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Archive for February, 2008

Las Vegans Love Their Coffee!

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

How do you take your coffee? There’s a coffee shop of one kind or another on most street corners in Las Vegas.  Now a survey confirms what Las Vegans may already know — we like our caffeine. The survey in Men’s Health magazine ranks Las Vegas the 5th most caffeinated city. The other four are Yonkers, Anaheim, San Francisco and Riverside. By the way, the least caffeinated is Detroit. (more…)

Vegas Named Fattest City For 2nd Year

Monday, February 11th, 2008

By Jonathan Humbert.For the second year in a row, Las Vegas has been named the fattest city in America by Men’s Fitness Magazine. We’ve been called a lot of things in our time. Sin City. Fat City. And the city of lights. Well, one out of three ain’t bad. (more…)

McCarran Airport Traffic Up 3.1%

Monday, February 4th, 2008

It was a busy year at Las Vegas’ air transportation hub in 2007. Nearly 47.7 million people flew in or out of McCarran International last year, making 2007 the airport’s busiest in record. The number of passengers appeared to wane towards the end of the year, however, as the numbers of travelers fell 3.2  percent from December 2006 to December 2007.