Instead of one major concentrated celebration, Plaza’s 50th anniversary will be marked through the end of the year with various discounted stay packages and $50,000 in cash prizes that will be awarded to 50 winners. The resort will put on fireworks shows ...
Boyd Gaming is the final major Las Vegas casino operator to announce a return to 100% capacity on its gaming floors after state regulators lifted pandemic restrictions. The Nevada Gaming Control Board ...
As attendees ventured into the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall, a security guard checked to make sure people were wearing masks. One man had to be reminded to put his on while another said he didn’t have one. The security guard went to grab a surgical mask from a box near the entrance to give to him. Tobacco Plus Expo — a convention featuring ...
MGM Resorts International is going to start charging for parking again at its Strip resorts on June 1. Locals, however, will receive three hours of ...
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Elaine Davis of Las Vegas worked as a home health specialist, caring for developmentally disabled clients. Davis said she enjoyed the work, which she did for more than 20 years. Then COVID-19 hit, and Davis, 55, caught the virus, landing her in the hospital. Davis fully recovered, but when she decided it ...
When Rachel Mason moved to Las Vegas to be with her husband, a local veterinarian, she decided to bring the female touch she found so rewarding for three years in the Midwest. This month, she’ll open Perspectives Plastic Surgery on South Durango Drive.
A finance major at Cal Poly Pomona, Johnathan Lacy wanted to move to Las Vegas to be closer to his father, retired firefighter Michael Matthis. Equally important: He wanted to follow his dream of being a small-business owner.
Caesars Entertainment still plans to sell one of its eight Las Vegas Strip resorts but will wait for the market to further rebound from the coronavirus pandemic before it does, the company’s chief executive officer said. Caesars officials have said since the company’s merger with Eldorado Resorts that they plan to sell a Strip asset. “We remain convinced that ...
The Cosmopolitan is the latest Strip resort to have its gaming floor capacity increased to 100% after nearly a year of coronavirus restrictions. Capacity is capped ...
The Palms, shuttered since the onset of the the pandemic, is getting a new owner. Red Rock Resorts announced the sale agreement to the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
The expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center will play a big role in reviving the Las Vegas trade show industry, Nevada’s senior U.S. senator said. After a tour of the $980 million West Hall expansion today, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., called the facility a “game-changer.” “The architecture and the high-tech ability of ...
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto is "alarmed by the stories of these small-business owners losing so much at the hands of deceptive and misleading corporations and lenders."
Hotel occupancy at MGM Resorts International properties on the Strip is on the rise. During a quarterly earnings call Wednesday, MGM officials noted a steady increase in ...
The CES gadget show will return to Las Vegas next year as a live event, after organizers conducted a virtual convention this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The show is ...
If its first quarter earnings were any indication, Boyd Gaming Corp. is well on its way back from the economic downturn seen in the casino industry due to the pandemic ...
The number of passengers arriving or departing the Las Vegas airport in March climbed to about 2.5 million, up from 1.6 million in February, according to the ....
A guest at the South Point won a $10.5 million jackpot today, according to a news release from the casino. The gambler, a visitor from New Mexico, was playing ...
As Las Vegas tourism officials prepare for what they hope will be a busy summer, a new TV advertising campaign hit the airwaves today. Dubbed “Vegas You,” the campaign’s ...
Neighbor is a sharing economy storage marketplace that connects those looking to store items — anything from boxes of random belongings to a lawn mower or vehicle — with others in a particular area willing to rent space. Just like ride share services like Uber and Lyft …
Andre Carrier of Eureka Casinos is optimistic by nature. Still, he doesn’t think it’s a stretch to project a strong rebound for the Southern Nevada gaming industry as it emerges from …
Las Vegas attorney Brittnie Watkins has been named to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, Gov. Steve Sisolak announced today. Watkins, whose term will begin May 3, will replace ...
It’s a routine annoyance for almost anyone with a mobile phone. A call comes in from an unfamiliar number, but instead of a person on the line, it’s a recorded sales pitch, or worse, a scam message attempting to gain personal information or money ...
Many have seen the progress in construction of the $4.3 billion Resorts World Las Vegas when driving throughout town. The property on the north Las Vegas Strip is ...
The growth strategy for Deep Roots Harvest, a cannabis company based 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas, has been similar to the growth trajectory of the plants it cultivates.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Sasha was making up to $2,000 a night as an exotic dancer in Las Vegas. But since the club where she worked — Little Darlings — closed about a year ago, Sasha (her stage name) has been living off her savings, which are nearly gone, she said …
Knowing that not just any cinnamon rolls would do, Michelle Uhler packed up her 4-year-old daughter Thursday morning and made the drive from Summerlin to a southeast Las Vegas strip mall. Their destination: Homies Cinnamon Rolls.
There’s another option for travelers to make the commute from Las Vegas into Southern California. Blacklane, a global chauffeur service based in Germany, is now offering upscale one-way passenger car service between Las Vegas and Los Angeles for $699 ...
When recalling what many days felt like at the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year, Allegiant Air’s chief financial officer described a stomach-turning sensation.
The president and CEO of Las Vegas’ main tourism agency thinks naysayers need to stop questioning the viability of an underground “people mover” transportation loop beneath the city’s Convention Center campus.
When the G4 Live cannabis conference comes to the Strip in September, some 20,000 attendees will likely have to prove they don’t have COVID-19 and are vaccinated. They will be screened through an encrypted “health passport” smartphone application by ...
With demand rising for flights to leisure destinations, Southwest Airlines is starting daily flights from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara, Calif., where visitors can enjoy ...
There seems to be no stopping the soaring existing home prices in the Las Vegas area. The median sale price for a home in Las Vegas rocketed to $363,000 in March, another new all-time record, according to the Las Vegas Realtors trade group. The figure represented a 14% jump from ...
If you are watching a Las Vegas Raiders game next season and notice an advertisement that seems out of place—How could a company of that size afford such a placement?—your eyes are not deceiving you.
The new guidelines are necessary under their mandate by state law to “protect the public health, safety, morals, good order, and general welfare of the inhabitants” of Nevada.
Some Las Vegas restaurant owners say business is starting to pick up, but they need a little boost to get them over the pandemic finish line. That extra push could come from the federal government’s $29 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund, part of ...
The Rio will resume hotel operations seven days per week beginning on April 19, according to a news release from Caesars Entertainment. The Rio reopened its gaming ...
Last weekend, in arguably the best three-day stretch of visitors since Las Vegas shuttered last March because of the pandemic, some passengers reported waiting at least an hour to be picked up by a rideshare driver.
As pandemic restrictions are relaxed and restaurant owners around the Las Vegas Valley look forward to what is likely to be a busier summer, some are having difficulty finding employees. Mark Steele, founder of the Las Vegas-based Restaurant Hospitality Institute, said ...
Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport remained mostly unchanged in February from the previous month, with about 1.6 million travelers arriving and departing. In January, about ...