Tourism

Report: Las Vegas No. 1 on list of top trade show destinations

Attendees visit the Samsung booth during CES Friday, January 7, 2011, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Las Vegas remained the top U.S. destination for trade shows in 2010, according to a new report released by the Trade Show News Network. The city hosted 60 of the 250 largest trade shows in 2010.

23 March 2011
By Amanda Finnegan

Las Vegas Strip casinos to mark Earth Hour Saturday night

The Strip, seen here from Mix at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay, is cloaked in unusual darkness Saturday, March 27, 2010, in observance of Earth Hour.

The Las Vegas Strip will go dark Saturday night for Earth Hour to send a message about climate change and the importance of energy conservation. This is the third year several Strip casinos will be dimming their lights for the annual event.

23 March 2011
By Amanda Finnegan

Promoters push 'Alaska Adventure Center' attraction on Las Vegas Strip

State lawmakers in Alaska are weighing whether to spend millions of dollars to create an Alaska tourist attraction on the Las Vegas Strip.

22 March 2011
Associated Press

Approval of online gaming collaboration might make history

Is history about to be made on Internet gambling in Nevada?

21 March 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

‘Do you feel lucky, punk?’ Allegiant fare could make Las Vegas’ day

In the 1971 Clint Eastwood crime drama “Dirty Harry,” San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan makes his own rules when battling bad guys.

14 March 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Las Vegas resorts banking on annual spring break boost

Wiz Khalifa is met with approval at the Palms pool and bungalows during spring break celebrations.

It was 1986 when an up-and-coming music TV network first touched down in Daytona Beach for its inaugural spring break special. It was before anyone had ever heard of a reality TV show, but the throngs of inebriated college students and bikini-clad girls made an instant hit for MTV.

14 March 2011
By Amanda Finnegan

Report: Rising gas prices will bring weaker results to gaming industry

Higher fuel costs will likely take a toll on the U.S. gaming industry as Americans scale back on discretionary spending to fill their gas tanks, according to a new report.

10 March 2011
By Amanda Finnegan

Las Vegas records 8.6 percent increase in January visitors

Some of Las Vegas’ largest annual conventions helped to drive a visitor volume increase of 8.6 percent in January over the previous year, according to numbers released today.

10 March 2011
By Amanda Finnegan

Spirit Airlines offering $1 tickets to LA

Spirit Airlines is jumping into the Las Vegas-Los Angeles airfare price war with $1 tickets.

8 March 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Union asks LVCVA to refund them for lost furlough days

With room tax collections slowly recovering, members of the union representing workers of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority have informally asked the organization’s board of directors to consider refunding them for furlough days they lost.

8 March 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Nevada jumps through more federal hoops for rail plan

The well-meaning Nevada Transportation Department kicked off efforts to develop a state rail plan last week.

7 March 2011
By Richard N. Velotta

Will rising gas prices pinch Las Vegas tourism?

High gas prices are posted at a Chevron gas station in San Francisco, Friday, March 4, 2011. Gasoline prices have shot up an average of 35 cents per gallon since an uprising in Libya began in mid-February, which could cause concerns about tourism from the California market.

As prices at the gas pump continue to spike, a vacation is often the first thing cut from the family budget. But even as fuel prices near the $4 mark in major tourist feeder markets like California, Las Vegas tourism and resort officials don’t seem to be worried — yet.

5 March 2011
By Amanda Finnegan

County OKs plans for amusement park across from Mandalay Bay

A rendering of the proposed amusement park across from Mandalay Bay. The plan calls for up seven amusement rides, including a 500-foot "sky wheel."

Clark County commissioners on Wednesday unanimously supported a proposed amusement park on the Las Vegas Strip. Developers hope to build an entertainment and retail district that would include amusement rides on a 9.6-acre site across from Mandalay Bay.

2 March 2011
By Amanda Finnegan

CityCenter hopes new signage brings more traffic

A building wrap, starting at the base of the Harmon, points pedestrians to CityCenter and the Crystals mall Monday, Feb. 28, 2011.

When Deutsche Bank opened the Cosmopolitan on the Strip in December, misinformed tourists and some Las Vegas residents mistakenly grouped the new resort with MGM Resorts International’s CityCenter complex next door. It was easy to see why.

1 March 2011
By Amanda Finnegan

New Southwest Airlines flier loyalty program kicks in this week

A Southwest Airlines plane flies over Las Vegas.

The huge change in Southwest Airlines’ Rapid Rewards loyalty card program is about to begin. After about six weeks of explaining how “Rapid Rewards 2.0” will work, the Dallas-based airline will make the official switch to the new system March 1.

28 February 2011
By Richard N. Velotta
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