Timeline Events

Date of the appraisal report.

Planning of over 450,000 square feet of new lifestyle retail.

Expansion of Mandalay Bay's Convention Center.

Construction of new projects surrounding the 'Site' intended to increase pedestrian traffic.

Completion of a new $100 million control tower.

Opening of Terminal 3 as part of a major expansion.

Highest year on record for international tourism, with over 3.3 million visitors to the Strip.

McCarran observed an increase of over 1 million passengers (2.4% increase) over 2013, reaching approximately 43 million total passengers.

Airports Council International ranked McCarran ninth in North America and 25th in the world for passenger traffic.

A new $100 million control tower was completed.

McCarran Airport saw approximately 43 million passengers, including 3.3 million international passengers.

Terminal 3 opened at McCarran International Airport.

Projected total number of visitors to Las Vegas was expected to reach a new market high of 42 million.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Association reported 41.1 million visitors to Las Vegas.

Nordic Media Festival, where Edward Snowden spoke.

Edward Snowden went public with his disclosures.

A 'Crypto Party' hosted by Runa Sandvik and Edward Snowden (using the alias Cincinnatus).

The author experienced a peak in anxiety regarding their sexuality, leading them to stop creating sadomasochistic art/stories and suppress thoughts of 'violent power-play'.

The author attended a Unitarian Universalist sex education program which was inclusive of LGBTQ+ identities but did not cover BDSM.

Snowden made a ten-day trip to India, where he reportedly 'sharpened his hacking skills' in Delhi.