Tourism

Las Vegas to host NCAA Tournament men's regional for first time

Duke fans cheer during their NCAA basketball game against UNLV Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Duke won 94-45.

Las Vegas will host an NCAA Tournament men's regional for the first time after the NCAA changed a policy that prevented states with sports wagering from hosting championships.

14 October 2020
From staff and wire reports

Caesars Entertainment to bring back parking fees to Strip

An exterior view of Bally's on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

Caesars Entertainment properties on the Las Vegas Strip will again charge for parking starting Oct. 30 for some visitors. Self-parking remains free for locals, registered hotel guests and Caesars Rewards loyalty members rated Platinum and above ...

14 October 2020
By Ray Brewer

Allegiant Air lays off another 50 employees

Allegiant Airbus A320

Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air laid off dozens of employees effective Thursday, according to a notice sent to state workforce officials. In a letter dated Wednesday, the airline notified ...

9 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Wynn Resorts enhancing security measures in Las Vegas

A view of the Encore and Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, Dec. 26, 2017.

Wynn Resorts will employ added security measures at the Wynn and Encore properties in Las Vegas on weekends in an effort to push back against ...

6 October 2020
By Bryan Horwath

MGM Resorts outlines conference health screening option

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

Casino giant MGM Resorts International is teaming with a firm that provided COVID-19 screenings for the National Hockey League playoffs and ...

29 September 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Downtown Las Vegas businesses focus on attracting more locals

People check out the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas Friday, June 12, 2020.

Las Vegas normally attracts visitors from across the globe. But with travel lagging during the coronavirus pandemic, downtown businesses are looking toward locals to ...

29 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Planet Hollywood to reopen Oct. 8 in Las Vegas

An exterior view of Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

The gaming floor of the Caesars Entertainment property will be open daily, and the hotel will accommodate guests Thursdays-Sundays.

25 September 2020
By VEGAS INC Staff

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas set to open January 15

Richard "Boz" Bosworth, president and CEO of JC Hospitality and Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas porte cochere Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Bosworth announced a Jan. 15, 2021 opening for the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas (formerly the Hard Rock Hotel).

Virgin Hotels officials today announced a new opening date of Jan. 15 for the hospitality brand’s debut in Las Vegas just east of the Strip at the former Hard Rock Hotel site while also expressing support for the members of Southern Nevada’s most essential industry currently struggling through the pandemic.

24 September 2020
By Brock Radke

TV executive named next CEO of Fremont Street Experience

Marketing veteran Andrew Simon will be the next chief executive officer for the Fremont Street Experience, according to a news release. Simon, who will start his ...

16 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas visits still down; tourists come by road more than air

In this March 21, 2020, file photo, a sign advises people to practice social distancing to slow the spread of the coronavirus at the "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada" sign amid a shutdown of casinos along the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas.

Tourists and travelers are beginning to return to Las Vegas, but mostly by highway and well below pre-coronavirus pandemic levels, according to airport and convention authority reports released today. McCarran International Airport said it handled ...

27 August 2020
Associated Press

Frontier Airlines to furlough 245 Las Vegas workers Oct. 1

In this June 26, 2019 photo Frontier Airlines jetliners sit at gates on the A concourse at Denver International Airport in Denver.

More than 200 Frontier Airlines employees could be laid off at McCarran International Airport in October ...

9 August 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Sahara Las Vegas sues blogger over closure claims

An exterior view of the Sahara hotel-casino Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.

The owner of the Sahara has filed a defamation lawsuit against a Las Vegas blogger over a post saying ...

8 August 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas visitor volume down 70% in June

People check out the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas Friday, June 12, 2020.

The first month casinos reopened, Las Vegas visitor volume for June was just over 1 million, down 70% from the same month a year ago, tourism officials said. A total of 1,065,100 people visited Las Vegas in June, compared to 3,607,400 in June 2019, according to ...

7 August 2020
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Las Vegas airport passenger traffic tops 1 million in June

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport June 5, 2017.

Passenger traffic at the Las Vegas airport climbed to over 1 million in June, but was still 76 percent off the same month last year. In June 2019, before the ...

28 July 2020
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

CEO of Fremont Street Experience stepping down

Fremont Street Experience President and CEO Patrick Hughes speaks as Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak proclaims January 30th as Only Vegas Day during an event at the Fremont Street Experience Thursday, January 30, 2010.

Patrick Hughes, president and CEO of the Fremont Street Experience, is stepping down Oct. 31 after more than four years in charge of the downtown Las Vegas ...

23 July 2020
By Bryan Horwath
« Older Newer »