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the convention and visitors authority' s urltoken site is touting a two - night, $ 699 package for two at the flamingo that includes an open - bar new year' s eve dinner and party. deals also are available on urltoken .
the answer is that urltoken is dedicated to selling and promoting the las vegas tourism product. perhaps just as accurate, urltoken is embodied in its president, howard lefkowitz, mimicking the company' s own slogan ,
it' s who you know .
urltoken explores the history of the downtown las vegas area and combines the history with the many collectibles that have appeared over the years .
while all benefit from urltoken' s success, none can compete as the company continually invests in innovative technology that keeps reducing its costs while consistently driving interest from consumers .
i think so. millions of travelers can' t be wrong in making their internet choices. and the choices of those millions are tabulated on www. alexa. com, which ranks the popularity of travel web sites, starting with urltoken (no. 1 in popularity) and proceeding on to urltoken (no. 500) and beyond .
wednesday, the only rooms available at the popular bellagio and venetian hotels started at $ 699. urltoken was offering a $ 179 new year' s eve rate at palace station .
for instance, the company uses telephony over the internet from nortel network, giving the company call center more flexibility and speed, while allowing better data storage and interaction with the consumer. last october, urltoken entered into an agreement with sennari inc. to create a mobile urltoken, allowing consumers to buy tickets for a sold - out show and enter seconds after the end of the transaction .
as the city is set to surpass its highest historical visitor volumes and revenue totals in 2004, urltoken is positioning itself and the city to continue the trend and reap the benefits for years to come .
of the various series of travel books, only the web sites of my own urltoken and urltoken are found in the top 50 (which is not why i chose to write about this subject). the continued heavy use of travel agents (and not the internet) to make cruise reservations probably accounts for the fact that none of the web sites of the big cruise lines is found in the top 50, although the web site of one major cruise discounter - - www. vacationstogo. com - - is .
with both the original english site as well as four - month old spanish site, urltoken offers about 70, 000 web pages of comprehensive information and deals on just about every offering in the city any tourist could want from simple airplane and room bookings to seats for sold - out shows and wild weddings .
urltoken offers the best package deals on las vegas vacations. with more than 400 airlines from 1, 700 departure cities plus world - class vegas resorts, we can help you create a great vacation package for the best price. and, booking your flight and hotel room together can help you save on the entire package .
part of the greenspun media group, urltoken is a multimedia travel company. defining its structure, however, is a bit more difficult. like the language found in the superman comic books, it is hard to judge whether it is a web site or a call center, a travel booking agent or a television production studio .
still, the business is about business and the success has been astounding since lefkowitz' s arrival. in that time, the staff has grown from 28 to 120, with call center staff increasing from 3 to 70 over the same period. in october, urltoken consolidated its operations in four different locations to a 25, 000 square - foot space in henderson .
what you put is decided by what you have. by serving approximately 25 percent of all pages coming out of the city, urltoken has reached a point that no property or operation can avoid providing the web site updated information, even though many companies, particularly hotels, are creating web sites and call centers to do more of the booking themselves and avoid the commission .
new year' s eve is traditionally the busiest night in vegas. a cork - popping 300, 000 visitors are expected to ring in 2005, adds howard lefkowitz, president of urltoken, a one - stop - shopping web site for hotel / air deals, shows and party reservations. demand is so strong that the cost of dec. 31 hotel rooms is up 15% over last year, he says .
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in addition, urltoken has capitalized on lefkowitz' s broadcast and production experience, forming studio vegas about eight months ago. the division has produced the vegas minute, a 30 - second spot being shown on local news channels across the nation. used as a promotional tool primarily, the production unit also produced the new year event entitled
america' s party on fox
and produces
vegas live
with clint holmes and sheena easton. it is looking to go to syndication .
also appearing in the top 50 are the heavily used web sites of five popular hotel chains and four overseas airlines. you' re familiar with all of them. two are the heavily used currency web urltoken and www. oanda. com - - enabling you to know the exchange rates for your u. s. dollar; and one is the canadian version of expedia. it' s in the remaining 19 where we find useful sites that, popular as they might be, are still not known to everyone .
the result has been the most viewed city and travel web site in the world, with 20 million page views and 800, 000 unique visitors a month .
when people hear' urltoken' and' dot - com' in general, they think of four guys in a room with pizzas shoved under the door ,
says lefkowitz .
the drunken sailor of investment banking and venture capital of the late 1990s was the [ other ] end of the ridiculous pendulum of the internet. they don' t realize there are sites that are making money and bring a lot of value. the internet is not really a new medium per se. it' s just a network. what you put over that network is the difference .
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the bawdy, gaudy gaming capital is dealing out new attractions and expecting a record number of visitors — 37 million — by year' s end. new year' s weekend, when the city kicks off its 100th anniversary celebration, also could to be a record breaker. (photo gallery: las vegas )
hotels and attractions are
continually amping up... and there' s no doubt about it, the rebound (since 9 / 11) is complete ,
says erika yowell of the las vegas convention and visitors authority. those racy, award - winning
what happens here, stays here
vegas tv commercials didn' t hurt, either .
yowell says the average daily room rate in vegas from january through september was $ 89. 19 this year, up from $ 82. 20 for the same period of 2003 .
other new year' s eve highlights: the city' s largest - ever fireworks display up and down the strip and a downtown street party, also heralding the centennial. the city officially turns 100 may 15 .
meanwhile, a three - level expansion of the forum shops at caesars palace just opened and cirque du soleil unveiled a martial - arts - themed spectacle called kà at the mgm grand. this month, 51 luxury loft accommodations will open atop the mgm grand; 928 new rooms and suites are due in a spa tower at the bellagio. the 548 - room renaissance las vegas hotel just arrived next to the convention center, and big - name restaurants (such as a branch of miami beach favorite joe' s stone crab in the forum shops) keep opening .
there are
something like $ 6 billion in construction projects
right now, yowell says. coming attractions include :
• 3, 025 suites in a tower next to the venetian. affiliated with the venetian, the hotel will have its own identity .
vegas casino mogul steve wynn also has a card up his sleeve. it' s the 2, 700 - room wynn las vegas, a much - awaited mega - resort due on the strip in april .
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in two and a half years, he has driven the company' s expansion to boundaries that are actually testing new technological frontiers in ways that have brought national media attention. just as well, he has managed the company' s business growth to phenomenal levels at the same time .
having been involved in the development of the internet from the beginning and one of the few to find it profitable, as well working with new technologies and formats in television, cable and even ticketing, lefkowitz' s experience can almost prove the old axiom about change and staying the same. if anything, he would only add that business success is in the dynamic tension between the two .
the internet changes everything but it doesn' t change 100 years of human behavior ,
he says .
it doesn' t replace all the things people have become accustomed to. the technology, like the internet itself, is a tool. it' s not a business. it' s just a tool. here, our business drives our technology. it' s not our technology driving our business .
lefkowitz compares the evolution of the relationship between his company and tourism product providers to that between hollywood studios and the home video industry. initially antagonistic, home video provide about 45 percent of the total revenue stream for all major studios .
all of our tourism partners provide us information as quickly as possible because we are the largest purveyor of web pages about vegas ,
he says .
we' re building this local infrastructure platform specifically for the community so it has the ability to grow on an overall basis without having to worry too much about the overall infrastructure. that' s hard for the casinos [ to do ]. they' re much larger. they have sunk infrastructure costs and already existing systems. it' s very difficult to maneuver a large cruise ship as opposed to this cigarette boat... the bottom line is that a rising tide brings up all boats .
it ain' t easy, it ain' t cheap, it doesn' t happen overnight and sometimes it even works ,
said lefkowitz .
after all, it is technology. you have to stay on top of the technology but that' s kind of like taking out the laundry. if you don' t have clean clothes, you can' t go to work .
perhaps just as important, the ability to pay for it has matched if not overtaken that pace. in 2003, revenues grew by 475 percent from the previous and 15 times since 2001 to reach the
scores of millions
of dollars, with travel insiders saying it is closer to $ 80 million than $ 40 million .
for lefkowitz, who participated in the founding and growth of companies such as earthlink, ebay, home shopping network and others, it is not knowledge of success but the ability to learn it which makes it all work .
i' ve been fortunate in my career because i' ve been around a series of different media companies and what i' ve managed to do is try to continue to grow in my expertise because business people don' t understand technology people and vice - versa ,
he says .
i know enough about technology and enough about business to walk the line. i like to call it the high priesthood of technology. sometimes they say things because they can and they know the business guy isn' t going to get it. sometimes they do it intentionally and sometimes they do it unintentionally, but the business guy doesn' t want to admit his ignorance and lack of understanding. so it' s like a wall. because i' ve been around these things for a number of years, i sort of can straddle the wall .
the state bar of nevada named joice bass and daniel ivie to two - year terms on the southern district standing lawyer advertising advisory committee. they are lawyers with lewis & roca, a law firm with offices in las vegas .
territory, a commercial development, brokerage and management company, named jeanna gaitan development coordinator and mignon santos executive assistant .
korte co. , a st. louis - based construction company, named john darin project architect in las vegas .
medici café & terrace at the ritz - carlton, lake las vegas named michael klinger chef de cuisine .
allegiant travel co. , the parent of las vegas discount flier allegiant air, named john redmond to its board of directors .
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exhale nevada ceo pete findley talks about the one year anniversary of the legalization of recreational marijuana in nevada. (k. m. cannon / las vegas review - journal )
financial advisors talk about saving trends among young adults. (bailey schulz / las vegas review - journal )
president donald trump made his fortune in real estate, but by slapping tariffs on imports from close allies, developers in las vegas and other cities could get hit hard .
barry yost, co - owner of precision tube laser, llc, places a metal pipe into the trulaser tube 5000 laser cutting machine on wednesday, june 20, 2018, in las vegas. bizuayehu tesfaye / las vegas review - journal @ bizutesfaye
the director of the nevada film office discusses its revamped locations database and how it will affect local businesses. (bailey schulz / las vegas review - journal )
unlike most house flippers, the company aims to make money from transaction costs rather than from selling homes for more than their purchase price .
gondolier marciano sings a the classic italian song
volare
as he leads guests through the canals of the venetian in las vegas. (k. m. cannon / las vegas review - journal )
texas homebuilder d. r. horton bought 43 lots in rural logandale. (eli segall / las vegas review - journal )
experts discuss nevada' s indoor farming industry. (bailey schulz / las vegas review - journal )
months after developer steve witkoff bought the fontainebleau last summer, he unveiled plans to turn the mothballed hotel into a marriott - managed resort called the drew. but if richard “boz” bosworth’s plans didn’t fall through, the north las vegas strip tower could have become a waldorf astoria with several floors of timeshare units. (eli segall / las vegas review - journal )
rossi ralenkotter, ceo of the lvcva, on tuesday confirmed a las vegas review - journal report that he is preparing to retire. richard n. velotta / las vegas review - journal
cousins maine lobster food truck company will open inside las vegas’ two newest smith’s at skye canyon park drive and u. s. highway 95, and at warm springs road and durango drive. cousins currently sells outside some las vegas smith’s stores and at fremont street and las vegas boulevard. (k. m. cannon / las vegas review - journal )
lawrence yun, chief economist at the national association of realtors, gives homebuyers a pulse on the las vegas housing market. (eli segall / las vegas review - journal )
the company is planning to add six solar projects in nevada, along with the state' s first major battery energy storage capacity. bailey schulz / las vegas review - journal
days after new sexual misconduct allegations were made against celebrity chef mario batali, his company announced friday that it will close its three las vegas restaurants july 27. employees of carnevino italian steakhouse, b & b ristorante and otto enoteca e pizzeria, all located in the venetian and palazzo resorts, were informed of the decision friday morning. bastianich is scheduled to visit the restaurants friday to speak to employees about the next two months of operation as well as how the company plans to help them transition to new positions .
the learning center education company in las vegas has launched the first apprenticeship program for cybersecurity in nevada. it was approved by the state apprenticeship council on may 15. (k. m. cannon / las vegas review - journal )
thousands of las vegas union members voting tuesday morning to authorize the right to strike. a “yes” vote would give the union negotiating committee the power to call a strike anytime after june 1 at the resorts that fail to reach an agreement. (todd prince / las vegas review - journal )
a 2018 survey found that over two - thirds of small businesses in nevada find it somewhat to very difficult to recruit qualified candidates. bailey schulz / las vegas review - journal
property developer andy pham tells how control of his business was easily seized by another person using the secretary of state website .
less than a year - and - a - half after it opened, the lucky dragon was in bankruptcy .
grocery stores used to draw people to shopping centers. but many large retail spaces have been vacant since 2008. discount stores like goodwill and gyms like eos fitness are filling those empty spaces, and helping to draw shoppers back in. k. m. cannon / las vegas review - journal
the stadium is funded in part by $ 750 million of room taxes, the biggest such tax subsidy ever for a professional sports stadium. robert lang, executive director of brookings mountain west and the lincy institute at unlv, says that is a good use of public funds. (richard velotta / las vegas review - journal )
robert lang, executive director of brookings mountain west and the lincy institute said he is afraid of a
congestion mobility crisis .
las vegas needs a light rail system, he said, to accommodate the city' s growing number of attractions. (richard velotta / las vegas review - journal )
matt maddox came out swinging in his first earnings conference call as wynn resorts chief executive officer, boasting of record las vegas quarterly revenues and applicants lining up for work .
sneak peak at the new
star wars: secrets of the empire
vr experience at the grand canal shoppes .
elaine wynn, the largest shareholder of wynn resorts ltd. , is seeking to kick a friend of her ex - husband steve wynn off the company’s board of directors. (todd prince / las vegas review - journal )
las vegas review - journal real estate reporter eli segall says flipping houses has waned in popularity after the housing bubble burst .
ellis island, which operates a casino, brewery and hotel just off the strip, purchased the mt. charleston lodge in early april .
nevada gaming commission chairman tony alamo talks about an amendment making casinos subject to the same disciplinary standards of preventing people to gamble if impaired by drugs as they are for letting them play while intoxicated by alcohol .
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but the first 50 most popular travel web sites are enough to provide us with important leads .
of those first 50 most popular travel web sites, six are heavily used u. s. - related airfare search engines (orbitz, travelocity, expedia and all the rest), with which almost all american travelers are already familiar. eleven are the sites of the biggest u. s. airlines, starting with southwest and american airlines, and two are the largest cut - rate airlines of europe - - ryanair and easyjet .
one of those 19 is the extremely handy, european - operated www. venere. com, which provides rates for thousands of hotels in europe, north africa, the middle east and elsewhere, of which many prices are specially discounted for the site .
another remarkable site in the remaining 19 is www. vrbo. com, standing for
vacation rentals by owner ,
listing u. s. vacation homes and their rates, as offered directly by the people who own them .
of the rental - car firms, only the web site of enterprise rent - a - car is in the top 50 (and thus in the remaining 19), confirming the surprising fact that enterprise might be the largest u. s. car - rental organization .
and finally, if you' ve ever consulted the various web sites for hotel reservations in las vegas, you' ll feel pleased that the impressive www. vegas. com, operated by the city' s major newspaper, the las vegas sun, is found in the 50 most popular web sites. it' s a model for web sites dealing with any location .
to consult the entire list of the 50 most popular web sites, go to www. alexa. com, click on
travel
( under recreation), then on
most popular in travel ,
and under that listing, click on
see top sites in all travel categories ,
which will lead you to the top 50 .
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the parent company of the las vegas sun “consolidated” its operations wednesday, naming the president of the greenspun corp. to also oversee the previously separate greenspun media group .
paul hamilton, who became president and chief executive officer of the greenspun corp. in april, will assume a similar role with greenspun media, which publishes the sun, vegas inc. , las vegas weekly, las vegas magazine and vegas2go .
in an email wednesday afternoon to the staff at the sun and greenspun media, brian greenspun, publisher and editor of the sun and greenspun media, said, “in an effort to consolidate the greenspun family businesses, paul hamilton, president of the greenspun corporation, has been appointed president of greenspun media group. i will remain publisher and editor of the greenspun media entities. i know you will all join me in congratulating paul. ”
it’s unclear whether greenspun will now report to hamilton, or what impact the change may have on the sun .
greenspun took over day - to - day operations of greenspun media in september 2011 .
according to a story posted on the vegas inc. website in april, hamilton is a founding principal of province advisors. he has more than 15 years of experience providing advisory services to privately held companies, repositioning them for growth and create long - term value .
the greenspun corp. includes the media group, travel website vegas. com, developer american nevada co. , greenspun gaming, an investment portfolio and the greenspun family charitable foundation .
the las vegas sun is an eight - to 12 - page daily insert delivered with the las vegas review - journal. the paper derives most of its revenue from a joint operating agreement with r - j owner stephens media .
greenspun family patriarch hank greenspun began the las vegas sun when he acquired the remnants of a newspaper started by the international typographical union. first published in may 1950 as the las vegas free press, the paper’s name was changed to las vegas sun in july of that year .
hank greenspun died in 1989, the same year his family signed the joint operating agreement with the review - journal. over the years, the greenspun family moved beyond publishing into other businesses that have been hit hard by the recession and housing bust .
the family launched american nevada co. in 1974. the real estate development arm was responsible for the 8, 400 - acre green valley in henderson, southern nevada’s first master - planned community .
the greenspuns became partners in several gaming projects with station casinos, including ownership in green valley ranch resort and aliante station. that investment was lost through station casinos’ 2011 bankruptcy reorganization .
the greenspuns still have a stake in three station casinos properties: barley’s casino, the greens and the wildfire lanes .
the las vegas sun was a part owner in las vegas 1, a failed cable television channel, and the greenspuns invested heavily in the las vegas sun’s website and have been criticized for winning awards with it while producing little revenue .
the las vegas sun produced the short - lived 702. tv, a nightly television show on the las vegas entertainment scene that was created for las vegas 1. the plug was pulled on the show after just a few months .
the sun went through a series of layoffs in 2009, 2010 and 2011, eliminating an estimated 75 editorial staffers .
the review - journal also cut staff from each of its departments in 2011, including the newsroom, in an ongoing effort to reduce costs and make operations more efficient. in august, the review - journal reorganized its newsroom by adding two new deputy editors and eliminating other senior management positions .
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there are so many vegas shows you can' t possibly see them all, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. good thing we’ve got tickets for all of them .
kà by cirque du soleil is the troupe' s first production to feature a cinematic story line while maintaining flawless imagery, music, martial arts and acrobatics .
acrobats, divas, magicians, jokesters, showgirls and puppets. there are so many shows in las vegas that you can' t possibly take them all in, but there' s not a doubt you will find something that will blow you away. good thing we have las vegas discount show tickets to all of them .
there are plenty of shows to see in the entertainment capital of the world. however, sometimes figuring out things like where to park, how early to get there and what to wear can make your show going experience a little stressful. after seeing countless revues on the las vegas strip, i’ve put together a list of tips to help others when it’s show time in vegas .
when you book your tickets make sure to check if you have assigned seating or if the tickets are for general admission. general admission tickets mean that seats are available on a first come, first serve basis. if this is the case, get to the show at least a good half hour before the show starts to give yourself more options when it comes to selecting a good seat .
smoking is not allowed in any show room. if you need to take a smoke break, you' ll have to leave the showroom and the theater lobby and walk out into the casino floor where smoking is allowed .
classic vegas showrooms like where donny and marie perform at the flamingo offer both table and booth seats. booth seats are situated so that they face the stage. there are usually four seats to a booth. be prepared to sit with another couple if it' s just two of you. table seats are situated so that the short end of the table faces the stage, and the people sitting at the table face each other. depending upon your preferences, it might be worth it for you to pay the extra money for a booth seat so that you can be more comfortable and sit facing the stage .
back in the day, seeing an act in vegas and having dinner as part of your show experience was common. today most of the showrooms have done away with the dinner and show concept. however, there are revues that continue to include food, like the tournament of kings at excalibur .
when going to see a show it’s always better to get there early. allow yourself plenty of time for parking and walking through the casino to the theater .
if you have tickets on hold, make sure to bring your i. d. box office attendants use this to verify that the tickets are going to the right person. if you don’t have your i. d. , they won’t release your tickets .
if you’re someone who gets cold easily, bring a jacket. some of the theaters can get a little chilly, even in the summer. having a jacket to put on during the show will save you from shivering in your seat the whole time .
speaking of things to wear, there isn’t a dress code at most of the major production shows in vegas. as long as you’re wearing shoes and a shirt, you’re in. however, some of the shows that take place in lounges do ask that you dress for the occasion .
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the history of las vegas is fascinating. from its earliest days as a native american oasis, to the wild west, to today' s glittering global tourism mecca, las vegas has seen and done it all .
archibald and helen stewart acquire las vegas rancho from octavius decatur gass for $ 5000. 00 .
helen j. stewart sells las vegas rancho to montana senator william a. clark for $ 55000. 00 .
town of las vegas established with the opening of the salt lake, san pedro & los angeles railroad .
clark county population 16, 414 (las vegas - 8, 422) .
el rancho vegas opens on the strip. el cortez hotel opens in downtown las vegas. el rancho destroyed by fire 19 years later .
maxwell kelch of las vegas chamber of commerce establishes desert sea news bureau to promote las vegas through photography. name changed to las vegas news bureau in 1949
clark county population 48, 289. (las vegas - 24, 624. )
gaming control strengthened. gaming control board created within the nevada tax commission by the legislature .
las vegas convention center opens. the nevada gaming commission is created by the legislature .
clark county population 127, 016. (las vegas - 64, 405. )
howard hughes arrives to live at desert inn. hughes made his first impact in las vegas in the early 1940' s when he bought up the land that is now summerlin to build an aircraft factory
nevada' s legislature passes a law allowing publicly traded corporations to obtain gambling licenses. the law is refined in 1969 .
clark county population 273, 288. (las vegas - 125, 787. )
clark county gaming revenues first crack $ 1 billion mark. the nevada legislature passes a foreign gaming law allowing nevada - based casino owners to operate casinos outside nevada' s borders .
clark county population hits 461, 816 (las vegas - 164, 674) as las vegas celebrates 75th birthday .
excalibur opens june 19, to date the world' s largest resort hotel with 4, 032 rooms .
dunes hotel sold to steve wynn' s mirage inc. ; the north tower and dunes sign imploded october 27 .
money won by nevada casinos tops the $ 6 billion mark for the first time .
itt sheraton corp. purchases desert inn hotel from kirk kerkorian' s tracinda corp .
mgm grand hotel and theme park opens december 18, with 5, 005 rooms and a 171, 500 - square - foot casino; to date the largest resort hotel - casino in the world .
nevada legislature passes enabling legislation for financing of
the fremont street experience .
buffalo bill' s in primm and boulder station casino on boulder highway in las vegas open .
plans to construct new york - new york hotel casino at the intersection of the strip and tropicana avenue announced jointly by mgm grand and primadonna resorts .
work begins on fremont street experience. downtown fremont street is permanently closed to automobile traffic on september 7 .
the first scheduled condor charter flight to las vegas from cologne, germany, lands november 7 at mccarran international airport .
sam' s town on boulder highway expands with the opening of a 650 - room tower and lush, plant - filled atrium .
a 300 - room hotel - casino named boomtown opens on blue diamond road at i - 15 .
four skywalks are built over the intersection of tropicana boulevard and the las vegas strip .
mccarran opens interstate 15 - airport connector road system that tunnels under the east - west runways .
the fiesta, the first hotel - casino in north las vegas, opens with 100 rooms .
vegas world closes its doors february 1 for work on a casino complex and the stratosphere tower .
$ 25 million monorail begins running between mgm grand and bally' s hotel - casinos on june 14 .
bill bennett retires from circus circus enterprises, then buys the sahara hotel - casino from paul and sue lowden .
itt corp. buys caesars world inc. for $ 1. 7 billion, including caesars palace on the las vegas strip .
construction begins on steve wynn' s 46 - story, $ 1. 7 billion 3, 000 - room bellagio, located at the intersection of flamingo road and the las vegas strip .
the face of downtown las vegas changes forever with the december 14 opening of the $ 70 million fremont street experience .
las vegas reports a 29 million visitor volume for the year. statewide gross gaming revenue surpasses $ 7. 3 billion. clark county produced $ 5. 7 billion of the state' s gaming revenue total .
ground breaking ceremonies for las vegas hilton' s
star trek: the experience
held on january 24 .
the $ 13 million las vegas strip beautification project, in which 76, 000 palms, shrubs, flowering foliage and ground covers were planted, is finished in march .
wayne newton celebrates 25, 000th las vegas performance. siegfried and roy celebrate 15, 000th las vegas performance .
work is completed on the desert inn road arterial, creating the first tunnel under the las vegas strip .
stratosphere tower, the tallest free - standing observation tower in the u. s. and the tallest structure west of the mississippi river, opens april 30 .
hilton hotels corp. purchases bally' s entertainment corp. , parent company of bally' s hotel and casino on the las vegas strip for $ 3 billion .
caesars magical empire, a multimillion dollar dining and entertainment complex opens in caesars palace june 18 .
monte carlo, a joint venture between circus circus enterprises inc. and mirage resorts inc. opens june 21 .
the $ 72 million, 1, 100 - acre las vegas motor speedway with tracks for drag, stock car and formula car races opens in september .
clark county commission grants building permits for the $ 500 million, 2, 900 - room paris casino resort on the las vegas strip .
circus circus enterprises announces a joint venture with four seasons regent to build a 400 - room, five star non - gaming hotel on the las vegas strip .
the sands hotel, after 44 years of continuous operation, is closed june 30 by owner sheldon adelson who announces plans to build a 6, 000 - room megaresort on the las vegas strip site. sands tower imploded november 26 .
state line, nv, at the southern nevada - california border, is renamed primm in honor of the community' s founder ernest primm .
ground breaking held for 3, 000 - room planet hollywood hotel casino adjacent to the desert inn at sands avenue and the las vegas strip. construction on the joint venture between itt corp. and planet hollywood was never started .
29. 6 million people visit las vegas in 1996; state gross gaming revenue totals $ 7. 45 billion, and clark county population hits 1. 1 million .
new york - new york hotel casino opens on the las vegas strip january 3. more than 100, 000 people a day visit the new resort during the casino' s first days in operation .
hilton hotels corp. makes a $ 10. 5 billion hostile takeover move on january 28 against itt corp. , which resists the bid. itt shareholders reject hilton takeover in favor of a more lucrative offer by starwood lodging. the deal involves ownership of caesars place and the desert inn on the las vegas strip .
the 6, 945 - yard, par 71 lakes course opens february 7, the first golf course located in primm, nv .
sheldon adelson breaks ground in april to build the 6, 000 - suite, $ 1. 8 billion venetian hotel and resort on the grounds of the original sands hotel on the las vegas strip .
steve wynn, builder of las vegas strip megaresorts, calls for a
go slow
approach to future expansion in las vegas .
the u. s. air force celebrates its 50th anniversary in an unequaled display of military aviation might attended by 80 foreign, high - ranking nato and pacific air command officials, and 300, 000 spectators .
coca cola co. opens its world of coca cola (r) store in the showcase mall marked by a 100 - foot - tall glass coca cola bottle .
the first non - stop scheduled commercial flight from frankfurt - mein international airport in germany lands may 7 with 215 passengers at mccarran international airport .
players island resort hotel and spa in mesquite is purchased by virgin river casino and renamed casablanca on july 1 .
the forum shops at caesars on august 29 opened 35 new shops, stores and restaurants in a 276, 000 - square - foot expansion. growth doubles the size of the upscale shopping mall adjacent to caesars palace on the las vegas strip .
the aladdin hotel closes on the las vegas strip november 25 making way for a $ 1. 2 billion gambling and hotel complex. plans call for development of a middle east - theme shopping center, a 2, 600 - room hotel as well as a joint venture with planet hollywood inc. for development of a neighboring $ 250 million, 2, 000 - room music - theme resort. planet hollywood drops out of the deal in 1998 .
owners change the name of the boomtown hotel casino to silverton after majestic realty co. takes control of the struggling resort from boomtown inc .
harley davidson cafe opens on the las vegas strip, continuing the theme restaurant proliferation .
harrah' s entertainment inc. buys showboat inc. in a $ 1. 154 billion deal .
the frontier hotel, owned by the elardi family, is sold to phil ruffin, a kansas industrialist, for $ 165 million .
rio all - suite hotel and casino opens masquerade village and new 41 - story, 1, 025 - room tower giving the resort a total of 2, 556 suites .
alan paulson, california entrepreneur, buys the gold river casino / hotel in laughlin. the property is renamed river palms resort .
star trek: the experience
opens january 4 at the las vegas hilton .
circus circus officials announce that mandalay bay will be the name of the company' s new resort at the strip and russell road. the hotel' s working name was project paradise .
starwood hotels & resorts buys itt corp. for $ 14. 6 billion. the purchase includes acquisition of caesars palace and the desert inn hotel / casinos on the las vegas strip .
northwest airlines inaugurates non - stop service june 1 from tokyo to las vegas .
japan airlines inaugurates non - stop service october 2 from tokyo to las vegas .
koren airlines makes history in august with three non - stop charter flights from seoul, korea, to las vegas .
country star restaurant on the strip is acquired by mirage resorts inc. and closes
bellagio, billed as the most expensive hotel in the world ($ 1. 7 billion) opens october 15 on the las vegas strip and initiates a policy barring persons under 18 years of age who are not registered guests of the hotel .
las vegas convention center opens an expansion, boosting its total space to 1. 9 million square feet .
the debbie reynolds hotel - casino, a half block east of the las vegas strip on convention center drive, is sold at public auction august 5 to the world wrestling federation for $ 9. 27 million .
the las vegas motor speedway is sold in december by founders bill bennett and ralph englestad to north carolina - based speedway motorsports inc. , headed by o. bruton smith, for $ 215 million .
proposition 5 is passed by california voters in november, opening the door for casino - style gambling on american indian reservations .
a 66 - year - old las vegas resident hits a $ 27. 58 million progressive megabucks jackpot november 15 at the palace station hotel casino .
annual gross gaming revenue in nevada hits the $ 8. 1 billion mark .
on december 31, hilton hotels corp. spins off its gaming division to park place entertainment corp. , including the las vegas hilton, flamingo hilton, bally' s and paris las vegas on the strip
harrah' s entertainment inc. purchases the rio hotel - casino inc. for $ 888 million, jan. 1 .
mgm grand inc. buys primadonna resorts inc. , taking 100 percent ownership of new york - new york hotel - casino on the las vegas strip and whiskey pete' s, buffalo bill' s and primm valley resort & casino in primm, nv, march 1 .
japan airlines adds a fourth nonstop flight per week in april from tokyo to las vegas .
phase i of the venetian resort - hotel - casino opens may 3 with 3, 036 suites .
barbra streisand, bette midler, rod stewart, elton john, tina turner, wayne newton and don rickles are among the many entertainers booked by las vegas resorts to ring in the new century .
a $ 3 billion deal closes to sell caesars world inc. , including caesars palace on the las vegas strip, to park place entertainment .
mgm grand inc. announces the purchase of mirage resorts inc. , creating the largest corporate buyout in gaming history .
station casinos plans a $ 55 million expansion for its texas station in north las vegas .
the clark county department of aviation unveils $ 1 billion plan for expansion and renovation of mccarran international airport .
the las vegas convention and visitors authority awards a $ 113 million contract to pcl construction services to expand the las vegas convention center .
the two largest carriers to the las vegas market - southwest airlines and america west - add 2, 762 seats .
construction begins on station casinos' latest hotel - casino, green valley ranch .
the las vegas convention and visitors authority opens an affiliate office in sydney, australia .
the orleans plans $ 100 million expansion that will include the addition of a 620 - room hotel tower, a 9, 000 - seat arena and a 40, 000 - square - foot casino .
mandalay resort group announces plans to add a 1. 8 - million - square - foot convention center to mandalay bay .
espn regional assumes ownership of the las vegas bowl from the las vegas convention and visitors authority .
for the first time, la cumbre, the world' s largest trade show promoting travel to the united states among residents of the caribbean, mexico, and central and south america, comes to las vegas.
urltoken , llc is a destination-specific online travel agency ( ota ) founded in 1998 and headquartered in las vegas , nevada . urltoken provides extensive travel content and books discounted travel products including hotel rooms , air-hotel packages , show tickets , tours , dining , golf , and other activities exclusively for the las vegas destination . urltoken was one of the greenspun corporation 's family of companies . 
urltoken, llc is a destination-specific online travel agency (ota) founded in 1998 and headquartered in las vegas, nevada. urltoken provides extensive travel content and books discounted travel products including hotel rooms, air-hotel packages, show tickets, tours, dining, golf, and other activities exclusively for the las vegas destination. urltoken was one of the greenspun corporation's family of companies.
urltoken, llc is a destination-specific online travel agency (ota) founded in 1998 and headquartered in las vegas, nevada. urltoken provides extensive travel content and books discounted travel products including hotel rooms, air-hotel packages, show tickets, tours, dining, golf, and other activities exclusively for the las vegas destination. urltoken was one of the greenspun corporation's family of companies.