There are plenty of fascinating stories on the horizon for 2017. Here are some of the things you’ll be reading about in the next 12 months, with a touch of prognostication.
Tourism
The organizers of CES are proving again that technology reaches all corners of life and that’s exemplified in the selection of the 2017 show’s opening keynote address.
Southern Nevada visitation numbers were flat in November, but the region is still on track to break 2015’s record of 42.3 million tourists for the year.
Electric-car maker Tesla is seizing on next week’s Las Vegas consumer electronics show to host investors and analysts at Gigafactory 1, the sprawling Reno plant where it makes batteries and energy storage packs.
With 320,000 people expected in the Las Vegas area this New Year’s Eve, revelers can expect to pay a little more for a room this weekend.
Short-term rentals that become “party houses” in neighborhoods near the Strip have been an issue on Las Vegas City Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian’s to-do list for years.
The National Labor Relations Board has certified a union representation vote for 268 security workers at Mandalay Bay who will be represented by the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America.
Sen. Harry Reid, who is retiring after a three-decade political career that saw him rise higher than any Nevada politician before him, has always been the go-to lawmaker on all things related to gaming, tourism and transportation.
As competition heats up over how to attract patrons to spend some or all of their New Year’s with a particular establishment, some are investing in the amount of alcohol they’re willing to sell.
Las Vegas is on pace to break its visitor volume record, and a new survey forecasts the city’s travel fortunes will brighten further.
The Neon Museum’s new and larger gift shop opens Friday.
Nevada will have an advocate in the American Gaming Association against any effort to revive the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository northwest of Las Vegas.
Calling the Seven Magic Mountains public art display south of Las Vegas “an incredible boost to tourism,” the Nevada Commission on Tourism voted unanimously Wednesday to spend an additional $150,000 to support it.
For a second consecutive year, McCarran International offered the third-best customer experience among the 31 largest airports in North America, according to the J.D. Power 2016 North America Airport Satisfaction Study released Thursday.
MGM Resorts International has announced the name and opening date of the MGM Grand’s new 12,000-square-foot space designed by and for the millennial generation.