Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman continued her traditional New Year’s Eve week tradition of calling on California officials to help ease traffic on Interstate 15.
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MGM Resorts and Marriott International did not provide a reason for the delay. Trade publications have speculated that the cyberattack on MGM might be a factor.
With a runway, launch pad, hangars, tower — and a casino hotel — Rob Lauer looks to raise $310 million to build a port for space tourism flights within a decade.
Clark County officials are anticipating a strong uptick in the number of couples saying “I do,” while also preparing to issue the county’s 5 millionth marriage license.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has introduced bipartisan legislation for tax credits to provide relief for convention, trade show, entertainment workers for COVID-19 recovery.
Police executed a search warrant at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority offices Wednesday afternoon in a widening investigation into misuse of Southwest Airlines gift cards bought by the agency.
About 500,000 people stayed at Airbnb rentals in the Las Vegas area last year, the company reports. That’s almost double the amount of visitors in 2016.
Short-term rentals that become “party houses” in neighborhoods near the Strip have been an issue on Las Vegas City Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian’s to-do list for years.
Key employees at swanky nightclubs in casino resorts in Nevada would be required to register with state gambling regulators under a bill designed to prevent unsavory workers from club-hopping and taking trouble with them.
Seth Schorr’s vision for the Downtown Grand Las Vegas was always different from the typical resort. The hotel-casino, which blends into the urban core of downtown more than other properties, opened on Sunday as the first guests checked in, restaurants opened, and the race and sports book took its first bet.
A day after panelists at a tourism safety conference warned Las Vegas is a prime target for a terrorist attack, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie and a top tourism official issued strongly worded denials.
WHITE HILLS, Ariz. – It had gotten to the point where Brad Larsen, the owner of Rosie’s Den south of Hoover Dam, was starting to daydream about what it would be like to win with one of the Powerball lottery tickets he sells for a living; the losses from the fire were just too great.