Tourism

With convention center expansion halfway done, people-mover project set to start

Construction continues on the expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019.

With the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion project about halfway complete, The Boring Company is readying to begin tunnel-digging work that will eventually lead to a ...

25 October 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Passenger tally up for 11th straight month at Las Vegas airport

In this June 29, 2018, file photo, passengers wait for baggage at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Officials in Las Vegas say September marked the seventh time since January that McCarran International Airport handled more than 4 million passengers in one month. The Clark County Department of Aviation reported Wednesday the 4.3 million people arriving and departing from the airport in September was up 6.8% from the ...

23 October 2019
Associated Press

U.S. Travel Association exec talks China visitation, Real ID

The annual number of Chinese travelers to the United States has been dropping recently, a trend that has caught the attention of the U.S. Travel Association. That’s a topic that ...

19 October 2019
By Bryan Horwath

New station: Funding secured for Las Vegas Monorail expansion

The Las Vegas Monorail passes by the construction site for the Madison Square Garden (MSG) Sphere on Tuesday, July 23, 2019. The MSG Sphere is set to open in 2021.

The Las Vegas Monorail Co. has funds in place for a new station on the Strip that will provide transportation to the Sands Expo Center, the Venetian and ...

10 October 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Travelers again rank McCarran among top big airports

Terminal 3 is seen from McCarran International Airport's new air traffic control tower Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016.

The Las Vegas airport slipped a bit but didn’t drop far in the latest J.D. Power and Associates customer satisfaction ranking for mega-airports in the U.S. and Canada. McCarran International Airport finished in ...

30 September 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas ready to welcome more electric vehicles

A Tesla vehicle is parked at a new Tesla Supercharger station next to the Linq High Roller on Tuesday, July 23, 2019.

Tom Volk sat in his Tesla Model 3 as it charged at the Railroad Pass Travel Center in Henderson. Volk, a businessman from Phoenix, had also stopped in Arizona to charge up his electric car on the way to Las Vegas. While the Model 3 has a maximum range of about ...

7 September 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas set to bid to host numerous NCAA events

Fans gather in Toshiba Plaza before the Pac-12 Men's Basketball Tournament championship game between the Washington Huskies and the Oregon Ducks Saturday, March 16, 2019, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The NCAA started accepting bids Monday on nearly two dozen sports championships over all three divisions. This is the first year that Las Vegas is eligible to bid after the governing body for college sports indefinitely suspended a ban last year that ...

27 August 2019
By Doug Feinberg, Associated Press

Southwest reveals plans to offer interisland Hawaii flights

In this Sept. 4, 2013, file photo, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 takes off, rear, as another taxis in the north runway complex at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Two different flights are expected to travel four times daily in each direction beginning Jan. 19, 2020 ...

19 August 2019
By Associated Press

Vegas-to-California passenger rail project working to secure financing for $4 billion project

Virgin Trains USA, previously known as Brightline, already operates a high-speed train in Florida. Its California-Nevada project is expected to span 185 miles and take 90 minutes to move passengers between Las Vegas and Victorville, Calif., which is northeast of Los Angeles.

The company proposing to build a high-speed passenger rail line from Las Vegas to Southern California has applied to the Nevada Department of Business & Industry for the right to sell ...

2 August 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Tourism group reports increase in visitors last month

Tourists pose in front of the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign in this file photo.

With last month’s numbers in, Las Vegas saw a year-over-year increase in visitation, according to a report released today. Visitation jumped by more than 1% in June compared to the ...

30 July 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas airport can handle 10 million more passengers, official says

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

McCarran International Airport is prepared to handle another 10 million passengers a year, although the region would need to add about 30,000 hotel rooms to ...

22 July 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Builder picked for MSG Sphere at the Venetian

Rob Goldstein, Las Vegas Sands president and COO, gestures toward a rendering of the MSG Sphere at the Venetian during a groundbreaking ceremony for the project near Koval Lane and Sands Avenue, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. The new venue is expected to be completed in fiscal 2021 (July 1, 2020-June 30, 2021).

AECOM was the general contractor for Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena and built Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, which hosted the Super Bowl in February ...

3 June 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Report: Lake Mead visitors spent about $336 million in 2018

People prepare to launch watercraft as wind kicks up dust on an area that was once under water at Boulder Harbor boat ramp in Lake Mead National Recreation Area on Monday, May 18, 2015, near Boulder City.

Visitor spending around Lake Mead National Recreation Area held steady last year, according to a report from the National Park Service. The report, released Tuesday, estimated that Lake Mead visitors spent about $336 million within a 60-mile radius around the park in 2018. That figure matches the ...

29 May 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Tourism board OKs $48 million for underground people mover in L.V.

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.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors approved a contract with an Elon Musk company to build an underground people mover ...

22 May 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Israeli national airline adding nonstop service to Las Vegas

An El Al Airlines jet prepares for takeoff from Newark Liberty International Airport en route to Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Newark, N.J.

Not long ago, according to an El Al Airlines executive, a direct flight between Israel and Las Vegas would not have been considered. With added demand for travel to the West Coast, including Las Vegas, however, the ...

18 May 2019
By Bryan Horwath
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