The National Finals Rodeo has grown exponentially over 35 years, thanks to a strategy of developing a variety of events appealing to fans who don’t even go to the rodeo.
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A tough comparison for table games in 2018 led to a decline in October gaming win statewide and on the Strip, but casinos still won more than $1 billion last month.
The lack of mobile wagering and a ban on betting on California colleges and universities could prevent Nevada sportsbooks from facing crushing competition.
Four ballrooms, including two that are the largest pillarless ballrooms, are part of Caesars Forum, the conference center that opens near The Linq Promenade in March.
While travel and tourism has experienced 120 months of economic growth, U.S. market share has fallen behind international competitors who market more vigorously.
The NFL Draft is set to begin April 23 in Las Vegas , but its exact location has been a mystery. That will change Nov. 26.
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company switched on its tunnel-digging boring machines Friday to begin work on a $52.5 million people-mover project.
A new partnership will make the M Resort the “Official Raiders Team Headquarters Hotel,” and the property will get a new Raiders Bar & Grill as part of the deal.
“Oftentimes people, when they come, they view Las Vegas as just that four or five miles on the Strip of neon,” Gov. Steve Sisolak said Wednesday, the event’s second day. “It’s much more than that. There are so many more things to offer.”
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is trying something it’s never tried before — reaching out to potential visitors with humorous Thanksgiving and Christmas TV ads.
Beginning in 2021, organizers of the Las Vegas Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon will add a spring race on a Saturday night in April and expected to draw more than 15,000 participants.
Within walking distance of 20,000 Caesars Entertainment hotel rooms, the new Caesars Forum, capable of accommodating 10,000 people, will open its doors in March.
The Madison Square Garden Company is spinning off its sports business, but the corporate restructuring won’t have any impact on the MSG Sphere at The Venetian project.
A second Rock ’n Roll Marathon appears to be heading to the Las Vegas Strip in 2021.
While the record for visitor volume set in 2016 is safe, three other tourism indicators are close to historic highs in 2019 with three months of data to go.