5 Interesting Updates for Las Vegas in April

[Josh Edelman]

• - Las Vegas ranks 9th in "10 Cities Where Home Prices Have Skyrocketed the Most Over the Past 10 Years," with Atlanta (8), Phoenix (4), Boise (2), and Detroit (from $53,800 to $245,700, a 357% increase) completing the top 10 list.
• -The first Punk Rock Museum in the US opened in Las Vegas with a comprehensive collection of punk music, lifestyle, and culture; it features a bar, tattoo parlor, wedding chapel, and jam room where visitors can play instruments played by famous punk rockers. Tickets are $30, and the museum is open daily from noon to 10 p.m.
• - EDC Las Vegas is scheduled to take place on May 19-21 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway with headliners such as Zedd, Marshmello, Afrojack, Chris Lake, Kaskade, David Guetta, Dom Dolla, Subtronics, and Tiesto; the event will feature 230 dance-music artists performing on nine stages for up to 525,000 attendees.
• - Las Vegas ranks as the 10th most popular US city for travel destinations, according to YouGov's survey; it received a 56% positive response with Nashville being the most popular city followed by Denver, New Orleans, San Diego, Colorado Springs, Boston, Miami, San Antonio, and New York.
• - Lee Canyon Ski Resort has been sold to Colorado-based Mountain Capital Partners, which will invest in capital improvements and retain the resort's leadership team and support staff; season-pass holders will have access to reciprocal days at other Mountain Capital resorts, which include Brian Head and 11 other ski and mountain-bike resorts from Oregon to Texas.