The company building the $2.2 billion, 17,500-seat performance venue is looking to hire up to 3,000 people.
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Tickets will go on sale Wednesday for grandstand seating at The Mirage for November’s Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The developer said he owes approximately $25 million to $30 million for work on the resort, and that construction “will restart once the terms of the financing are finalized.”
ConExpo-Con/Agg, the once-every-three-years construction trade show in Las Vegas, initially estimated it would draw 130,000 visitors.
Slated to take place June 15-18, the multi-day, multi-match event will feature the semifinals of the series, the third place and championship games.
Allegiant Stadium continues to prove itself as one of Las Vegas’ biggest draws with nearly 1.7 million fans attending events at the $2 billion facility in 2022.
There are 69 planned stations for the Vegas Loop, including the majority of resorts along the Strip, Allegiant Stadium, UNLV and Harry Reid International Airport.
The brainchild of Jay Sarno and Stan Mallin opened to the public on Aug. 5, 1966, at a cost of $24 million. Its rotunda is set for demolition.
Light rain was falling across much of the valley Wednesday afternoon while the Spring Mountains may get up to 2 feet of snow during evening hours.
A report found that Las Vegas is also drawing a more ethnically diverse crowd, with higher rates of Asian and Asian American and Hispanic-Latino visitors.
Organizers of ConExpo-Con/Agg said they expect the five-day convention, which occurs every three years, to draw 130,000 attendees.
After a deal fell apart with a Chilean developer, the LVCVA sold its Strip-facing land to partners with a track record for building retail operations.
The Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix paddock building is set to be completed a month before the race kicks off.
Despite media accounts that development has slowed and concerns about neighborhood light pollution, developers of Las Vegas’ twin Sphere venue appears to be on target.
Union food service workers at the Las Vegas Convention Center were hours away from walking off the job when negotiating teams hammered out a contract settlement.