The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority next week will consider a controversial, $52.5 million underground transit system for the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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The former Fontainebleau — the blue-tinted tower that has blighted the Strip for a decade — is slated to open as the Drew in the second quarter of 2022.
Hotels across the Las Vegas Valley are raising their rates during the 2020 NFL Draft, which is expected to bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Strip.
The Martin-Harris/Turner Joint Venture was recommended for a $3.5 million pre-construction contract for the Las Vegas Convention Center renovation project.
The expected cost of a pair of proposed Las Vegas monorail extensions increased by $62 million over the original estimate, Clark County Commissioners learned Tuesday.
The Paris nonstop flight is the latest international nonstop announced from McCarran recently, joining new direct flights to Israel, Japan and Mexico.
Visitors on Fremont Street can see something new under the Viva Vision canopy in addition to performers and souvenir kiosks: construction crews.
Frontier Airlines will offer new nonstop routes from Las Vegas, the airline’s third largest market.
Marriott is pushing more heavily into home-sharing, confident that its combination of luxury properties and loyalty points can lure travelers away from rivals like Airbnb.
UNLV announced a partnership with Caesars Entertainment Corp. called Black Fire Innovation that will bring the university and local businesses together to test, develop and commercialize hospitality products and ideas.
“Vegas has definitely hit the saturation point with nightclubs,” said Noah Tepperberg, co-founder of TAO Group. “A lot of what’s coming online seems to be smaller venues.”
The downturn was attributed to a 15.4 percent decrease in convention attendance. Only 552,200 conventioneers visited the market in March compared with 652,400 a year earlier.
Las Vegas’ airport continued to see increased traffic in March with 4.4 million passengers travelling through its gates last month.
Two years after negotiations began, Allegiant Airlines and its dispatchers have come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement.
The company on Wednesday reported fuel costs down 6 percent, no maintenance cancellations over the past 120 days and a 5 percent increase in the number of departures.