Nearly every major tourism indicator — except gross gaming win — was down for the month of August, continuing a trend that began earlier this summer.
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Richard N. “Rick” Velotta has covered business, the gaming industry, tourism, transportation and aviation in Las Vegas for 25 years. A former reporter and editor with the Las Vegas Sun, the Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, the Arizona Daily Sun in Flagstaff and the Aurora (Colo.) Sun, Velotta is a graduate of Northern Arizona University where he won the school’s top journalism honor. He became the Review-Journal's assistant business editor in September 2018.
The approval of amendments to gaming regulations on private salons wasn’t the slam dunk many experts thought they would be, but approval came after an hour of debate.
Nearly every Southern Nevada gaming submarket was up in August with Laughlin showing a double-digit percentage increase over last year and the Strip up 5.5 percent.
Reno-based Truckee Gaming LLC says the improvements coming to the decades-old North Las Vegas casino will make it “a good home for (customers) to come back to.”
A newly licensed MGM Resorts executive also told regulators about how the Las Vegas casino operator is still working with the FBI on the cyberattack it suffered in 2023.
The Spirit Airlines bankruptcy filing and a big downturn in passengers from Canada continued to plague Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport through the end of summer.
Boyd Gaming says it won’t comment on the recent cyberattack against the Las Vegas-based casino operator other than what it disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Allegiant Chief Operating Officer Tyler Hollingsworth said the Las Vegas-based airline is always looking to add flights to small, underserved communities.
Plus, Atlantic City casinos sees best summer in more than a decade, according to state gaming regulators.
Regulators are hoping the modifications to gaming regulations will increase the number of people who can play in the privacy of a special room at a casino.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s coordinated five-day sale has spurred some resorts to drop their resort fees.
Special Las Vegas deals coordinated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority are designed to bolster visitation among leisure travelers in the months ahead.
Las Vegas’ airport trails just four others in North America for providing the best customer satisfaction ranking among the largest airports in the U.S. and Canada.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is promoting “the first-ever Vegaswide sale” on hotels, food and attractions as part of its “Las Vegas Fabulous” campaign.
Food, beverage and lodging that is on par with Las Vegas resorts and an atmosphere of friendliness gives Mesquite an edge, touristm experts from there say.