The two sporting events — one held on the UNLV campus and one coming to Allegiant Stadium — will receive a total $6.2 million in financial backing.
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Nevada and Las Vegas proved their resiliency following a shutdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, even though some casinos never reopened after 2020.
Elementary, middle, high school and UNLV students will take part in a contest to choose digital designs to be displayed on the famous Las Vegas venue this summer.
Several aviation tracking websites monitored the hundreds of private corporate jets that buzzed into four Southern Nevada airports for the Super Bowl.
Those who ventured into Fontainebleau on the first full day it was open came away impressed with the luxury decor, art pieces, technology — and the bathrooms.
“It makes a bunch of sense,” LVCVA president and CEO Steve Hill said. “If you go out there now, traffic is better than it was before we built all this and that bridge is a big part of that.”
The LVCVA board had to approve a land preparation project before the 10 acres could be sold to 65SLVB, a partnership paying $125 million for the Riviera site.
Orleans Arena has hosted major curling events for a decade, but now a nonprofit plans to renovate a south Las Vegas building and use it to grow the Olympic sport.
The Utah-based air carrier is growing its Las Vegas presence to 12 destinations from Harry Reid International Airport with flights to Raleigh-Durham.
After a deal fell apart with a Chilean developer, the LVCVA sold its Strip-facing land to partners with a track record for building retail operations.
Four CONCACAF international soccer matches at Allegiant Stadium, UFC Fight Week and next year’s Mountain West Conference basketball tournaments will be funded.
Although the LVCVA’s deal with Chilean billionaire Claudio Fischer is dead, the critical two-year Convention Center renovation is alive — and it gets $7 million to boot.
The 130,000-square-foot maintenance hangar on 6.42 acres east of Terminal 3 will be able to hold three Boeing 737 jets at one time and provide 100 new jobs.
While Nellis Air Force Base, Red Rock National Conservation Area and the local Bureau of Land Management office are requiring masks, the state’s casinos won’t for now.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s board of directors unanimously approved benefits for Service Emp;oyees International Union Local 1107 employees.