The largest jackpot believed to have ever been won at McCarran was in 2005. That is when a player won $3,961,585.14.<\/p>\n
Reid Airport has over 1,400 slot machines in the terminal buildings. Many were not in use during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
The airport was renamed in December to honor former US Sen. Harry Reid. He represented Nevada in the Senate between 1987 and 2017. Reid was also the Majority Leader of the Senate. He passed away later in December at the age of 82.<\/p>\n
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It formerly was named McCarran International Airport. That was to honor former US Senator Pat McCarran. He represented Nevada between 1933 and 1954. But officials chose to rename the airport after complaints were made that McCarran was prejudiced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Las Vegas casino industry and gaming leaders contributed to renaming the airport for Harry Reid. There was some controversy about renaming the airport for Reid. Some just wanted it to be called Las Vegas International Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One lucky California traveler won $328,655 last week while playing a slot at Las Vegas\u2019 Harry Reid International Airport. He is one of several big winners at the airport over recent years. The visitor was identified as William J. from Van Nuys. He chose not to reveal his last name. He apparently was at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":205177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81886,69293],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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