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Travelocity ranks Las Vegas high for Fourth of July fireworks

Online travel booker Travelocity.com this week grouped Las Vegas with Nashville, Tennessee, and Houston as sites American travelers like for July Fourth pyrotechnics, based on a national survey.

New financing plan for Las Vegas domed stadium gets tepid response

A new financing plan that reduces public funding for a $1.4 billion domed stadium from $700 million to $550 million received a lackluster response Thursday from the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee and the project’s developers.

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Little negative effect to Florida tourism seen from recent events

Tourism industry experts in Las Vegas and Orlando say they don’t expect the three horrific incidents that occurred in Central Florida over the past six days will have long-term detrimental effects to visitation.

Las Vegas ranks fifth among AAA’s top 10 summer travel destinations.

Las Vegas ranks fifth among AAA’s top 10 summer travel destinations. In a statement, the auto club said its top 10 domestic travel destinations, in order, are Orlando, Florida; Seattle; Los Angeles/Anaheim, California; Honolulu, Las Vegas; Anchorage, Alaska; New York; Maui, Hawaii; San Francisco and Denver.

National landmark Hoover Dam sees fewer tourists

The last two years have marked the lowest attendance in at least a decade at Hoover Dam, with just over 720,000 paid visitors in 2015 and fewer than 696,000 in 2014.

Airport towers in Las Vegas, San Francisco need retrofitting

Two state-of-the-art airport towers due to go into operation this fall in San Francisco and Las Vegas will first need extensive remodeling to make room for technology that dates backs to the early days of air traffic control, according to union officials.

April shows Las Vegas on pace for record year in tourism

Convention attendance continued to soar in April, keeping visitor volume for the month in positive territory compared with last year, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported Thursday.

Las Vegas Monorail rides will be included for ConExpo/Agg attendees

When 130,000 people arrive for the giant ConExpo-Con/Agg construction equipment trade show in March, they’ll be able to scan their convention registration badges and take unlimited rides on the Las Vegas Monorail for the duration of the show.

McCarran passenger totals are best April since 2007

McCarran International Airport posted its best April performance since 2007, the last time it served more than 3.9 million airline passengers for the month, the Clark County Department of Aviation reported Thursday.

Southern Nevada committee to work on funding $1.4 billion stadium

When the 11-member Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee begins work Thursday on how to pay for a $1.4 billion, 65,000-seat domed stadium, it will try to piece together a funding strategy that will keep everyone happy with their return on investment.

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