Clark County officials see a need for regulation of some of the safety aspects of thrill attractions such as SpeedVegas, but elected officials may be reluctant to draft specific regulations, County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak said.
Tourism
Southern Nevada’s tourism industry generated a record $59.6 billion in economic activity in 2016 driven mainly by higher spending per person, according to a new study by Applied Analysis.
Frontier Airlines and Silver Airways are dropping air service to Cuba, saying other airlines are adding too many flights to the island nation and making the routes unprofitable.
Author Steven Hill bashed Uber Technologies over the course of an hour on Tuesday before a packed audience of limousine and fleet transport operators at the Venetian in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will turn Cashman Center over to the city of Las Vegas earlier than anticipated to focus its efforts and resources on the convention center expansion.
Enclave, a $15 million high-tech corporate and social event venue located a mile from McCarran International Airport, has officially opened a year after breaking ground.
Golden Entertainment’s Montana expansion and the opening of five branded taverns in the Las Vegas Valley in 2016 resulted in a leap in revenue, the company reported Monday.
Las Vegas resident and former U.S. Marine Mark Kernan is touring CONEXPO-CON/AGG, the construction industry’s largest global gathering, with four other local military veterans with one goal in mind — to find stable work.
It appears it isn’t going to matter that the Oakland Raiders and the Las Vegas Stadium Authority won’t have a lease agreement in place when NFL owners meet in Phoenix at the end of the month to consider relocation of the team to Southern Nevada.
Representatives of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the city’s tourism industry and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority convened Wednesday to officially announce that Las Vegas would become the home of a second yearly NASCAR race beginning in fall 2018. The deal will mean millions to the Las Vegas economy.
The Ice Cream Technology Conference, held this week at the Hilton Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa, gathered companies representing about 75 percent of the $7 billion American industry.
Denver-based Frontier Airlines, known for its deep discounts, will expand its Las Vegas schedule this summer with 16 new weekly year-round flights to four cities.
More details of a proposed lease agreement between the Las Vegas Stadium Authority and the Oakland Raiders are expected to emerge Thursday when the 11-member board meets.
While cranes, excavators, and other heavy equipment will dominate the 2.5 million square feet of floor space at ConExpo-Con/Agg, drones will likely see the faster revenue growth as they gradually become as essential to a new development as bulldozers.
A 16,000-ton excavator sitting in a large sandbox outside the Las Vegas Convention Center will be the star of the construction industry’s biggest global gathering, CONEXPO-CON/AGG, which comes to town this week.