Tourism

Las Vegas voted one of the world's most stunning airport arrival cities

Las Vegas Strip casinos are viewed from the window of a Southwest Airlines passenger jet as it takes off from McCarran International Airport on Dec. 9, 2011.

What happens when a bunch of aviation geeks get together to talk about the best airport approaches in the world? A lively discussion about which destinations are the most fun to fly into — and likely an argument or two about why some are better than others. McCarran International Airport recently landed on a list of the top 10 most stunning airport approaches in the world, compiled by British private jet charter booking service PrivateFly.com.

4 February 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Big developments in tourism

January ended with a flourish of big announcements, all of which bode well for Southern Nevada’s tourism industry.

4 February 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Taxi company shuts down talks, strike possible

A taxi cab drives down the Strip Thursday, April 28, 2011.

Representatives of the Yellow-Checker-Star taxi group won’t return to contract negotiations, saying a contract rejected by 70 percent of the drivers’ union membership on Monday is their best and final offer.

31 January 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

McCarran passenger counts flat in December but up in 2012

In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, Officials welcomed British Airwaysi first flight from Londonis Gatwick Airport with the traditional water cannon salute at McCarran International Airport on October 29, 2012.

Passenger counts at McCarran International Airport were flat in December, but the city’s airport – the seventh busiest in the country – closed 2012 with a 0.4 percent increase over the previous year with 41.7 million passengers.

29 January 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Taxicab Authority approves extra cabs for Super Bowl weekend

The Nevada Taxicab Authority had in its monthly meeting in Las Vegas today.

29 January 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Make UNLV Now happen

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s mission is to put heads in beds. It therefore should become an industry advocate for the proposed $800 million, 60,000-seat UNLV Now stadium — and direct room-tax money toward it.

28 January 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Fun with science and history

Museums and tourists typically go hand in hand, but here in Las Vegas, the Natural History Museum is busier with locals than out-of-town visitors.

28 January 2013
By Bruce Spotleson

New events center coming to Las Vegas Strip

This photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010, shows The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, center, at sunset. The Cosmopolitan is developing a 3,000-capacity events center modeled on an Eastern European glass factory. The auditorium is expected to open this year and host conventioneers and events.

The Las Vegas Strip, home to themed casinos that mimic the canals of Venice and the skyscrapers of Manhattan, is getting a new events center modeled on an Eastern European glass factory. The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is developing a 3,000-capacity theater that has sat empty since the hotel-casino opened in 2010. The auditorium is expected to open by the end of the year and cater to conventioneers, boxing fans and concertgoers.

24 January 2013
By Hannah Dreier, Associated Press

Speakers at Preview Las Vegas outline a rosy future for the city

Rossi Ralenkotter, president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority speaks during Preview Las Vegas 2012 at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Las Vegas' business power brokers are gathered this morning for Preview Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce’s premier networking event, at UNLV. An estimated 2,000 people are in attendance — the largest number since 2008.

24 January 2013
By Eli Segall,
Richard N. Velotta

LVCVA ad aimed at LGBT travelers getting national attention

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is launching an ad campaign targeted towards the LGBT community.

A Las Vegas ad campaign unveiled in June got a second wind this week after a national publication called attention to the city’s bid to attract gay and lesbian travelers, a lucrative market.

24 January 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Mandalay Bay in midst of major facelift, its first in 14 years

A view of the construction walls at Mandalay Bay that conceal the renovations to the public, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013.

Mandalay Bay owner MGM Resorts International has embarked on a massive renovation of the 3,000-room resort, the first since it opened in 1999. Construction began late last year and is expected to be completed by summer.

21 January 2013
By Ron Sylvester

County shooting complex now offering 'golfing with guns'

Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins speaks at a new sporting clay course now open at the Clark County Shooting Complex, 11357 N. Decatur Road, on Friday Jan. 18, 2013. The new course takes shooters to 30 target shooting stations across 75 acres of desert in a sport also known as "golfing with guns."

A new $3 million sporting clay course opening Friday at the Clark County Shooting Complex will give visitors and valley residents a chance to “golf with guns” while enjoying scenic overlooks of the Las Vegas Valley.

17 January 2013
By Conor Shine

In sneak peek of memoir, Oscar Goodman details how he came to defend mobsters

Mobster Tony Spilotro, left, and his attorney, Oscar Goodman, walk side by side after a session of the Spilotro trial in 1986. Goodman is writing his memoirs, including his days representing alleged mobsters and three terms as mayor of Las Vegas.

Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman’s memoir about his life as a mob lawyer and his three terms as “happiest mayor in the universe” hits bookstores June 4.

16 January 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

Which Nevada hotels are tops in Travel & Leisure poll?

Bram and Sarah Tihany take in the view from the Mandarin Bar at the grand opening of the Mandarin Oriental at CityCenter on Friday, Dec. 4, 2009.

The Mandarin Oriental and Four Seasons were named the top hotels and the Cosmopolitan ranked as the best casino hotel in Nevada, according to readers of Travel & Leisure magazine. Those were Las Vegas' highest-rated entries "500 World's Best Hotels" list released this month.

11 January 2013
By Ron Sylvester

Will Las Vegas reach 40 million visitors for 2012?

Tourists pose in front of the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

A healthy jump in convention traffic boosted visitation in November and gave hope that Las Vegas can still break the elusive barrier of 40 million tourists for 2012. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said today that 3.1 million people visited Southern Nevada in November, bringing the 11-month total to 36.7 million. But December totals are traditionally weak, despite the annual arrival of the National Finals Rodeo. The LVCVA said visitor volume inched up by 2.5 percent for the month, thanks to a 16.7 percent increase in the number of conventioneers attending shows in the city.

10 January 2013
By Richard N. Velotta
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