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The former Scandia Amusement Park, which closed in 2006, is being converted into an oversized sandbox called Dig This. The complex at 3012 S. Rancho Drive, scheduled to open April 2, will let guests drive 15-ton heavy construction machinery: a midsized bulldozer or excavator.
Allegiant’s Travel Co.’s February traffic report highlighted the economic headwinds that rapidly rising fuel prices have put in the path not only of the airline but the Las Vegas economy.
This weekend will bring another test of whether the three days of NASCAR Sprint Cup races at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway can continue to defy national trends.
Having predicted stable gasoline prices a couple of months ago, Peter Krueger is not about to repeat that mistake.
Whatever the reason, fewer employees nationwide are punching in late for work these days, a new study shows, and business owners say they’re seeing the same phenomenon locally.
Easier comparisons and stronger traffic among several airlines contributed to the largest monthly passenger gain at McCarran International Airport in more than three years.
Allegiant Air expects to add three or four new destinations over the balance of the year from McCarran International Airport.
An eerie, disturbingly uncomfortable hush fell over the audience Friday at Preview Las Vegas 2011 after speaker Jeremy Aguero finished his tale about the rise and fall of a great economy.
Las Vegas’ visitor industry has largely shrugged off the rapid run-up in crude oil prices that began last the summer.
Drive by just about any shopping center in Las Vegas and you’ll see shuttered storefronts, going-out-of-business sales and banners advertising space available for lease.
Roger Clark likes to hike down into the Grand Canyon for a break from the continual hum, clash and clatter of city noise. However, the last time he took a hike down the canyon’s Hermit Trail, the whop-whop-whop sound of helicopters carrying tourists overhead destroyed the natural quiet.
The staffing drought has ended at Premier Office Systems. The Las Vegas Xerox sales agency didn’t make a single hire in 2010, but it’s expanding at a comparatively brisk pace in 2011.
After spending what he calculates as $215 million of his own money to develop a space station, Robert Bigelow has turned to NASA for help with his next step.
