Tourism

Apartments being demolished for Convention Center parking lot

A rendering of an upgraded Las Vegas Convention Center.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is spending $5 million to buy a 3.3-acre lot on Sierra Vista Drive and will convert it into a parking lot and staging area for the nearby Las Vegas Convention Center.

14 May 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

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Confusing tourism and immigration

The battle over immigration reform could get heated, and local tourism leaders hope the federal government’s efforts to reduce visa wait times aren’t lost in the shuffle.

13 May 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

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LVCVA teams up with Bravo's 'Watch What Happens Live' for Las Vegas-themed episode

Comedian Amy Schumer has worked her way up the ranks to her own Comedy Central special and headlining gigs on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is teaming up with Bravo in a content-partnership effort to help promote Las Vegas as a travel destination.

9 May 2013
By Andrea Domanick

Flat-rate zones deserve a chance

After last month’s blowup over the Legislative Counsel Bureau’s taxicab long-hauling audit, just about everybody is ready to give flat rates a shot. But if the taxi industry has anything to say about it — and you know it does — we won’t see flat rates anytime soon.

6 May 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

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Jim Murren talks online poker, MGM's park on the Strip and the Rolling Stones

Jim Murren, Chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, speaks Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2011, at G2E at The Venetian.

MGM Resorts International reported its best quarter in five years Thursday. Chairman and CEO Jim Murren reflected on the good news and looked ahead to MGM's next big task: developing an outdoor dining, retail and recreation plaza on the Las Vegas Strip.

3 May 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

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Domestic air traffic down, foreign travel up in March at Las Vegas airport

A Virgin Airlines 747-400 arrives at McCarran International Airport for a media event to mark the 10th anniversary of Virgin Atlantic's London to Las Vegas route Tuesday, June 15, 2010.

Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport was flat in March compared with a year ago, with strong international and air tour operations offsetting a slight dip in domestic travel to Las Vegas. The Clark County Aviation Department reported 3.7 million passengers in March, a 0.7 percent increase over last year. For the first quarter, traffic was down 1.4 percent to 9.8 million passengers.

29 April 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

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Experts: Here's what Vegas needs to become a health care hub

Spa Director Jennifer Lynn, who also heads the Las Vegas Spa Association, is shown in one of three decadent Dragon Suites in Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas Tuesday, April 16, 2013.

When medical and tourism professionals from Southern Nevada got together years ago to plot a course to bring people to Las Vegas to treat their ailments, there were plenty of skeptics. Why would anybody come to a renowned adult playground for a medical procedure? Did Las Vegas really have enough quality physicians to be considered a medical tourism destination?

29 April 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

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Canadian snowbirds flying north

Wave goodbye, for now, to some of Nevada’s best tourists. Las Vegas’ Canadian snowbirds are flying home.

29 April 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

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Las Vegas according to three governors: The fall of the mob, a land of prostitutes and potential terrorism risks

Former Nevada Governors Robert List, center, Richard Bryan, left, and Bob Miller participate in a panel discussion at the Mob Museum in downtown Las Vegas Wednesday, April 25, 2013.

More than 150 people jammed a courtroom in the Mob Museum to hear former Govs. Bob List, Richard Bryan and Bob Miller recollect about Las Vegas' history. The presentation was part of the Mob Museum’s Courtroom Conversation series. The event was punctuated by a book signing by Miller, whose “Son of a Gambling Man” went on sale earlier this month.

27 April 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

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Author strips down city to find 'Everyday Las Vegas'

The Las Vegas skyline, including hotels and casinos from the world-famous Strip, looms in the background of row upon row of houses.

Urban geography professor Rex Rowley knows what it’s like to live in Las Vegas. He was a local. It wasn’t until he attended the University of Kansas that Rowley realized just how unusual it was that residents in a city identify themselves as a "local."

27 April 2013
By Brian Nordli

Ever get the feeling the Las Vegas cab industry is long-hauling regulators?

Taxis are seen queued up at McCarran International Airport Friday, March 22, 2013.

Welcome to Las Vegas. Now I’m going to steal $10 from you. That’s the message we’re sending to thousands of tourists every year who get in a cab at McCarran International Airport and are taken to their hotel the long way. At least when the hotels take the tourists’ money, it’s based on a bet whose odds are well known. But the cabbies are just flat-out stealing, and our political system is so inept that it refuses or is unable to act.

24 April 2013
By J. Patrick Coolican

Virgin America's Los Angeles-to-Las Vegas flight isn't the fastest one Sir Richard Branson will see this week

Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Group founder, speaks during a news conference to celebrate the new Virgin America service between Los Angeles and Las Vegas after the arrival of the inaugural flight at McCarran International Airport Monday, April 22, 2013.

Virgin America doesn’t do anything halfway when it comes to promoting new service and amenities, and Monday’s launch of three daily flights between Los Angeles and Las Vegas was no exception. Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson is no stranger to Las Vegas. He’s known worldwide as an adventurer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, and on Monday, he took six questions from the Sun.

23 April 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

A lift for international tourism

If you merge one company named American with another named US, you might expect something really big for the United States. But for Las Vegas, the imminent merger between American Airlines and US Airways likely will have more international implications than domestic ones.

22 April 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

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State slogan not a smash hit

With memories of the “What happens here, stays here” campaign fresh in people’s minds, many in the community waited with anticipation for the Nevada Tourism Commission’s new brand and catchphrase, which cost millions of dollars and has been in development for close to two years.

15 April 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

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Despite criticism, state tourism officials hope new slogan will boost business

The Valley of Fire State Park.

The director of the state Tourism Commission said that while many critics have pounced on Nevada's new tagline, she's confident the slogan will be embraced by residents and help attract tourists and businesses to the state.

13 April 2013
By Richard N. Velotta

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