It's the first week in January and that can only mean one thing. The annual geekfest known as CES has rolled into town and Las Vegas is filled with people and technology! I mean a lot of people. Like 160,000 people from all around the world. They pretty much fill up all the hotel rooms in town. So if you went room shopping for this week and noticed a spike in room rates, … [Read more...] about CES 2019 Day One
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When It Rains in Las Vegas!
https://youtu.be/LgNoBVIgBRk It may come to a surprise for some, but we do get rain in Las Vegas!! On a normal year, it will be between 4 to 5 inches and most of it will fall during one of two Monsoon seasons. One in Spring and the other in the fall. Each lasting about a week. Yesterday - Mother Nature decided that she wanted something different to start the new year. So … [Read more...] about When It Rains in Las Vegas!
CES Has Arrived!
The largest convention in Las Vegas opens its doors first thing Wednesday morning. The 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) takes over Las Vegas for the next 4 days and will fill up just about every hotel room and occupy most, if not all the available hotel rooms on the Las Vegas Strip plus some downtown. Over 160,000 people are expected to be in Las Vegas for this annual … [Read more...] about CES Has Arrived!
The Turkey is Gone, Bring on the NASCAR and NFR
We at The Vegas Tourist hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving day with family and friends. We all have a lot to give thanks for this year.... Thankfully the fat girl still lives in Sazzy because she is a damn good cook. She made enough food for 10 and served 5. It's a Minnesota Thing!.... But now, its on to more important things. Like NASCAR Champions Week and … [Read more...] about The Turkey is Gone, Bring on the NASCAR and NFR
CES is Almost Here
Once the party people have cleared the airports and highways, the tractor trailers and super haulers pull in to set up for the largest convention Vegas hosts. The Consumer Electronics Show (CES). January 6-9 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This annual convention will host about 120,000 people plus exhibitors, press and VIP's. It is closed to the public, but open to … [Read more...] about CES is Almost Here