Why does Las Vegas need light rail? It would link the airport, the Strip and downtown Las Vegas, a critical connection that would greatly benefit the economy and the tourist experience, a local transportation official ...
12 January 2016
By J.D. Morris
The drugstore arms race on the Strip is ratcheting up another notch. Workers are building a CVS store in front of Bally’s. The two-story property is not expected to have ...
12 January 2016
By Eli Segall
The Strip is like a one-night stand for many young travelers. It’s good for a quick visit, but it’s not the only memory they want of a Western adventure. Millennials with cash to travel want interesting and unique stories as vacation memorabilia, said Bethany Drysdale, public …
10 January 2016
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
Visit Las Vegas in 2015? Count yourself among the more than 42 million people traveling to the casino corridor last year, according to the resort's biggest travel booster ...
4 January 2016
By Kimberly Pierceall, Associated Press
Las Vegas surpassed 42 million annual visitors for the first time this year, tourism officials announced today. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority ...
30 December 2015
By J.D. Morris
The Mob Museum in Las Vegas has welcomed its millionth visitor. The museum celebrated the milestone Tuesday by greeting visitor Billy Tveitnes with confetti and champagne as he ...
16 December 2015
Associated Press
The Hawaii Tourism Authority this year hired a contractor to promote the state in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Together, the four countries have ...
8 December 2015
By Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press
Southern Nevada tourism leaders on Monday unveiled an ambitious, multibillion-dollar transit plan that could make substantial upgrades to the way people move around Las Vegas over the next few decades, including through the ...
7 December 2015
By J.D. Morris
Tourism executives offered more insight today into plans to expand and renovate the Las Vegas Convention Center as they continued to make their case to a committee that will be influential in funding the project. The LVCVA is already ...
3 December 2015
By J.D. Morris
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority says nearly 3.8 million people visited the destination in October, an increase of 5.6 percent compared to a year ago. The agency ...
30 November 2015
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
The clueless Irish dad whose accidental selfie video of his Las Vegas vacation was watched by millions is back in Sin City to get a do over. This time ...
20 November 2015
By Sally Ho, Associated Press
By midnight, the basement of one of Havana's hottest clubs is packed wall-to-wall for a private concert by one of Cuba's biggest pop stars. Squeezed among the usual crowd of sleek young Cubans and prowling European tourists, the owner of one of New York's hippest restaurants discusses ...
14 October 2015
By Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press
By early 2017, the site of the shuttered Riviera needs to be little more than a swath of land fit to host outdoor events. That’s when the area must be ready for a major construction industry trade show, Conexpo-Con/Agg, to ...
13 October 2015
By J.D. Morris
The Santee Sioux is opening the nation's first marijuana resort on its reservation in South Dakota. The experiment could offer a new money-making model for tribes nationwide seeking economic opportunities beyond ...
30 September 2015
By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press
Nevada is launching a fresh tourism campaign focused on attracting Millennials to the state. The Nevada Commission on Tourism voted Wednesday to approve ...
30 September 2015
Associated Press
