Visitation to Southern Nevada was up less than 1 percent in November, but most other tourism indicators were down from a year ago, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported late Tuesday.

LVCVA officials said the declines were the result of tough comparisons to last year when the inaugural Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix produced record results in several categories.

Kevin Bagger, vice president of the LVCVA Research Center, said visitation in November was up 0.6 percent to 3.3 million, thanks to the Formula One race and the Specialty Equipment Market Association automotive aftermarket trade show, one of the Las Vegas calendar’s largest annual events.

“November saw higher weekend occupancy vs. last year (89.1 percent, up 0.4 points) but lower midweek occupancy (78.9 percent, down 2 points) as overall hotel occupancy for the month reached 81.4 percent, down 0.5 points,” Bagger said. “While down compared to the record-shattering levels tied to last year’s inaugural F1 race, monthly average daily room rates this year saw the second-highest on record for the month of November, reaching $198.72, down 20.3 percent year over year.”

The declines mirrored downturns in the number of passengers seen at Harry Reid International Airport, 4.7 million, down 2.1 percent, and the average daily automobile traffic on Interstate 15 at the California-Nevada border, 44,916, down 2 percent.

There was a net decrease in midsize and small meetings in Las Vegas during the month resulting in a total 548,200 convention visitors, off 8.4 percent from a year ago.

Clark County’s gross gaming revenue has yet to be reported by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

Despite the late-year decline – October was the second month in 2024 to have fewer visitors than the previous year – Las Vegas is still on track to have a higher total in 2024 than 2023. After 11 months, 38.3 million had visited the city, up 2.2 percent from a year ago.

Other indicators aren’t as robust, with the 5.7 million convention attendance off 1.3 percent, hotel room occupancy down 0.1 point to 83.7 percent and I-15 traffic at the California border down 0.6 percent.

Still, airport traffic is on track for a record 2024 with 53.6 million passengers so far, up 1.4 percent, and the average daily room rate up 0.7 percent to $193.12 a night.

Two other Southern Nevada cities were on opposite ends of November results.

Laughlin saw visitor volume increase 5.9 percent for the month to 94,000, with occupancy down 0.7 points to 42.4 percent and room rates down 0.5 percent to $55.08. For 11 months, Laughlin visitation is up 3.3 percent to 1.2 million, the occupancy rate is down 1.5 points to 50.3 percent, and the average room rate is down 0.9 percent to $60.82.

Mesquite’s visitor volume in November fell 10.8 percent to 66,000 with occupancy down 3.7 points to 72.9 percent and room rates up 9.3 percent to $89.65 a night.

For 11 months, Mesquite visitation is down 8.8 percent to 778,000, the occupancy rate is down 4.5 points to 74.5 percent, and the average room rate is up 10.2 percent to $83.19.

Contact Richard N. Velotta at rvelotta@reviewjournal.com or 702-477-3893. Follow @RickVelotta on X.

The Nevada football team completed its 2026 non-conference schedule with the addition of head coach Jeff Choate’s former school.

The Wolf Pack will host Montana State on Sept. 12, 2026 at Mackay Stadium. Choate coached the Bobcats for four seasons from 2016 to 2019.

The game completes Nevada’s 2026 nonconference slate. The Wolf Pack will host Western Kentucky in its 2026 home opener Sept. 5, then following the game with Montana State will travel to UCLA (Sept. 19) and Middle Tennessee (Sept. 26).

The 2026 meeting will be the first between Nevada and Montana State since 1996, a 31-7 Wolf Pack victory at Mackay Stadium. Nevada leads the overall series, 12-6, including a 9-4 mark in Big Sky play from 1979-91.

Choate led the Bobcats to a combined 19-9 record over his final two seasons, making consecutive appearances in the FCS playoffs with a run to the semifinals in 2019.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) -The Nevada Department of Corrections this week announced the deaths of inmates in Lovelock and Carson City.

Anthony Quinones, 36, was pronounced dead Dec. 14 at the Lovelock Correctional Center.

Quinones was sent to prison in March 2020 from Washoe County and was serving a sentence of 91 months to 228 months for kidnapping and being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm. His next of kin have been notified.

Quinones and another defendant took a man to a Spanish Springs credit union and forced him to withdraw money at gunpoint.

William Redman, 71, died Dec. 24 at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center. Redman was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for murder in May 2011 in Clark County,. He was serving time in the Northern Nevada Correctional Center when he died. NDOC reports no next of kin have been found.

Court documents said Redman stabbed and killed his 12-year old daughter in his family’s mobile home in Las Vegas. Redman believed he needed to kill his daughter and himself to stop Armageddon.

NDOC reported no causes of death for either inmate but said autopsies were requested.

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