With the 2020 NFL Draft two months away, organizers are making plans for event festivities and safety but aren’t ready to detail roles for hundreds of volunteers.
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Las Vegas businesses in the tourism sector and beyond say they’re closely monitoring the spread of the coronavirus and have seen little to no impact so far.
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, a partner with the Las Vegas Raiders and the Vegas Golden Knights, hope to help develop a tribal gaming curriculum at UNLV.
Aviation leaders hope STEM Discovery Zones in Las Vegas and Reno will get students to investigate potential pilot and airport jobs.
More than 2,000 laborers are at work at Allegiant Stadium where work has begun to install the translucent plastic polymer roof of the home of the Las Vegas Raiders.
Developer David Daneshforooz and Shopoff Realty Investments teamed up to acquire a 5.25-acre plot of land on Las Vegas Boulevard just south of Russell Road for $21 million.
The planned Virgin Trains Las Vegas station for the high-speed rail project to run from Las Vegas to Southern California would be 273,000 square feet.
The Las Vegas-based advertising and marketing company has had a 30-year stranglehold on the lucrative LVCVA contact, but that could end by summer.
The troublesome steel cable net designed to support the lightweight ETFE roof has been put in place, Mortenson-McCarthy Joint Venture crews reported late Friday.
The Boring Company’s drill completed the 4,475-foot first tunnel of the underground people-mover system at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday.
Forbes ranks Nevada fourth in the U.S. for the greatest number of five-star hotels.
Representatives of the LVCVA board are concerned about price gouging on parking during the NFL draft, but shuttles and free lots may help solve that problem.
Expenses will go toward public safety, transportation, county permits and volunteer-related costs for the April 23-25 event expected to draw more than 600,000.
Allegiant Travel is adding flights to three cities to and from McCarran International Airport starting in early June.
The first convention customers began using the new two-story, 430,000-square-foot meeting space at Wynn Las Vegas Monday and the company already has bookings lined up out to 2028.