![]() We were offered an upgrade for the inconvenience to a poolside room (which we did not want to move all of our stuff for one night, nor was the pool any use to us) but settled for 2 drinks (one each) at the bar. without knocking first to check the room as his paperwork showed our room was empty. We arrived April 29, checked in and was enjoying our stay until May 1 when a male employee opened our door at 7 A.M. Review-Journal digital producer Marvin Clemons contributed to this report.Not even sure what happened with our check-in. Contact Glenn Puit by email at Follow on Twitter. ![]() “AAA has had more calls for empty tanks, but I can’t attribute that directly to rising costs, I can’t give you a specific reason,” Treanor said.Ĭostco and Sam’s Club locations had the cheapest gasoline available Saturday evening in Las Vegas, at $5.08 per gallon, according to .Ĭontact Mick Akers at or 70. ![]() There has been a 24 percent increase in calls in 2022, with 577 calls this year through June 1, compared with 464 during the same time period in 2021. ![]() There is high demand for gas in America.”Īlthough Treanor couldn’t directly tie it to the record gas prices, AAA has seen more calls in Nevada for motorists who’ve run out of gas. “Supply of oil is down, causing the price of a barrel to rise. “Supply and demand is a main cause of high prices,” AAA spokesman John Treanor said. The country’s average price hit a never-before-seen $5 per gallon mark Saturday. average also has been hitting record highs daily. Nevada isn’t the only state seeing skyrocketing prices. Nearby Mineral County had an average of $6.10 Saturday. The Reno area surpassed the $6 per gallon mark Thursday, increasing to a $6.10 per gallon average mark Friday, and up to $6.11 Saturday. Food’s gone up … They are charging $14 to $16 for a shower. He said expenses on the road are up for truckers, too, and that tax deduction changes made during the administration of President Donald Trump has made for a triple whammy of increased gas prices, fewer deductions and increased costs just to survive on the road. Trucker John Baker of Mount Vernon, Texas, said during a stop in North Las Vegas on Saturday that the gas prices are harming profit margins for companies. “We’ve got to get the prices down,” he said. “I do 4,200 miles a week, and I’m spending somewhere around $5,000 a week, $5,100 for fuel only,” said White, who expressed frustration with what he sees as a President Joe Biden energy policy that has caused prices to spike. White said on his trip from Wisconsin to California, then back to Illinois, he’s been looking at an average of roughly $5.50 a gallon to fill up his 18-wheeler. “Fuel prices are crazy lately,” said long-haul trucker Dale White, 72, of Galena, Illinois, during a Saturday evening stop at the Petro Travel Center on North Hollywood Boulevard near the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.ĭiesel fuel also set a record Saturday in Las Vegas, at $5.97 per gallon, according to AAA. ![]() The state average being higher than the Las Vegas Valley is largely because of Reno hitting a $6 per gallon average. Nevada’s statewide average was at $5.64 per gallon Saturday, also a record high, jumping 2 cents overnight. Saturday’s price was a 2-cent spike over Friday, a 20-cent jump in the past week and a 44-cent increase over the past month. (Chitose Suzuki / Las Vegas Review-Journal) Vegas Valley gas prices have set record highs in each of the past seven days, with Saturday’s mark sitting at $5.57 per gallon of regular unleaded fuel, according to AAA. High gas prices are shown, Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Las Vegas. ![]()
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