A slight uptick in passenger volume continued Friday at McCarran International Airport as visitors arrived to take in Las Vegas’ reopened casino properties.
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Strip hotels are offering free parking, waived resort fees and discounted room rates to bring tourists back to Nevada. But there is debate about whether it helps or hurts the Las Vegas brand.
Visitors were happy to be back, but overall, Las Vegas’ casino reopening wasn’t met with stampedes of incomers.
Led by vocalists Steve Judkins and LaShonda Reese, Mayfair’s production showed no signs of rust.
From the first cheers on Fremont Street at 12:01 a.m. Thursday to the quiet hum of traffic at midnight Friday, Review-Journal photographers captured the reawakening of Las Vegas.
We’re here! We’re back! So what’s going on?
There were more than 40 people each at the South Point and Sunset Station racebooks Thursday. But there were only a handful of people at their sportsbooks.
More than 10 tables were in action throughout the day at both rooms, with long waiting lists, as casinos reopened around the Las Vegas Valley.
The first and last place people see who fly into Las Vegas finally saw life pumped back into it.
Most Las Vegas-Clark County Library District branches resume operation, offering computer services, but no browsing.
The company has started preparing for its next phase of reopenings: Excalibur is set for June 11, and MGM President and Acting CEO Bill Hornbuckle hopes to reopen Aria before Fourth of July weekend.
Billboards, TV ads and special promotions are being rolled out by several casino companies to get customers in the buildings when the 78-day casino closure ends Thursday.
While demand for area camps remains strong, crowd-minimizing and social distancing guidelines have reduced by about half the number of available slots.
The D Las Vegas and the Golden Gate seemed as busy as usual for a weeknight. The Golden Nugget maybe a little less so. But there was activity for hours in all the casinos.
