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Seth Schorr’s vision for the Downtown Grand Las Vegas was always different from the typical resort. The hotel-casino, which blends into the urban core of downtown more than other properties, opened on Sunday as the first guests checked in, restaurants opened, and the race and sports book took its first bet.
A plane swap begins on Sunday, when Air Canada substitutes its new Air Canada rouge division on flights between Las Vegas and Toronto.
Buoyed by busier U.S. airlines, the September passenger count at McCarran International Airport of 3.47 million marked a 1.2 percent gain compared to a year ago.
Globalization, technology and new development were among the themes this week at IMEX America 2013, an exhibition for incentive travel, meetings and events.
Potential exhibitors of premium children’s products got the red carpet treatment during Plush’s preview event at the World Market Center on Wednesday.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority soon will purchase another slice of Sierra Vista Drive. At its board of directors meeting Tuesday morning, the authority was given approval to move forward with the purchase of 500 and 650 Sierra Vista Drive, at a cost of up to $21 million.
After his 20-minute session with Hong Kong Express Airways on Monday, Scott Kichline realized that its fleet of 24 passenger airliners was probably not configured for direct flights to Las Vegas.
Local visitor industry leaders extended their formal greeting on Friday to the World Routes conference, the most visible part of a three-year effort to land the conference, and to bring more foreign tourists to Las Vegas.
Allegiant Air announced Monday that it had completed the hurry-up overhaul of many of the emergency slides in its MD-80 aircraft, putting the entire fleet back in operation.
By her own admission, Marilyn Kirkpatrick isn’t an expert on stadiums. The Nevada Assembly speaker’s day job is food sales, not sports venues.
Two women crossed Swenson Street at Sierra Vista Drive on a recent weekday morning, walking toward the apartments on the southeast side of Sierra Vista. On the northeast side, a man and his wife were asking passers-by whether they could spare some cash for the bus.
Imagine visiting the Palace of Versailles and getting an intimate tour of the royal chambers. Perhaps the Vatican is more your speed. If so, picture taking a private tour of the Sistine Chapel.
New Year’s Eve is coming early on the Fremont Street Experience, at least when it comes to crowd control.
