Tourism

Las Vegas reports small drop in visitors for 2013

A view of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.

After posting record tourist visits in Las Vegas in 2012, visitor volume fell just short of the mark and the city’s elusive goal of attracting 40 million people.

31 January 2014
By Richard N. Velotta

Winter storm down South affecting flights at McCarran

A United Airlines passenger jet is shown on the ground as a Southwest jet takes off at McCarran International Airport on Dec. 9, 2011.

Snowy and icy weather in the South is creating flight delays to and from the region’s airports, including the nation’s busiest, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International. Most nonstop flights between McCarran International and Atlanta have been canceled or delayed by more than two hours, according to data provided by FlightStats, which monitors airline on-time performance.

29 January 2014
By Richard N. Velotta

Hualapais to offer scenic excursions on Colorado River year-round

The Skywalk at Grand Canyon West Tuesday, May 3, 2011 just after the glass panels were replaced.

Beginning in March, Grand Canyon Resorts Corp., the tribe’s tourism enterprise based in Peach Springs, Ariz., will offer the one-day trips on the Colorado River beyond the summer season. Trips include transportation from Peach Springs to the river, more than an hour on the river in a pontoon raft and a helicopter trip to Grand Canyon West.

29 January 2014
By Richard N. Velotta

Joe Downtown: Linq official suggests shuttle could move tourists downtown

The Linq shopping and food area between the Quad and Flamingo, pictured here Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, is beginning to see more foot traffic.

Caesars sees the Linq as something so unique that it is considering the possibility of shuttling customers between it and downtown as part of the overall unique experience the development wants to bring its Strip customers.

28 January 2014
By Joe Schoenmann

Countdown to Dallas flights

Soon, Southwest will publish its first fall flight schedule of the post-Wright Amendment era. Las Vegas is expected to be in the mix of cities getting nonstop flights to and from Texas' third-largest city.

27 January 2014
By Richard N. Velotta

All eyes on Colorado

New Year’s Day was historic for Colorado as the nation’s first recreational marijuana shops opened.

20 January 2014
By Richard N. Velotta

Make sure your SHOT Show souvenirs don't delay your flight home

Transportation Security Administration agents confiscated hundreds of keychains with bullets encased in acrylic that were handed out by an exhibitor at the 2012 SHOT Show.

If you're in town for the SHOT (Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade) Show, you'll likely leave with souvenirs or purchases. But what can you legally bring on the plane home?

16 January 2014
By Richard N. Velotta

Virgin Galactic spaceship makes another successful flight

In this April 29, 2013, photo provided by Virgin Galactic, the company's SpaceShipTwo fires its rockets over Mojave, Calif., after it was dropped from its "mothership," WhiteKnightTwo.

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its third rocket-powered supersonic flight in the Mojave Desert, soaring to a record 71,000 feet.

10 January 2014
Associated Press

Monorail boosts ridership in 2013, but revenue still drops

The Las Vegas Monorail train as it leaves the Convention Center Station, Monday Nov. 14, 2011

Annual ridership for the Las Vegas Monorail Co. went up for the first time in five years in 2013, the company said, but revenue trends continued the downward spiral that began in 2006.

10 January 2014
By Richard N. Velotta

Allegiant Air execs talk routes, fees and the airline's future at McCarran

In this Thursday, May 9, 2013, photo, an Allegiant Air jetliner flies over the the the New York-New York Hotel & Casino after taking off from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Allegiant Air didn't announce many new Las Vegas routes last year, but the sixth busiest air carrier at McCarran International Airport still has big plans.

10 January 2014
By Richard N. Velotta

Would you pay to gawk at CES?

Ly Nguyen of Vietnam cleans a glass desktop at the Tosy Robotics Joint Stock Company booth during set up for the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Convention Center Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014.

Could the Las Vegas convention and trade show business learn a thing or two from the adult film industry?

6 January 2014
By Richard N. Velotta

Times Square's crystal ball gets gleaming new skin

With members of the media gathered, at left, a Waterford crystal triangle is installed on the New Year's Eve Ball by Landmark Signs workers, right, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013 on the roof of One Times Square in New York.

Electricians working atop a New York City skyscraper on Friday installed the last of the 2,688 crystal triangles that give the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball its shimmer, including a panel dreamt up by a 12-year-old former cancer patient.

27 December 2013
By David B. Caruso, Associated Press

Delta running pilot program at McCarran to curb baggage thefts

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

Delta Air Lines, the second-busiest commercial air carrier at McCarran International Airport, has begun a two-month pilot program to prevent thefts from the airport’s baggage claim carousels.

24 December 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Medical school recommended to diversify economy

Developing a medical school at UNLV would be the single most productive means of diversifying Southern Nevada’s economy and improving the quality of life here, a panelist addressing an economic outlook presentation said today.

16 December 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Exporting our greatest ideas

Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corporation and his wife Miriam Adelson, attend the opening ceremony of the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau Tuesday, August 28, 2007.

Some of Las Vegas’ most successful casino entrepreneurs have parlayed their fortunes by developing great ideas, tweaking them over time, then exporting them.

16 December 2013
By Richard N. Velotta
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