Tourism

Californians wake up to huge spike in gas prices

Motorist Tony Klein fills up his 1967 Cutlass V-8 at a gas station in Los Angeles Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012. Motorists in California paid an average of $4.232 per gallon Wednesday. That’s 45 cents higher than the national average and exceeded only by Hawaii among the 50 states.

Californians woke up to a shock Friday as overnight gasoline prices jumped by as much as 20 cents a gallon in some areas, ending a week of soaring costs that saw some stations close and others charge record prices.

5 October 2012
By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press

Report: 2012 Electric Daisy Carnival brought in $207 million to Clark County

Festivalgoers listen to electronic dance music at the Circuit Grounds stage during the final night of the Electric Daisy Carnival at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, June 10, 2012.

Insomniac, the organizer behind June’s Electric Daisy Carnival, says the three-day event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway brought in an estimated $207 million to the Clark County economy. ...

2 October 2012
By Andrea Domanick

Las Vegas Mob Museum sees its 100,000th visitor

The Mob Museum is shown before the grand opening in downtown Las Vegas, Tuesday February 14, 2012. The building, a former federal courthouse and post office, was completed in 1933 and is listed on the Nevada and National Registers of Historic Places. It is also one of 14 sites in the nation that hosted the 1950-51 U.S. Senate Special Committees to investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce, also known as the Kefauver hearings.

The Las Vegas Mob Museum recently recorded its 100,000th visitor and is on track to reach 200,000 by the end of the year, Executive Director Jonathan Ullman said.

2 October 2012
By Dave Toplikar

Passenger growth expected at McCarran International Airport

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

After five years of airline capacity bleeding out of McCarran and a corresponding decline in domestic passenger counts, there may now be some good news on the horizon for Las Vegas. Two well-respected aviation analysts expect growth at the airport that serves Las Vegas over the next five years.

1 October 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Caesars touting tenants at Linq project

This is an artist's rendering of the High Roller and Linq project.

A Brooklyn Bowl entertainment venue, a Yard House beer bar and an Asian-themed food and art marketplace are among anchor tenants coming to a master-planned complex being built at the base of a big new Strip observation wheel, Caesars Entertainment Corp. officials will announce Monday.

30 September 2012
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Murals add panache in upgrade of standard rooms at the Palms

A look at the newly renovated rooms at the Palms, Friday Sept. 28, 2012.

The latest renovation complete at the Palms is a redesign of 370 standard guest rooms.

29 September 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Passenger traffic up at Las Vegas airport for August

A Spirit Airlines jet takes off from McCarran International Airport on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011.

McCarran International Airport passenger counts inched upward in August, reversing a two-month trend of slight declines.

28 September 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Strip no different from suburbs: Criminals strike where there’s opportunity

Strip no different from suburbs: Criminals strike where there’s opportunity

It’s a rare day when Metro Police Capt. Todd Fasulo doesn’t read a report about a stolen iPad on the Strip. The popular tablets — often left unsecured in vehicles or hotel rooms — wind up in the possession of criminals scouring the tourist-laden land for easy marks, said Fasulo, who oversees policing of the Strip. The trend embodies what police say is one of the most pressing, albeit long-established, crime concerns on the Strip: property crimes.

26 September 2012
By Jackie Valley

With bus-stop tragedy in mind, iconic Las Vegas sign may be due for safety upgrades

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

The deaths of four people at a Spring Mountain Road bus stop still were fresh on the minds of county commissioners this week, leading to the postponement of one insurance decision and possibly more expense related to the famous “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign.

20 September 2012
By Joe Schoenmann

Tourists beware: The biggest scams, tricks and cons of the Las Vegas Strip

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department carries out a highly visible arrest saturation targeting prostitution on the Las Vegas Strip late night in June 2006.

In this tourist-heavy town, hitting the slots and tables aren’t the only risky ways Las Vegas can separate visitors from their cash. Here’s a look at some of the biggest scams on the Strip.

15 September 2012
By Andrea Domanick

Timeshare management company relocates to Las Vegas, hires three dozen workers

A timeshare management company has moved its 120-seat call center to Las Vegas from Mexico City. ResortCom International has hired 36 employees, including eight managers.

15 September 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Officials eye centralized Las Vegas station for buses, trains and monorail

RTC general Manager Jacob Snow answers questions from reporters outside of RTC's administrative offices during a media showing of the new ACE buses and line Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Regular service began Sunday, March 27, 2010.

Members of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada say it’s time to begin planning an intermodal transit center in Las Vegas to connect bus, train and monorail passengers at one location.

14 September 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Sure, Las Vegas could host political convention, but do we want to?

Sure, Las Vegas could host political convention, but do we want to?

As throngs of convention-goers in Florida and North Carolina contended with hurricane warnings, snarled bus transportation and thick air, many found themselves wishing for the same thing: a dry heat. “I was thinking this morning it’s too bad we’re not in Las Vegas,” Obama’s top adviser, Robert Gibbs, said as he made a beeline from the outdoor security gate toward the air conditioning beckoning from Charlotte, N.C.’s Time Warner Cable Arena last week. “It might be 10,000 degrees, but at least it would be dry.”

14 September 2012
By Karoun Demirjian

For TSA workers, program at CSN provides chance to shine

Aja Johnson, right, joins other graduates in saying the pledge of allegiance during a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) graduation ceremony Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, at the College of Southern Nevada Charleston campus in Las Vegas.

Eleven years ago, Tracey Johnson was working at a bank when she saw the horrors of the 9/11 tragedy spilling from her television. Today, she works for the Transportation Security Administration at McCarran International Airport.

13 September 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Surge of visitors expected in Las Vegas for Mexican Independence Day

More than 6,000 tourists are expected to arrive in Las Vegas in the next three days to celebrate Mexican Independence Day over the weekend.

12 September 2012
By Richard N. Velotta
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