At times Friday night, sidewalks and escalators along Las Vegas Boulevard were packed shoulder-to-shoulder.
22 March 2021
By Bryan Horwath
When the El Cortez changed the carpet on its gaming floor January as part of ongoing renovations, officials sensed customers would be interested in having pieces of the matting pattern as memorabilia and made it for sale in the gift shop.
22 February 2021
By Bryan Horwath
Many people remember watching celebrities like Muhammad Ali or Elvis Presley on their living room TVs in the 1970s. Lorenzo Doumani remembers watching them in his living room. Growing up the son of a Las Vegas casino landlord ...
24 January 2021
By Bryan Horwath
The first signs of widespread tourist demand returning for Las Vegas aren’t quite visible, but several experts who track visitation trends say they’re ready to bubble up this year.
18 January 2021
By Bryan Horwath
Every January, huge crowds descend on Las Vegas for the CES gadget show, an extravaganza of tech and glitz intended to set the tone for the coming year in consumer technology. CES kicks off this week, but thanks to the pandemic, it will be in a radical ...
11 January 2021
By Mae Anderson, Associated Press
Standing on the roof top Legacy Club at his new Circa Las Vegas, Stevens proclaimed what appeared to be obvious ...
22 December 2020
By Bryan Horwath
In October, just under 111,000 people visited Laughlin, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. That was down 25% from October 2019.
13 December 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Once the pandemic subsides, Las Vegas could recover like the “Roaring '20s” with economic prosperity, according to one casino executive. “People are going to want to get out and have a good time,” Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox said in an ...
1 December 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Callie Adamson of Henderson normally travels for Thanksgiving. Not this year. Because of the pandemic, she’ll be spending a quiet holiday at home, said Adamson, who has watched the virus surge in Nevada and had a ...
25 November 2020
By Bryan Horwath
The number of people who visited Las Vegas in October jumped nearly 10% from the previous month, according to a report released today. Just under 1.9 million visitors flocked to the city in ...
24 November 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Mandalay Bay and the Mirage will close their hotels midweek beginning later this month. They join a growing number of Strip resorts closed during the week because of soft customer demand amid the COVID-19 pandemic ...
20 November 2020
By Bryan Horwath
The Rio will reopen Dec. 22 following COVID-19 closures since mid-March, marking the final Caesars Entertainment property to return to business. Initially, the hotel ...
12 November 2020
By Ray Brewer
Las Vegas visitation is trending up but remains significantly behind last year’s pace, according to report released today by the region’s top tourism agency. In September ...
28 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath
The new kid on the block, Circa is also a beacon on the horizon of a gloomy economy decimated by the coronavirus pandemic.
25 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath
A group of visitors patiently waited this weekend to be scanned with a metal detector before entering Encore. It’s the type of screening people typically ...
20 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath,
Ricardo Torres-Cortez
