Las Vegas Strip Clubs: Airport Check-in: Las Vegas eyes liquor store for baggage-claim area
March 1, 2010 by diamond
From USA TODAY’s Airport Check-in column: In the latest sign of airports’ financial pressure, Las Vegas McCarran officials are considering a plan to become the first U.S. airport to install a liquor store in the baggage-claim area. Many airports sell liquor at bars and duty-free stores, but the proposal is aiming to capture revenue from arriving passengers who are headed into Sin City.
Clark County commissioners voted to allow the airport to issue “requests for proposals” from vendors that would run the operation. The airport estimates its revenue from the store could range from $400,000 to $600,000 a year. “This is just to do research,” airport spokeswoman Elaine Sanchez says.
“Oh, I know it will be a gold mine for some liquor store, but does this mean we’ll do anything for money?” Commissioner Steve Sisolak told the Las Vegas Sun. “What’s next? Airport strip clubs? Topless bars?”
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