After a fair record for predicting 2022, my 2023 crystal ball sees gaming success here and in Macao, new flights to Japan and an F1 letdown.
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The Consumer Electronics Association is requiring additional health and safety procedures for early arrivals to CES from China, Hong Kong and Macao.
The LVCVA said an estimated 3.3 million visitors came to Las Vegas in November, including an estimated 582,800 conventioneers.
With one month to go, it appears likely that the airport serving Las Vegas will break 2019’s all-time record of 51.5 million passengers for the calendar year.
Parking areas that have been designated for airport employees will be transformed to public spaces early next year and other workarounds should ease the crowded lots.
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.
Actress Vanessa Hudgens and talk show host Oliver Trevena took turns swinging a sledgehammer for the kickoff of a new terminal facility for jet charter program Set Jet.
The union authorized a walkout against the center’s food service provider in a unanimous vote, but bargaining teams are still negotiating a contract.
An estimated 3.6 million people visited Southern Nevada in October, 7.3 percent ahead of last year and just 0.8 percent off October 2019.
With CES on the horizon in early January, more than 300 Culinary Union members could authorize a strike against food-service provider Sodexo next month.
The sale of 10 acres at Las Vegas and Elvis Presley boulevards for $120 million to Claudio Fischer should be completed by mid-December. But what does he have planned?
The massive entertainment venue, scheduled to open in the second half of 2023, saw construction costs rise as a result of inflation and supply-chain pressures.
The camera equipment will go to the International Space Station and capture content for presentations at the MSG Sphere at The Venetian.
The Clark County Department of Aviation said 4.8 million passengers — 25.9 percent more than a year ago — flew through Harry Reid International Airport in September.
In operation for 36 years, Michael Gaughan’s Airport Slot Concession Inc. helps keep operational costs down, which means lower ticket prices on Las Vegas flights.