The Nevada Division of Tourism and the Nevada Department of Education are collaborating again on TravelNevada’s “Discover Your Nevada” campaign encouraging state residents to visit attractions within the state.
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A dip in convention traffic and one fewer weekend day in April compared with last year kept visitation flat for the month, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Wednesday.
Approval of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s $1.4 billion expansion and renovation project cleared a significant hurdle Thursday with an oversight panel’s unanimous endorsement of the project.
It’s still early in the year, but the head of McCarran International said the airport is already on track to serve a record-setting number of airline passengers in 2017.
Las Vegas has about $15 billion worth of construction projects that are planned, proposed or under construction, Jeremy Aguero, a principal at Las Vegas-based Applied Analysis said on Wednesday, speaking at an event sponsored by the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance.
Gasoline prices and airfares are going up, but so are the number of visitors traveling to Las Vegas during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak on Monday dismissed the notion that robots will take over most human jobs and lead to mass unemployment anytime this century.
Emojis will be a big center of attention at this week’s Licensing Expo at Mandalay Bay.
GasBuddy.com reports the average retail price of a gallon of gasoline in the state has increased more than 7 cents in the past week, to an average of $2.82. That’s according to a survey of more than 1,100 gas outlets in Nevada.
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority met briefly Monday and approved its $63.8 million budget for the 2018 fiscal year.
If plans come together as envisioned in two top news stories from last week, there’s going to be one serious party in Las Vegas come 2020.
Through the eyes of convicted murderer Jeremy Strohmeyer, it was all the casino industry’s fault that 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson was strangled to death in a Primm casino on May 25, 1977.
Laughlin Bay Marina, built along the Colorado River last decade, seems like a sleepy space. But now, its new owner is betting the facility can become a destination resort.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board of directors on Thursday unanimously approved spending about $448 million in fiscal year 2018.
Las Vegas Numismatic Society Coin Show is underway at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort in Las Vegas.