Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority News

American Gaming Association expands in membership, influence
14 Jan 2015

Last week, the AGA announced it added nine members, including Seminole Hard Rock Gaming — the group’s first American Indian-owned casino company — and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

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Vegas tourist numbers could hit 41 million in 2014
31 Dec 2014

With the outlook favorable for a robust New Year’s Eve holiday, analysts suggested the visitation pace could end up with a total closer to 41 million.

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Major events underscore business news in Las Vegas in 2014
29 Dec 2014

Whatever this state does, it does big. When it booms, it leads the nation in growth. When it busts, well — that’s epic, too.

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Gaming exec McBeath tapped as new CEO of Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
18 Dec 2014

Bill McBeath will take over the property once Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII takes ownership of the resort, possibly as soon as Friday.

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Finally: Las Vegas officially gets 40 millionth annual visitor
17 Dec 2014

Everybody thought it would occur last year, but the total fell short of the 39.7 million recorded the year before.

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Vegas visitor numbers slow, but still up from September 2013
29 Oct 2014

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Tuesday that 3.3 million people visited Southern Nevada in September, a 1.4 percent increase over the same month a year ago.

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Las Vegas marketing gurus target free-spending Millennials
15 Oct 2014

Millennials currently outspend Baby Boomers in their trips to Las Vegas because they don’t have many of the expenses — mortgages and car payments, for example — that the city’s traditional visitor market has.

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Travel industry officials await renewal of funding mechanism
15 Oct 2014

The reauthorization of the Travel Promotion Act is of significant importance to Las Vegas, which is working to attract higher numbers of international visitors, who stay longer and spend more than their domestic counterparts.

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G2E to ring up $22.3 million in nongaming economic impact
30 Sep 2014

Sponsored by the American Gaming Association and produced by Reed Exhibitions, the 14th annual Global Gaming Expo is expected to attract 27,000 attendees.

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Reyes expanding the Las Vegas gay tourism market
29 Sep 2014

Reyes’s New Year’s event, called Evolve Vegas NYE, is 20 months in the planning and has been about all her four-person staff has worked on since the doors of the Las Vegas Gay Visitors Bureau opened in mid-2013.

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Las Vegas tourism on record pace in June
28 Jul 2014

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Friday reported 3.46 million visitors to Southern Nevada for the month, a 3.1 percent increase from a year earlier.

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Inside Gaming: Revival not fueled by gaming
21 May 2014

“The most important economic data points are all trending in the right direction,” says Station Casinos Chief Financial Officer Marc Falcone, who spent more than a decade as a Wall Street analyst. “The only place we’re not seeing it is in gaming revenue.”

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Gallup CEO warns of future woes, calls job creation key
27 Jan 2014

Jim Clifton, who has been the consulting and public opinion research group’s CEO since 1988, said political and business leaders need to change their thinking if the U.S. economy is to rebound.

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National Finals Rodeo to stay in Las Vegas for 10 years
27 Jan 2014

The agreement ends a flirtation by the PRCA, the sanctioning body that oversees the NFR, with Orlando, Fla., and Dallas.

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Executives from Boyd Gaming, MGM and Caesars picked for UNLV stadium board
11 Sep 2013

Eight of the 11 seats on UNLV’s stadium board are now filled. University officials are waiting for the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate majority leader to each appoint a member to round out the board.

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