As bullish as Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co. is on its planned $600 million Sunseeker resort in Florida, don’t expect the company to build anything like it in Southern Nevada.
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Caesars Entertainment Corp. CEO Mark Frissora dismissed the notion Thursday that parking fees are impacting visitation tothe Strip.
If Southern Nevada were to form an organization to attract marquee sporting events to Las Vegas, it would need to consider whether attracting an event might displace a long-term major existing convention or trade show.
The last puzzle pieces for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $935.1 million expansion fell into place Tuesday and construction equipment should begin moving into place on the site within days.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s seven-member compensation committee has recommended an annual salary of $375,000 plus benefits for its new CEO, Steve Hill.
New Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority CEO Steve Hill said Monday that the agency’s approach to spending and other business practices has not “kept up with the times.”
Executives with the Oakland Raiders have to be pretty happy with the outcome of last week’s Clark County Commission meeting at which their Las Vegas stadium parking plan was accepted — and embraced — by every commissioner.
The cost of the new Las Vegas Convention Center expansion will be higher than originally estimated, but should be manageable through cost contingencies andpossible scale-backs of some features, a special oversight group was told Thursday.
A subsidiary of Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co. has hired a longtime MGM Resorts International food and beverage executive to head the food operation of the company’s planned Sunseeker Resort in Florida.
Hilton will begin rebranding the Mandarin Oriental hotel on the Las Vegas Strip as a Waldorf Astoria Friday, a transition for the 389-room, casino-less property that will lead to renovations and mark the debut of another luxury brand on the world-famous corridor.
State casino gaming win showed its first decline in six months in July on a tough comparison against last year, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Thursday.
The mounds of dirt piled at the Las Vegas Convention Center site and the truck traffic in and out provide a hint of whats to come as work begins on a $1.4 billion convention center expansion and renovation project.
The first nonstop flights by a U.S.-based air carrier from McCarran International Airport to Mexico were announced Tuesday by Frontier Airlines.
Triple-digit temperatures couldn’t keep tourists away from Las Vegas as a summertime surge helped propel McCarran International Airport to another single-month record for passenger traffic.
For MGM Resorts International Chairman and CEO Jim Murren, Friday was quite the New England homecoming.