Tourism

Despite November dip, McCarran passenger count nears record highs

Las Vegas Strip casinos are viewed from inside the new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control facility at McCarran International Airport Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016.

The passenger count dipped in November from a busy October, but 2016 is poised to be one of the best in the history of McCarran International Airport when year-end totals become available. ...

3 January 2017
By Adam Candee

Fireworks crew toils to make Las Vegas launch sizzle for New Year's

Pyrotechnician Henry Herman loads aerial shells during New Year's Eve fireworks preparation atop Treasure Island on Friday, Dec. 30, 2016.

Fireworks by Grucci pyrotechnician Henry Herman stood in an orange T-shirt with his hands folded on the roof of Treasure Island on Friday, admiring a masterpiece he and six colleagues spent the last week ...

31 December 2016
By Chris Kudialis

Ready to party? Here's the lowdown on celebrating New Year's on Strip

Fireworks fired from casino rooftops explode over the Las Vegas Strip just after midnight Jan. 1, 2014. An estimated 335,000 tourists were expected to visit Las Vegas for the New Year's festivities. Photo taken from the Mix nightclub at Mandalay Bay.

With the eyes of hundreds of thousands of revelers set on the sky that envelops the Strip, the annual fireworks show is set to begin at 11:59:50 p.m. Saturday ...

30 December 2016
By Ricardo Torres-Cortez

Pascal still high on Alon project after Crown Resorts backs out

A rendering of Alon resort, a nearly 35-acre 1,100-room resort in development on the Strip across from the Wynn, is shown.

On Thursday, the management of the Alon, the nearly 35-acre high-end resort planned for the site of the old Frontier, said it would continue to work on the project despite losing its main backer, Australia-based Crown Resorts. Crown said its divestiture from Alon is one of several strategic moves it’s making to pay down debt and to “redeploy capital to fund high quality ...

16 December 2016
By Thomas Moore

Hotel legend, Three Square Food Bank founder Hilton dies

Eric Michael Hilton

Eric Michael Hilton, vice chairman emeritus of Hilton Hotels Corp. and founder of Three Square Food Bank, died this morning at his home in Las Vegas, according to his nephew Anders Hansen. He was 83. ...

10 December 2016
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Cosmopolitan the latest Strip hotel to charge for parking

An exterior view of the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, center, on the Las Vegas Strip Monday, Feb. 15, 2016.

The hip resort sits at the corner of Harmon Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard and is surrounded by properties owned by MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment all of which are, or soon will be, charging for parking (although Caesars won’t charge locals for self-parking). The Cosmopolitan announced today it plans to start charging for parking in early 2017. The valet fees will be similar to ...

9 December 2016
By Thomas Moore

As free parking dwindles on Strip, resorts guarded about following suit

Cars enter MGM Grand on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in Las Vegas.

The decline of free parking in Las Vegas — one of the Strip’s few hallowed traditions — continues. In the last two days, two major Strip resort companies announced they will join MGM Resorts International and ...

1 December 2016
By Thomas Moore

Bump in Thanksgiving weekend travel to be evident at McCarran, on L.V. roadways

Travelers pick up their luggage at the McCarran International Airport baggage claim area of Terminal 1 on Nov. 28, 2010.

A rising economic tide will lift all Thanksgiving travelers this year, as local and national reports expect more people to venture from home for the holiday. Local officials ...

22 November 2016
By Adam Candee

New feature of the college tour: First-class campus hotels

Justin Jimenez and Hanne Williams-Baron sit in the lobby at The Hotel at Oberlin in Oberlin, Ohio, Nov. 16, 2016. The hotel, which was designed to be one of the most environmentally sustainable hotels in the world, is part of a growing trend for universities to build high-end hotels near campus to promote their brand.

Oberlin, like many other colleges and universities around the country, has decided that campus guest quarters, instead of perfunctory, can become pampering places that help promote the institution’s brand and image ...

22 November 2016
By Tammy La Gorce, New York Times News Service

Monorail extension to Mandalay Bay moves closer to approval

A train leaves the Convention Center station during the Las Vegas Monorail's 10th anniversary celebration Saturday, July 26, 2014.

The Las Vegas Monorail Co. is a step away from receiving the green light for its proposed extension to to Mandalay Bay. The county commission approved an amendment to ...

1 November 2016
By Jackie Valley

SEMA’s emphasis on SUVs sign of improving economy

Classic Mustang parts are shown at the Scott Drake booth during the first day of the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. The company is based in Henderson.

Christmas comes about two months early for car enthusiasts when the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) arrives today at the Las Vegas Convention Center. ...

1 November 2016
By Adam Candee

Convention Center changes food vendors after 44 years

Exterior of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

For the first time in more than four decades, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will have a new vendor providing food and beverage services to the Las Vegas Convention Center and Cashman Field. ...

24 October 2016
By Thomas Moore

Las Vegas man accused of secretly recording Airbnb guests

A Las Vegas man who rented his house out through Airbnb is facing misdemeanor criminal charges after Metro Police allege he used “spy” cameras hidden in bedroom smoke detectors to ...

21 October 2016
By Ricardo Torres-Cortez

Nation's second-tallest tower dedicated at McCarran

Air traffic controllers work in the new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control facility at McCarran International Airport Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016.

What stands out atop McCarran International Airport’s new control tower, beside dozens of brightly colored computer screens and a relatively new microwave oven, is focused quiet. As air traffic controllers guided midday traffic across the airport’s four runways in hushed tones Tuesday afternoon, FAA officials and members of Nevada’s congressional delegation spoke ...

18 October 2016
By Adam Candee

Miracle Mile sale points to bull Strip real estate market

The 500,000-square foot Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood has been sold to Institutional Mall Investors LLC.

The sale of a prominent Las Vegas Strip shopping mall is proof, one local real estate professional said, that the smart money is now ready to bet on resort real estate in Las Vegas. ...

17 October 2016
By Thomas Moore
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