Tourism

South Point’s arena gets new video display system

The new video board at the South Point's Arena and Equestrian Center is almost three times the size of the old one.

Those attending events at South Point’s Arena and Equestrian Center can now stare up at a new video display system almost three times as large as the previous installation. ...

Downtown's Golden Gate to celebrate 112th birthday

A view of the Golden Gate in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Jan. 24, 2015.

One of the oldest structures in Southern Nevada, the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino will celebrate its 112th birthday on Saturday. The hotel was founded in 1906, a year after much of the land that would become downtown Las Vegas was parceled out and sold in an auction next to the rail line. Room rates, according to the company, were a $1 a day. The hotel has undergone ...

LVCVA: Shooting, room remodels cause 2017 visitor volume to drop

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

The Oct. 1 shooting and fewer available hotel rooms caused a drop in visitor volume for 2017, according to preliminary numbers released Tuesday by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. In his presentation to the board of directors ...

Phase Two of convention center expansion to begin, clear way to attract more trade shows

A conceptual rendering depicts the Las Vegas Convention Center district Phase Two expansion.

For years, convention organizers have been asking for more out of the Las Vegas Convention Center. More exhibition space. More meeting rooms. More ...

Disney hotels, citing security concerns, drop ‘do not disturb’ signs

Visitors at the monorail station in front of Disney's Magic Kingdom theme park have a view of the Seven Seas Lagoon outside the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Wednesday, June 15, 2016, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Guests of some Walt Disney World hotels no longer have the option of hanging a “do not disturb” sign on their doors, part of a policy change that requires a hotel employee to enter every room at least ...

Las Vegas revives 'What happens here, stays here' campaign

A view of the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign Saturday, March 14, 2015.

Three months after a mass shooting that killed dozens of concert goers on the Las Vegas strip, the gambling mecca has revived a lighthearted advertising campaign that once again paints ...

Tribe plans to open zip lines at west rim of Grand Canyon

The Hualapai Tribe is expanding tourist offerings at the west rim of the Grand Canyon. More than 1 million people a year visit Grand Canyon West, outside the boundaries of the ...

Despite Wynn’s move, gaming grows slowly on north Strip

A view of the former New Frontier casino site Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, on Las Vegas Boulevard South.

Whether Wynn Resorts’ purchase of the site where the New Frontier was located will be the spark that ignites development on the northern stretch of the Las Vegas Strip remains to be seen since many proposed projects have significant issues that could delay or even prevent them from coming to fruition. ...

County scraps proposal for elevated expressway

Clark County is abandoning its pursuit of an elevated expressway. The proposed expressway, which would have cost an estimated $200 million, would have run along Koval Lane and Swenson Street to and from ...

Las Vegas air traffic up slightly in November

Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas increased slightly in November compared to a year earlier. Data released Tuesday by the Clark County Department of Aviation show more than ...

Downtown’s D-finitive personality: Derek Stevens moving full speed ahead

Derek Stevens, CEO of Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, offers a toast during the opening ceremony of the casino's expansion, Friday Sept. 1, 2017.

Walk into the D on any given night, and odds are good that you’ll find Derek Stevens there. He’ll be the big guy at the Long Bar, possibly buying a drink for a new acquaintance and likely wearing a jacket designed to make it impossible for you to miss him. It may be a color you’d normally see on a muscle car, or maybe two-tone, or maybe with lapels as wide as the mouth of a martini glass. Stevens and his brother Greg own the D, as well as the Golden Gate, the Downtown Events Center and the property that ...

Viva Aerobus adding nonstop flights from Mexico City to Las Vegas

Consul General of Mexico Alejandro Madrigal speaks during a news conference at McCarran International Airport to announce new Viva Aerobus service between Las Vegas and Mexico City Friday, December 15, 2017.

Just past noon Saturday, travelers from Mexico City will start arriving in Las Vegas via new nonstop service on budget airline Viva Aerobus. At a news conference to announce the new route, officials with ...

17-story hotel under construction next to Palms on Flamingo Road

Rendering of a 3883 Flamingo, a CAI Investments retail and housing development which will be located just east of the Palms.

Construction is underway on a 17-story non-gaming hotel on Flamingo Road, next door to the Palms resort just west of the Las Vegas Strip. The project, called 3883 Flamingo, sits on almost 9 acres and will include multifamily housing and retail, according to the developer, CAI Investments, which hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday. Tenants at the site will include ...

Design contract OK’d for expansion of Las Vegas Convention Center

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors signed off today on a contract for the firm designing a 1.4 million-square-foot expansion of ...

IGT adds stimulating dimension to slot machine

Margie Ascone is instructed how to play IGT's new Sphinx 4-D slot machine at the Red Rock Resort, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017.  Members of Station’s players club get one free play during the rollout.

From the very beginning, slot machines — with fast-spinning reels and the sound of coins clattering into metal buckets — were designed to excite the senses and hopefully drive players to bet more. Today, slot makers are hoping new technology will make games even more immersive. One example is IGT’s new 4-D Sphinx slot ...