Wynn Resorts will close its golf course Dec. 22 and begin work Jan. 3 on its newest project, a 47-story, 1,500-room hotel far more elaborate than what Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn initially described for his Paradise Park plan.
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The operator of the hotel closest to the Route 91 Harvest Festival grounds not operated by MGM Resorts International said the Tropicana Las Vegas experienced a 35 percent cancellation rate on bookings in the days immediately following the Oct. 1 mass shooting.
With more than 4 million passengers passing through Las Vegas airport in September, it remains on path to break record for passenger traffic set in 2007, Clark County figures show.
On a day when Caesars Entertainment executives enjoyed a celebratory ringing of the opening Nasdaq bell, company leaders began detailing growth plans for investors, most of those plans relating directly to Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s audit committee accepted clean internal and external audit reports Tuesday, noting two areas in need of improvement among 12 internal reviews and more than two dozen external audit reports.
Caesars Entertainment’s top executive said his company is seeing a slight downturn in casino play from Asian guests as a result of the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting.
Claudia Vecchio, the first director of the state Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, has resigned to take a similar position in Sonoma County, California.
MGM Resorts International had planned to roll out its GameSense responsible gaming program during the week of G2E, which brought an estimated 27,000 people to the city.
MGM Resorts International will continue to use a modified advertising campaign with a #VegasStrong hashtag despite social media criticism that it is exploiting the Oct. 1 shootings.
A member of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority says the Oakland Raiders have settled on a date for the groundbreaking of its planned 65,000-seat domed football stadium.
A return to normalcy for Las Vegas tourism may still be weeks away, but there should be no long-term effects on tourism to Southern Nevada because of the Oct. 1 shootings.
Clark County Commissioners will consider the abandonment of Aldebaran Avenue, a half-block road that runs from Dean Martin Drive to Hacienda Avenue on the northeast corner of the 63 acres planned for the stadium.
It’s clear that members of the board of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority love baseball because some of them were willing to risk the board’s reputation as the marketers-in-chief of Las Vegas to spend $80 million on a naming rights deal many say is a preposterous.
New Year’s Eve may still be more than two months away, but hotels have in large part finished their planning.
An air of confidence appeared to prevail on Friday among airline passengers headed to Las Vegas this weekend, all showing respect but undeterred by the violence during the Route 91 Harvest Festival on Oct. 1.