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Where to Stay in Las Vegas in 2026: The New, Renamed and Reopened Hotels
The Cromwell belongs to Lisa Vanderpump now, Delano is a W and the Rio carries a Hyatt badge. Which of Las Vegas's new and renamed hotels are worth booking.
Extreme sports above and around the Las Vegas Strip
What the open-air tower rides, the two ziplines, a night helicopter flight and the desert circuits cost in 2026, who gets turned away at the door, and which hours set your order.
Las Vegas in Winter: Shows, Weather and New Year's Eve
What I booked for a Las Vegas winter: the Eagles at Sphere, a $3 cactus garden, and the spot I stand in when the rooftop fireworks go up.
Choosing Between Las Vegas's Four Cirque du Soleil Shows
Four resident Cirque productions, the Spiegeltent rival and the magic rooms that undercut them all, sorted by price and by what each one asks of you.
Taking your turn at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign
Betty Willis's 1959 sign is free and never closes, and the 33-space lot decides how your morning goes.
Riding the Lake Mead desert trails out of Las Vegas
Where the ATV convoys out of Las Vegas ride, what a seat costs, and the age and party rules that decide which operator you can book.
Leaving Las Vegas for a Small-Group Day at the South Rim
Gate prices for the Grand Canyon South Rim, where a small group can stand away from the crowded railing, and which buildings are still open after the floods.
What You Get on a Hoover Dam Bus Tour from Las Vegas
A coach day at Hoover Dam runs on rules you cannot book around: the Guided Dam Tour is walk-up only, and coaches are barred from the main car park.
Small Group Tours of Red Rock Canyon in October from Las Vegas
Timed entry returns on Oct. 1, so the day now runs around the first slot at Calico and the rides that leave at 6:45 a.m.
What to eat, see and drink east of the Las Vegas Strip
Museums, Thai food, beer halls and 24-hour dive bars a few minutes behind the resort towers, with 2026 hours and door rules.