--- description: Almost a year after the company was banned from the city, Uber got permission to start up operations agains in Las Vegas. title: Uber Now Has Permission to Operate in This Huge Tourist Spot image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb84fb452770687ec/698863e25f570f47b9b1d621/107987315.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Uber](/tag/uber/) ## Uber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Uber Just Got Permission to Operate in This Huge Tourist Destination by [Michal Addady / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Michal Addady / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 16, 2015 5:54 PM CUT  The fountains at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The fountains at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.George Rose—Getty Images by [Michal Addady / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Michal Addady / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 16, 2015 5:54 PM CUT On Monday, the Nevada Transportation Authority gave ride-hailing apps permission to operate in the state, [Bloomberg reported](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-16/uber-lyft-drivers-cruise-the-las-vegas-strip-with-regulator-ok "undefined"). On Tuesday, Uber and Lyft began operating. Uber expanded its service into Las Vegas in October 2014\. About a month later, a judge ruled that the company was prohibited from operating in Nevada, so Uber immediately stopped operations. Nevada wasn’t the only place to [ban Uber last year](http://fortune.com/2014/12/08/places-uber-fighting/ "undefined"), and the company even faced hurdles earlier this summer [in the Hamptons](http://fortune.com/2015/06/05/uber-banned-hamptons/ "undefined"). Following Monday’s court ruling, Clark County, where Las Vegas is located, wanted the ride-hailing apps to wait until they were issued business licenses by the county. Neither of the companies seemed to care, as Uber began operations at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, and Lyft began operations an hour later. Uber is currently offering UberX in Las Vegas, and it will soon offer UberXL, which sends an SUV. The company has expanded its service to Reno as well. Las Vegas gets [over 3.5 million visitors each month](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-16/uber-lyft-drivers-cruise-the-las-vegas-strip-with-regulator-ok "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4036890/uber-las-vegas/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4036890/uber-las-vegas/"},"headline":"Uber Just Got Permission to Operate in This Huge Tourist Destination","datePublished":"2015-09-16T17:54:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:37.755Z","description":"This city gets over 3.5 million visitors each month","url":"https://time.com/4036890/uber-las-vegas/","keywords":["Uber","Tech","drivers","Judge","Las Vegas","Lyft","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb84fb452770687ec/698863e25f570f47b9b1d621/107987315.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michal Addady / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb84fb452770687ec/698863e25f570f47b9b1d621/107987315.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Las Vegas Glitz & Kitsch on Display","caption":"Las Vegas Glitz & Kitsch on Display","creditText":"George Rose—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/uber/","name":"Uber"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4036890/uber-las-vegas/","name":"Uber Just Got Permission to Operate in This Huge Tourist Destination"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Legit Way Uber Helps Promote Movies And Video Games","description":"Uber partnered with Warner Bros. to chaffeur people around Seattle in cars from the movie \"Mad Max.\" They've pulled equally cool stunts in the past.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/yQ1YrP5H/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-31T15:37:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/yQ1YrP5H.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4036890/uber-las-vegas/","duration":"PT1M27S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4036890/uber-las-vegas/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```