Las Vegas’ other strip enhances its properties
It’s easy to forget that there are other casinos outside of downtown Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Strip. The property owners along the 17-mile stretch of Boulder Highway, the Boulder Strip, want you to remember them. They’ve been making improvements to their properties to attract the locals as well as out-of-towners.
Airlines question Las Vegas Airport expansion plan
Last month we reported that the Clark County (Nev.) Commission voted to decrease funding for airport improvement from $3.7 billion to $360 million. Now it appears that they decided to backtrack and fund, among other things, a new $2.4 billion international terminal, which is scheduled to open in 2012.
Las Vegas Monorail looking to expand to McCarran
If you don’t plan on going off the Las Vegas Strip, you may not need to grab a shuttle or a taxi to get to your hotel from the airport. The Monorail is coming.
Two Las Vegas projects suspend construction
Back in June, we reported that Las Vegas is seeing a downturn in its economy. Now The Wall Street Journal is reporting that The Las Vegas Plaza’s project owners have delayed their groundbreaking from the end of 2008 to sometime in 2009. Plans for the Plaza Las Vegas were approved by the Clark County Planning Commission back in March.
New application lets you hold Vegas in the palm of your hand
Wondering what to do in Las Vegas if you’re not much of a gambler? With Vegas.com’s new Mobile Concierge and Box Office in your pocket service, the answer can be as close as your handheld device.
No reservation in Las Vegas
Mary Jane Prough reserves a room in Las Vegas through Hotwire.com. But the resort she’s supposed to stay at has never heard of her, and she’s sent to a different hotel that’s out in the boondocks. What is Prough owed for the reservations snafu?
Las Vegas suffering from airline contraction, economic heat
Las Vegas, once one of the favorite getaway for the masses yearning to make it rich, is suffering from an economic downturn, less disposable (gambleable) income and pending airline capacity cuts.
Lost luggage in Las Vegas
On a nonstop flight to Las Vegas, Spirit Airlines loses Michael Germano’s checked luggage. He files a missing luggage report and a lost luggage claim, but the airline is ignoring his requests for compensation. What’s going on, and how can Germano get Spirit to respond?
Legalizing prostitution in Las Vegas
Sin City is debating the development of “magnificent brothels” and legalization of prostitution. The world’s oldest profession is legal almost everywhere else in Nevada.
MGM Mirage fires 400 managers
More than 400 middle management employees got a pink slip Monday from MGM Mirage Inc., the largest casino operator on the Las Vegas Strip.