(Las Vegas Review-Journal)D Las Vegas pulls back on dress code policy - VideoThe policy barred people with face and neck tattoos from entering the downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino. That’s somewhat dated information, so I’m not sure if that deal is still on or not.”Representative of the Rio didn’t respond to multiple request for comment on the possible station/hotel possibility.With social distancing measures in mind, Barron said the original plans for 500 passengers per 10-car train would see a slight reduction, but X-Train would try to make up for lost seating by running 14 train cars.“Our costs go up a little bit, with a little more on fuel and adjustments and all that kind of stuff,” Barron said. “A boutique hotel and casino. “We would go 120 mph for roughly 175 miles of the 300-mile journey.”LVCVA executives found there would be no financial advantage to extending the completion date of the $980.3 million project, so it will be finished as planned.The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s president and CEO said there are still several steps ahead, but that a meeting on the Monorail may be needed soon.A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking congressional leaders to allow federal funds for grants to promote tourism in states and cities like Nevada and Las Vegas.A marketing subcommittee recommends that the state’s Commission on Tourism should spend $300,000 encouraging Nevadans to stay at home with their tourism dollars.Despite significantly lower passenger volumes at airports across the nation, including McCarran International Airport, security agents are seeing more guns in carry-on baggage.WeChat — one of the apps President Donald Trump believes could be a national security risk — is no longer being used as a tourism guide for Chinese visitors at McCarran International Airport.The planned high-speed train system set to run between Las Vegas and southern California will no longer bear the Virgin Trains USA name.The state reports that as of July 25, at least 347 visitors had tested positive for the coronavirus either while in the state or soon after returning home.In the month that casinos and resorts were allowed to reopen, leisure visitors arrived, but there were still 70.5 percent fewer of them than in June 2019, the LVCVA said.This fall Frontier Airlines is set to furlough 245 employees based out of McCarran International Airport.Union Pacific workers prepare a pair of Club X Train cars to be removed from the Las Vegas Review-Journal's parking lot near the intersection of MLK Blvd. A typical all-inclusive round trip, including food and beverage service, would cost $500, Barron said.Las Vegas Xpress considers itself to be a rail excursion business, so it doesn’t view the planned $4.8 billion Virgin Trains high-speed rail line as competition. It’s a very open, friendly party environment. Barron said the delay in the planned start date was due to Amtrak shutting down service amid the COVID-19 pandemic.“We were set to put all the documentation together that we agreed to and we had a meeting on the 28th of February and then three weeks later we have the coronavirus,” Barron said. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)Resorts World Las Vegas activates 100,000-square-foot LED screen - VIDEOResorts World Las Vegas activated its 100,000-square-foot LED screen on its west tower on Independence Day, showing a digital fireworks display. Currently, Brightline is also building an extension of its West Palm Beach to Miami line all the way to Orlando. This means on track to break ground by end of this year.”Trains on the line will be fully electric–a move that pleases California officials because they would eliminate vast amounts of automotive carbon dioxide and tailpipe exhaust–and run at 200 miles an hour alongside U.S. Interstate 15 highway.