Las Vegas Boulevard shuts down for 30 days – VIDEO
 
Las Vegas Boulevard shuts down for 30 days – VIDEO

Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip shut down following Gov. Steve Sisolak’s statewide order that non-essential businesses close for the next 30 days. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Coronavirus leaves Las Vegas Strip traffic free
 
Coronavirus leaves Las Vegas Strip traffic free

Driving down Las Vegas Boulevard was a breeze on Monday night as the Strip was void of usual traffic due to the coronavirus. (David Guzman/Las Vegas Review-Journal

NASCAR Hauler Parade in Las Vegas
 
NASCAR Hauler Parade in Las Vegas

About 40 18-wheeled Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series semi trucks rolled north on the Strip past Fremont Street and then headed for the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Thursday evening during the Hauler Parade. (Mat Luschek/Review-Journal)

Motel 8 on south Strip will become site of hotel-casino
 
Motel 8 on south Strip will become site of hotel-casino

Israeli hoteliers Asher Gabay and Benny Zerah bought Motel 8 on the south Strip for $7.4 million, records show. They plan to bulldoze the property and build a hotel-casino. Motel 8 was built in the 1960s and used to be one of several roadside inns on what’s now the south Strip. But it looks out of place today, dwarfed by the towering Mandalay Bay right across the street.