Tourists are surprisingly fascinated by it. Even some locals are intrigued by the practice.
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In the weeks leading up to the closure of The Mirage hotel-casino, the free tram that moved guests between it and Treasure Island was shut down.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the federal investigation will check if Delta Air Lines is taking care of its passengers.
Operations at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas are gradually returning to normal after a technology issue knocked 8.5 million computers offline.
The developers of the Las Vegas Spaceport west of the city added drone testing to its list of features it hopes to enable after being authorized to build an airstrip.
An outage of Microsoft systems caused ripple effects globally – grounding flights, shutting down slot machines in Las Vegas and causing system problems at all types of businesses.
Flight cancellations and delays lingered at Harry Reid International Airport. Local businesses in Las Vegas also seemed to be affected by the global outage.
The new CEO has been with Allegiant since 2010, once serving as chief financial officer, and on Sept. 1 will take over as its top executive.
Longtime Mirage casino-hotel employees gathered under the porte cochere, in the atrium and on the gaming floor to share memories about the Las Vegas Strip property.
After 34 years, the “Oasis in the Desert” is disappearing from the Strip as The Mirage closes its doors forever.
Gaming analysts are lauding a funding deal in Chicago, and suggest the Trop Las Vegas site could benefit from a comparable financing model.
Southwest should know within weeks from Transportation Secretary Buttigieg whether it will get a new nonstop route to Reagan National Airport in central Washington D.C.
The Mirage, which closes on July 17, reset the industry standard for how pie-in-the-sky casino concepts become reality.
The new Las Vegas golf facility next to the Strat has laid off hundreds of employees and has had to deal with issues with its cooling system.
A toll plaza has been built between a security checkpoint and Hoover Dam, but when it will be activated and what — if anything — will be charged is still unknown.