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Overseas flights, big April events boost Vegas casinos

May 27, 2022817 Views

Gambling in Nevada continued a 14-month hot streak in April and a return of international flights boosted travel nearly to levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic began more than two years ago, according to Las Vegas airport, tourism and state casino revenue reports. The $1.13 billion that casinos statewide reported winning last month represented the best April ever for the state, Clark County and the Las Vegas Strip, the state Gaming Control Board said Thursday. Nevada casinos have now reported winning at least $1 billion every month since March 2021. “This month’s total win amount represents the highest April total gaming win recorded all-time for the state, Clark County and the Strip ... aided by a very robust event calendar in addition to the continued return of internati...

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Dangerous New Mexico wildfire menaces historic city

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May 3, 2022425 Views

Hundreds of households in the historic New Mexico city of Las Vegas were told to evacuate on Monday as fierce winds and drought pushed the largest active wildfire in the United States closer to town. The blaze has scorched more than 121,000 acres (49,000 hectares), or more than half the area of New York City, tearing through centuries-old settlements and vacation homes in forested mountains 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Santa Fe. A satellite image shows a natural color closer view of fire lines of Hermits Peak wildfire, east of Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S., May 1, 2022. Satellite image 2022 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS The fire is the most destructive of a dozen blazes in the Southwest that scientists say are more widespread and arriving earlier this year due to c...

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वेगास में रोमांस व रोमांच के 72 घंटे

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March 24, 20212094 Views

अब कौन कहता है कि रोमांस के लिए कोई समुद्र तट या कोई शांत जगह होनी जरूरी है। कभी-कभी रोमांच के साथ भी रोमांस हो सकता है और अगर आप लास वेगास जैसी किसी जगह पर हैं तो वहां इतना कुछ है करने को कि हर लम्हा यादगार हो सकता है। हम आपको बता रहे हैं कि आपके पास मानो महज 72 घंटे ही बिताने को वेगास में हैं तो कैसे आप एक-एक पल का बेहतरीन इस्तेमाल कर सकते हैं। वेगास में काफी आरामदेह ठिकाने हैं जिनमें से कुछ तो दुनिया के सबसे महंगे रिसॉर्ट हैं जिन्हें देखकर सोने का विचार आपके दिमाग में बहुत ही मुश्किल से आएगा। तो भाई, करें क्या! लास वेगास स्ट्रिप की लाइट्स, डाउनटाउन का रोमांच, रेगिस्तान की वीरानी... वेगास की हर चीज व बात फिर से खुली है और आपके इंतजार में है। लीजिए, हो गई हैं आपकी छुट्टियां शुरू (कोरोना काल में वर्चुअल ही सही, लेकिन जब वहां जाने का मौका वाकई मिल जाए तो इसे याद जरूर रखें): पह...

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First Passengers travel safely on Virgin Hyperloop

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November 9, 20201025 Views

Richard Branson’s Virgin Hyperloop has completed the world’s first passenger ride on a super high-speed levitating pod system, a key safety test for technology it hopes will transform human and cargo transportation, however it will still be atleast a decade before the public can potentially take a high-speed ride on a hyperloop. Transportation history was made on Sunday in the Nevada desert, where Virgin Hyperloop tested human travel in a hyperloop pod for the first time. Virgin Hyperloop executives Josh Giegel, its Chief Technology Officer, and Sara Luchian, Director of Passenger Experience, reached speeds of up to 107 miles per hour (172 km per hour) at the company’s DevLoop test site in Las Vegas, Nevada, the company said. They sat in Virgin Hyperloop's two-person pod, which include...