo

A sign displays capacity limits during the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE21) at the Las Vegas Convention Center Wednesday, May 12, 2021. The convention, the first at the LVCC since the COVID-19 shutdown, is expected to attract 350 exhibitors and 4,500 attendees.

As attendees ventured into the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall, a security guard checked to make sure people were wearing masks. One man had to be reminded to put his on while another said he didn’t have one. The security guard went to grab a surgical mask from a box near the entrance to give to him. Tobacco Plus Expo — a convention featuring ...

13 May 2021
By Bryan Horwath

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus applauds federal relief funding in Nevada

In this Feb. 28, 2020, photo, Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington.

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus told Nevada lawmakers on Monday that coronavirus relief funds recently passed by Congress would be a “linchpin” in the state's efforts to boost the economy. “Especially in ...

3 May 2021
By Sam Metz, Associated Press/Report for America

Las Vegas Convention Center expansion a ‘game-changer,’ senator says

Steve Hill, Chief Executive Officer/President of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) gives Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-NV, a tour the Las Vegas Convention Center's West Hall, Monday, May 3, 2021.

The expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center will play a big role in reviving the Las Vegas trade show industry, Nevada’s senior U.S. senator said. After a tour of the $980 million West Hall expansion today, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., called the facility a “game-changer.” “The architecture and the high-tech ability of ...

3 May 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Vegas hitting jackpot as pandemic-weary visitors crowd back

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

To Mike Anger in Midland, Michigan, a $100 round-trip airline flight and $260 for five nights at a Las Vegas hotel made it too easy to say yes.

1 May 2021
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

MGM Resorts sees increase in Strip hotel occupancy rates

An exterior view of the MGM Grand hotel-casino Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

Hotel occupancy at MGM Resorts International properties on the Strip is on the rise. During a quarterly earnings call Wednesday, MGM officials noted a steady increase in ...

29 April 2021
By Bryan Horwath

New TV spot reminds tourists Las Vegas is ready for them

A view of the Welcome to Las Vegas sign on the Las Vegas Strip Friday, March 27, 2020.

As Las Vegas tourism officials prepare for what they hope will be a busy summer, a new TV advertising campaign hit the airwaves today. Dubbed “Vegas You,” the campaign’s ...

26 April 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Resorts World Las Vegas sets June 24 opening on Strip

The Resorts World Las Vegas, which is believed to be the first ground-up resort development on the Strip in 10 years, will open June 24.

Many have seen the progress in construction of the $4.3 billion Resorts World Las Vegas when driving throughout town. The property on the north Las Vegas Strip is ...

19 April 2021
By Bryan Horwath

New Senate subcommittee focused on restoring tourism industry rocked by pandemic

Tourists take photos at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign Saturday, March 14, 2015, on the Strip.

A new U.S. Senate subcommittee focused on travel and tourism met for the first time Tuesday to discuss ways to help the industry recover from the coronavirus pandemic. “Travel and tourism-related industries drive job creation and economic growth in states across America, especially ...

14 April 2021
By John Sadler

Nevada eyes June 1 return to full capacity in pandemic rebound

A view of a Strip casinos from a Tower Premium King room at the El Cortez in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Feb. 12, 2021.

With virus cases decreasing, including no deaths in the past two days and the vaccine reaching hundreds of thousands of residents, officials are taking a significant step to return toward normalcy ...

13 April 2021
By John Sadler

Health passport app could help bring back big events in Las Vegas

Sarah Lomas, founder and CEO of Reviv Global, demonstrates the Heliix health passport app at the Cosmopolitan, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. The app displays COVID-19 test results and vaccination records.

When the G4 Live cannabis conference comes to the Strip in September, some 20,000 attendees will likely have to prove they don’t have COVID-19 and are vaccinated. They will be screened through an encrypted “health passport” smartphone application by ...

8 April 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Rio to return full-week hotel operations April 19

An exterior view of the Rio Tuesday, March 23, 2021.

The Rio will resume hotel operations seven days per week beginning on April 19, according to a news release from Caesars Entertainment. The Rio reopened its gaming ...

31 March 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Extended ride-share wait times in Las Vegas prove frustrating

The Uber ride-share pick-up zone at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Tuesday March 30, 2021.

Last weekend, in arguably the best three-day stretch of visitors since Las Vegas shuttered last March because of the pandemic, some passengers reported waiting at least an hour to be picked up by a rideshare driver.

31 March 2021
By Bryan Horwath

Airport crowds, airline ticket sales show travel recovering

An American Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport June 5, 2017.

Evidence is mounting that Americans are eager to drive or fly somewhere after being mostly cooped up at home for a year. American Airlines said Monday that bookings are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels as more people get vaccinated, but public health leaders repeated their ...

29 March 2021
By David Koenig and Zeke Miller, Associated Press
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