While the amount of visitor volume increased from July to August, it was still well below August 2019 figures.
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The local employees are among more than 40,000 workers across the nation set to lose their jobs.
Disney’s parks closed last spring as the pandemic started spreading in the U.S. The Florida parks reopened this summer, but the California parks have yet to reopen.
Brightline, the company behind the XpressWest high-speed rail project, began an up-to-$3.2 billion bond offering for the initial financing of the project.
Planet Hollywood is back in business. It will be a limited reopening: Gaming floors will be open seven days a week, but the hotel will only accept weekend reservations.
The quick-turnaround tests are aimed at helping travelers navigate travel restrictions instituted by some states, the airline announced Thursday.
It was a 61 percent dip compared with August 2019, but still an increase of about 100,000 passengers over July, according to data released Thursday by the Clark County Department of Aviation.
With air travel seeing a slight uptick in passengers, U.S. airlines are doubling down on their safety and cleaning measures to protect against the spread of the coronavirus.
Casinos and other businesses have been reopening, but it’s anyone’s guess how long it will take for Las Vegas tourism to fully recover.
A $13 million renovation project is set to begin this month at McCarran International Airport.
It’s months away from completion, but the entrepreneur who brought us Tesla and SpaceX in addition to The Boring Co. tunnel transit project wants to move people quickly.
It’s the first time health officials revealed hard numbers about what role Nevada’s tourism industry could be playing in the state’s outbreak.
Nevada’s unemployment rate last month was below its peak during the Great Recession but remains high.
The Tropicana is ready to reopen its doors for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic reached Nevada.
Springs Preserve, closed to the public since March 16 because of the coronavirus pandemic, will reopen Oct. 1.
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