The eight-minute, $1 million production to ring in the new year is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to Southern Nevada to kick off 2026 with a bang.
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The fourth-busiest carrier at Harry Reid International Airport will double the number of round-trip flights between Las Vegas and O’Hare International Airport to six.
Las Vegas enters 2026 from a position of strength, even as questions about affordability and long-term sustainability persist.
Plus, Chicago on Thursday plans to implement a 10.25 percent tax on sports betting generated on apps within the city limits.
Retail spaces are planned for West Sahara Avenue in the fast-growing Spring Valley area of the Las Vegas Valley.
A big convention year, work at Reid Airport and gaming regulatory matters and court cases should produce biggest tourism headlines in 2026.
Nevada gaming regulators fared better than other state agencies at the Legislature.
A medical convention in town this week is bringing health and fitness knowledge to neighborhoods where medical advice is scarce. “We practice as one community, we care about the nation,” Carolyn Barley Britton, president of National Medical Association, said of the organization’s volunteer efforts in communities where it convenes. “We just don’t come and keep our eyes on ourselves.”
Hotel industry veteran and former Caesars Palace general manager John Unwin has been named as the Cosmopolitan’s chief executive officer. Unwin, who resigned his position at Caesars Palace after five years last week, will join the $3.9 billion hotel-condominium-casino project in October.
Southern Nevada’s public officials have intensified efforts to ensure that federal policies allow government travel to Las Vegas.
Station Casinos on Tuesday filed for Chapter 11 protection after reaching an impasse in months-long negotiations with creditors on a plan to restructure the gaming company’s $5.7 billion debt load.
“We have been working with the various creditor groups for months and it has been very difficult to get all of the creditors to come to a consensual agreement among themselves and with the company,” Chief Accounting Officer Thomas Friel said.
The nine players who qualified for the World Series of Poker’s main event final table are using the four-month break between hands to sign sponsorship deals, relax, or better their game.
THE GREEN AWARDS: Some of Southern Nevada’s most environmentally conscious companies get the spotlight as the Business Press names its Green Award winners.
The future has arrived. OK, maybe not the entire future, but the part about true high-speed, broadband, wireless Internet access can be checked off the list.
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While the residential real estate market continues to recover from the wake of the pandemic, Las Vegas will not see a recovery in home sales or price growth compared to most other major metro regions in the country.
Zumper’s 2025 rental report shows rental rates in the valley could only rise slightly next year and have actually dropped year-over-year this year.
A survey of hotel room rates shows resorts are taking advantage of supply and demand as the city readies for “America’s Party 2026” on the Strip and in downtown Las Vegas.
A California real estate firm plans to develop a new building for a Southern Nevada university.
