Tourism

Las Vegas launches new TV ad as gaming returns

A screen grab from a Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority ad shows a reopened Strip.

The lights are back on in Las Vegas. That’s the message of a simple, yet pointed, new TV spot introduced Tuesday at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s monthly board meeting.

9 June 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Wynn, Resorts World plan tunnels to link to Las Vegas Convention Center

This undated conceptual drawing provided Elon Musk's The Boring Company shows a high-occupancy Autonomous Electric Vehicle (AEV) that would run in a tunnel between exhibition halls at the Las Vegas Convention Center proposed for Las Vegas.

Two Las Vegas Strip resorts want to dig tunnels to whisk passengers to and from the Las Vegas Convention Center, which is already building an underground people mover. Wynn Las Vegas and the under-construction ...

9 June 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Fremont Street Experience to reopen Wednesday

The Fremont Street Experience is empty Wednesday, March 18, 2020, after Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered the closure of all nonessential businesses in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19.

The Fremont Street Experience pedestrian mall will reopen Wednesday morning. The mall, which offers access to shops, restaurants and ...

29 May 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Bleak casino, job reports illustrate Nevada shutdown impact

A view of the Las Vegas Strip looking southbound from Flamingo Road Sunday, March 22, 2020.

Bleak reports in Nevada are showing the economic impact of a full month of casino and business closures enacted due to the coronavirus pandemic. With most ...

29 May 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Casino owner giving away 1,700 free flights to Las Vegas

Casino owner Derek Stevens introduces restaurant owners during a news conference at D Las Vegas in downtown Las Vegas Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Stevens unveiled the restaurant lineup for his new Circa hotel-casino which is scheduled to open downtown in December 2020.

Downtown casino owner Derek Stevens is giving away 1,000 free flights to Las Vegas in hopes of jump-starting its tourism industry. Stevens, owner of ...

27 May 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas airport ads tout 'doubling down' on sanitizing

Health and safety messages are displayed at McCarran International Airport Wednesday, May 20, 2020. On Wednesday, the airport launched "LAS All In," a gaming-themed public awareness campaign to educate passengers on how to keep themselves healthy and to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

Signs of change with a gambling theme will greet Las Vegas tourists and employees when traveling ramps up following closures due to the coronavirus pandemic

20 May 2020
Associated Press

Battered global tourism industry makes reopening plans

Room lights form the shape of a heart at the Encore on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, April 15, 2020.

Six months ago, the global tourism industry was celebrating a record year for travel. Now, it's decimated and facing a recovery that could take years.

4 May 2020
By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press

Southern Californians are ready to scratch post-pandemic itch for Las Vegas

The marquee sign at the Bellagio displays a message prior to the temporary closing Tuesday, March 17, 2020. MGM Resorts properties temporarily closed at midnight in an effort to stem the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19).

Just over half of visitors to Las Vegas in 2018 arrived by car from places like Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Denver. But Southern California clearly represents the golden goose of…

3 May 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Questions abound in post-pandemic Las Vegas

A sign displayed table closed on the gambling floor at Treasure Island during the COVID-19 government mandated shutdown, Thursday, April 9, 2020.

More than a month ago, the neon blinked off, the slot machines stopped chirping and hundreds of thousands of tourists vanished amid the coronavirus pandemic. When they will return and what they will find when the do are the kinds of questions Las Vegas has …

26 April 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Passenger traffic plummets at Las Vegas airport in March

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

Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport was down more than 50% year-over-year in March as the coronavirus pandemic has devastated the travel industry. According to a monthly report released by ...

23 April 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Why Nevada deserves special federal aid

ABC Stores is temporarily closed after Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered a mandatory closure of all nonessential businesses in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19, Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

By early March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had issued an advisory against crowds of more than 250 people, yet Florida’s beaches were jumping with spring breakers. Nevada was different — it moved quickly to shoulder the responsibility for the safety of its workers, our residents, our guests and …

17 April 2020
By Ric Anderson

TV spot reminds tourists Vegas will be here when crisis passes

Tourists wait to get their photo taken at the Las Vegas Sign on the first day of the covid-19 quarantine, Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

The Strip has gone dark because of the coronavirus pandemic, but tourism officials are airing a TV spot to remind people that when the crisis eventually ...

25 March 2020
By Bryan Horwath

Tourism agency braces for drop in revenue over coronavirus

A view of Las Vegas Blvd on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017.

The top executive at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said the organization will be able to weather a coronavirus-driven drop in revenue. “It’s a challenging time, there’s no ...

10 March 2020
By Bryan Horwath

MGM Resorts temporarily closing buffets on Las Vegas Strip

Carving station at The Buffet at Excalibur

Buffets at MGM Resorts International properties on the Strip will temporarily close starting Sunday as concerns over the spread of the coronavirus persist. “These changes ...

10 March 2020
By Ricardo Torres-Cortez

Las Vegas mayor says media’s coronavirus coverage is ‘destroying us’

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman delivers her State of the City address Thursday, Jan 10, 2019, at Las Vegas City Hall.

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman told tourism officials the media’s coverage of the coronavirus is “absolutely destroying us” and this is no time “for us to be wimps.” Speaking at the monthly Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board meeting, Goodman said fear about the outbreak has ...

10 March 2020
By Bryan Horwath
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