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After successful FEI World Cup, Las Vegas Events bids for 2018

Fresh off staging a prestigious global equestrian event at the Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas Events is bidding to host the FEI World Cup in Las Vegas for 2018 with the host locations for 2016 and 2107 already locked up.

Wedding tourism in Las Vegas ‘is in trouble’

Las Vegas is losing ground as the “wedding capital of the world” as more destinations around the globe try to tap into the business of love and money.

 
El Loco at Adventuredome has been thrilling riders, MGM Resorts for a year

Since the Circus Circus Adventuredome’s El Loco roller coaster ride opened, its cars have traveled more than 61,000 miles — about 2½ times around the world. But MGM Resorts International is getting even more mileage from the popularity of the ride that debuted a year ago at the nation’s largest indoor theme park.

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Some room rates for Mayweather-Pacquiao megafight pack four-figure punch

When it comes to hotel room rates in Las Vegas for the fight of the century on May 2, it’s the Wild, Wild West out there. “It’s kind of a free-for-all,” said Vanessa Doleshal, Vegas.com business development manager.

Ban on glass bottles on Strip not causing a wave of arrests

Police have had 78 interactions with people on the Strip who were carrying glass containers since Clark County commissioners in September banned carrying glass containers on the resort corridor.

February tourism up on strong convention attendance

Strong convention attendance boosted February visitation totals and the city’s average daily room rate continued to expand, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Tuesday.

McCarran reports largest monthly passenger jump since August

Passenger counts continue to soar at McCarran International Airport as the Clark County Aviation Department on Thursday reported the fifth best February on record and the largest monthly percentage increase in passengers since August.

 
MGM room rates for fight weekend start at $1,600

MGM Grand, the host hotel-casino for the megaboxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquaio on May 2, expects a 35 percent revenue windfall from the fight weekend compared to the room, food and beverage revenues on a typical weekend. Some 98 percent of the hotel’s 6,800 rooms are booked, with room rates, as of Friday, starting at $1,600 a night for May 1 and 2.

Bill would revamp visa process to help U.S. travel industry

A bill introduced Tuesday in Congress seeks to promote international tourism to the United States while requiring new layers of security for nations that are granted the easiest access.

Tourism panel OKs method to pay for 1,200 space garage

Nevada Commission on Tourism members on Monday approved the means to pay for the 1,200-space garage on 61 acres of former Union Pacific railroad yard in Symphony Park.

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