Thunder in the desert: Commercial air travel and tourism in Las Vegas, 1959--2001

This thesis carefully examines the relationship between the commercial air travel and tourist industries in Las Vegas, especially highlighting their unprecedented growth in the second half of the twentieth century. It not only provides an accurate historic account of both industries, but clearly delineates the dependence of tourism on commercial air service as the primary source of transportation to Las Vegas; While the thesis's overarching theme focuses on commercial air travel and tourism, it also contains a set of subthemes, one of which highlights the symbiotic relationship of the commercial air travel industry with the Strip "mega-resorts," and the air charter and junket industries, such as Warren Bayley's Hacienda Airlines (Chapter 2). A second significant subtheme that the thesis explores, is the impact that airline deregulation had on Las Vegas, especially noting the remarkable increase in the number of air carriers providing service to Las Vegas, and the explosive growth in McCarran Airport's passenger volume. The epilogue provides a future outlook for both industries in addition to summarizing all of the themes presented throughout the discussion.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

2001

Author dc:creator

• Bubb, Daniel Kenneth

Contributors dc:contributor

• Eugene Moehring

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/1315

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-2314