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A monthly roundup of the top news stories at UNLV, featuring the presidential election, gaming partnerships, and much more.
From scholarship athlete and three-time graduate to educator and tireless advocate, Lonnie Wright embodies the Rebel Spirit like no other.
A monthly roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV staff and students.
Raise a toast to the Hospitality College Alumni of Year and CraftHaus Brewery owners for serving their community and alma mater.
Students share the moments that mirror — and defy — internship stereotypes in popular media.
Roundup of the hottest news headlines featuring UNLV students and staff.
Hospitality In The News
It’s hard to imagine Las Vegas casino behemoth MGM Resorts International associated with failure. But the company’s 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures theme park, which first opened Dec. 18, 1993, and closed less than seven years later, has to qualify as one of the city’s historic flops.
It’s hard to imagine Las Vegas casino behemoth MGM Resorts International associated with failure. But the company’s 33-acre MGM Grand Adventures theme park, which first opened Dec. 18, 1993, and closed less than seven years later, has to qualify as one of the city’s historic flops.
More and more places around the world are struggling with overtourism and are thinking about new strategies to avoid being overrun by the masses season after season. On the one hand, tourists bring money into the region, but on the other hand, they harm the environment. Because where there are a lot of people, there is usually a lot of garbage. And it remains, even when the travelers are long gone.
Every year, the Fodor’s No List aims to shine a light on destinations suffering from untenable popularity. These locations are popular for good reason—they are stunning, intriguing, and culturally significant. However, some of these highly coveted tourist spots are collapsing under the burden of their own prominence.
The statistics are startling enough. Average menu prices increased more than 27 percent from February 2020 to June 2024, according to the National Restaurant Association. Nevada ranked fifth nationally for restaurant inflation from November 2022 to June 2023, according to U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by USA Today.
A headline initially used in a Las Vegas Review-Journal online story implied that a UNLV professor was endorsing Donald Trump for president.
