Tourism

Las Vegas bets big on gays

Las Vegas bets big on gays

These days, what happens in Vegas is increasingly gay. Even Chippendales. But is it possible to welcome tourists to a state that doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage?

Report: Las Vegas crowd getting younger, gambling less

Tourists stroll along Las Vegas Boulevard in front of Paris Las Vegas.

A statistical snapshot of Las Vegas visitors finds a younger crowd with fewer gamblers spending more money on food and drink than five years ago. A visitor profile for 2013 found that almost four of five visitors were ...

Passenger traffic continues upward trend at Las Vegas airport

A Southwest Airlines flight approaches McCarran International Airport with the Luxor in the background.

Passenger traffic continues to climb at McCarran International Airport, increasing for the eighth consecutive month. Data released today showed about...

United Express ending its Fresno-Las Vegas route Labor Day

A view of signage at McCarran International Airport's Terminal 3, Feb. 1, 2012.

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The D casino unveils ATM that will exchange Bitcoin for dollars

CEO of the D Derek Stevens, left, and Robocoin CEO Jordan Kelley stand next to a Bitcoin ATM, the first available at a casino property.

Las Vegas-based Robocoin is the first company to introduce a Bitcoin ATM in the United States, and the D Las Vegas is just the seventh U.S. property to …

Vice writer: Las Vegas is the most depressing place on earth to be alone

An aerial shot of the Las Vegas Strip.

Las Vegas is an empty, impotent display of status in a barren, uncaring desert God abandoned eons ago. By sheer virtue of being there, you're...

Southwest expands mobile boarding pass program to McCarran passengers

Southwest Airlines planes sit at McCarran International Airport.

Southwest, the largest carrier at McCarran, last year launched a pilot program in Dallas, Houston and Austin, Texas, for its mobile boarding pass, an electronic document that enables passengers to

JetBlue announces new nonstop route between Las Vegas and Fort Lauderdale

A JetBlue airplane taxis to park at a gate at Logan Airport, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, in Boston. JetBlue announced today it would offer a new nonstop route later this year from Las Vegas McCarran International Airport to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Fla., International Airport.

Florida-based JetBlue Airways today announced a new nonstop route between Las Vegas and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., beginning in …

Theme parks opening new rides and slides in 2014

This May 16, 2014, photo shows Disney cast members testing the new Seven Dwarfs Mine Train roller coaster in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The ride will be opened to park guests May 28.

Harry Potter's Diagon Alley in Orlando, the world's longest and fastest inverted roller coaster in Ohio and water parks in every corner of the United States are among the many new attractions at theme parks this season. And families with young kids won't be disappointed, either: Many parks are unveiling rides appropriate for children, yet exciting enough to thrill adults. "Amusement park guests demand...

Southwest taking reservations for new nonstop Vegas-to-Dallas flights

A Southwest Airlines flight approaches McCarran International Airport with the Luxor in the background.

Southwest Airlines started taking reservations today for new nonstop service from McCarran International Airport to Dallas Love Field. The flights begin …

Frontier adding nonstop flights from McCarran to Washington Dulles

In this Feb. 22, 2010, file photo, Frontier Airlines jetliners sit stacked up at gates along the A concourse at Denver International Airport.

To kick off the new destinations from Washington Dulles, Frontier sold seats on round-trip flights from 14 cities, including Las Vegas, for $15 each way. By 5 p.m. today, however …

Las Vegas among nation’s cheapest cities for renting a car, survey finds

Renting a car in Las Vegas is cheaper than just about any other top destination in the nation, according to a survey from CheapCarRental.net. The website, in a survey released last week, put Las Vegas at No. 47 among 50 cities, with an average daily rate of …

Event center: ‘A reason to come to Laughlin’

Jason Aldean performs at the Laughlin Event Center in April. Tourism officials hope the new event center, which can seat as many as 21,000 people, will help the unincorporated gambling outpost south of Las Vegas grow.

The star entertainer hits the outdoor stage just as the sun is setting. Behind him and on either side is a grandiose stage standing several feet tall, with video screens on either side beaming his image to thousands of fans. The whole scene is framed in shiny steel; in the distance you see a cluster of resorts that have funneled guests to this performance. Sounds like a great night in Vegas. But it isn’t. This is...

Drunken British woman busted for allegedly having loud sex on Las Vegas flight

A Virgin Atlantic passenger jet, the first plane to arrive at Terminal 3, is welcomed with a water cannon salute during the opening day of the new terminal at McCarran International Airport Wednesday, June 27, 2012.

A drunken British woman flying to Las Vegas with her parents was cuffed after loudly joining the mile-high club with a fellow passenger. The frisky flier...

Las Vegas breaks record with 3.7 million visitors in March

Tourists pass by the Flamingo with Caesars Palace in the background Thursday, April 28, 2011.

Las Vegas saw more visitors in March than in any other month in its history, thanks to college basketball tournaments, car races and conventions. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported...