Southern Nevada visitation numbers were flat in November, but the region is still on track to break 2015’s record of 42.3 million tourists for the year.
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With 320,000 people expected in the Las Vegas area this New Year’s Eve, revelers can expect to pay a little more for a room this weekend.
The National Labor Relations Board has certified a union representation vote for 268 security workers at Mandalay Bay who will be represented by the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America.
Sen. Harry Reid, who is retiring after a three-decade political career that saw him rise higher than any Nevada politician before him, has always been the go-to lawmaker on all things related to gaming, tourism and transportation.
MGM Resorts International has announced the name and opening date of the MGM Grand’s new 12,000-square-foot space designed by and for the millennial generation.
Tourism is a copycat business world with few original ideas so it isn’t hard to look at what airlines have done over the past decade to see the Strip parking correlation.
Dragon and lion dancers danced and marched past baccarat players to a staccato beat of drums and cymbals while gamblers snapped cellphone pictures Saturday as Las Vegas’ newest boutique hotel property, Lucky Dragon, celebrated its grand opening.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. will join the ranks of Strip resorts that will charge guests to valet park beginning in mid-December, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
State gaming win soared in Southern Nevada in October, state officials said Tuesday. At the same time, visitation numbers had their first year-over-year decline in five months.
So would you take Team Liquid in a head-to-head World of WarCraft matchup against the Evil Geniuses?
The public will get a chance to see that 1¼-ton glass dragon sculpture at the Lucky Dragon Hotel a little earlier than expected.
Clark County commissioners selected a union leader, an African-American business leader and a woman casino executive to serve on the board that will select the site and oversee planning for a $1.9 billion stadium proposed as the new home of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders.
The chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission says Raiders games aren’t likely to come off the state’s betting boards if the NFL franchise moves from Oakland to Las Vegas — even if the league asks for a wagering prohibition on the team.
After a great Sunday afternoon at the Bellagio, I recalled that MGM indicated it may revisit parking policies at the end of the year.
You won’t see the casino industry leading the charge for passage of Question 2, Nevada’s recreational marijuana initiative. That’s because the state Gaming Control Board has been quite public about its concern that marijuana possession will remain a federal crime even if Question 2 is approved by voters Tuesday.