Expect big crowds and lots of traffic if youre staying in town for thanksgiving. brian loftus new reports show more people are traveling for this holiday than last year. With the number 1 travel destination being right here in las vegas. 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us live from Mccarran International airport with more. Nia . nia wong brian and kirsten. Today is expected to be one of the busiest days of the year to travel. Airfare prices are up by 21 percent but a quarter of a million travelers are still opting to fly to get to their thanksgiving destinations. Also according to their report. Most travellers are headed west. And as you mentioned. Las vegas is the number 1 destination. The Nevada Department of transportation has already crunched some numbers for us. They say to expect around 320thousand visitors to come into the valley. Nearly 2thirds of that will be drivers. So plan for some heavy here. This is no surprise. sequeena gregory came back from florida its awesome. Its
Expect big crowds and lots of traffic if youre staying in town for thanksgiving. brian loftus new reports show more people are traveling for this holiday than last year. With the number 1 travel destination being right here in las vegas. 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us live from Mccarran International airport with more. Nia . nia wong brian and kirsten. Today is expected to be one of the busiest days of the year to travel. Airfare prices are up by 21 percent but a quarter of a million travelers are still opting to fly to get to their thanksgiving destinations. Also according to their report. Most travellers are headed west. And as you mentioned. Las vegas is the number 1 destination. The Nevada Department of transportation has already crunched some numbers for us. They say to expect around 320thousand visitors to come into the valley. Nearly 2thirds of that will be drivers. So plan for some heavy here. This is no surprise. sequeena gregory came back from florida its awesome. Its
Expect big crowds and lots of traffic if youre staying in town for thanksgiving. brian loftus new reports show more people are traveling for this holiday than last year. With the number 1 travel destination being right here in las vegas. 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us live from Mccarran International airport with more. Nia . nia wong brian and kirsten. Today is expected to be one of the busiest days of the year to travel. Airfare prices are up by 21 percent but a quarter of a million travelers are still opting to fly to get to their thanksgiving destinations. Also according to their report. Most travellers are headed west. And as you mentioned. Las vegas is the number 1 destination. The Nevada Department of transportation has already crunched some numbers for us. They say to expect around 320thousand visitors to come into the valley. Nearly 2thirds of that will be drivers. So plan for some heavy here. This is no surprise. sequeena gregory came back from florida its awesome. Its
Expect big crowds and lots of traffic if youre staying in town for thanksgiving. brian loftus new reports show more people are traveling for this holiday than last year. With the number 1 travel destination being right here in las vegas. 8 news now reporter nia wong joins us live from Mccarran International airport with more. Nia . nia wong brian and kirsten. Today is expected to be one of the busiest days of the year to travel. Airfare prices are up by 21 percent but a quarter of a million travelers are still opting to fly to get to their thanksgiving destinations. Also according to their report. Most travellers are headed west. And as you mentioned. Las vegas is the number 1 destination. The Nevada Department of transportation has already crunched some numbers for us. They say to expect around 320thousand visitors to come into the valley. Nearly 2thirds of that will be drivers. So plan for some heavy here. This is no surprise. sequeena gregory came back from florida its awesome. Its
Along i15 for those leaving this thanksgiving eve. Michael Stevens were at the shell on silverado ranch. Right before the 15. And all morning its been packed with people heading in and out of town for the holiday. Those at triplea say for nine straight years the number of people in our region traveling during this holiday is up to about 3point 5million. Heres some good news. For the first time in years, pump prices are staying under 3 per gallon. At this shell. Its under that mark averaging around 245 a gallon. Drivers we spoke to headed to california say theyre trying to beat the rush by leaving early Brittney Martin driving to california its been definitely more traffic than usual. Im more dreading once we get into San Bernadino area. Abby Anderson driving to california its been pretty good. No traffic, except for a crash on the freeway. But hopefully it wo Michael Stevens if youre staying in town get ready for more drivers on our roads as triplea has dubbed las vegas the top thanksg