Smoke prompts evacuation of Allegiant flight from Las Vegas

FRESNO, Calif. — Smoke filled the cabin of an Allegiant Air jet after it landed at a California airport on Monday, forcing coughing passengers to cover their faces with shirts and firefighters to board the plane, authorities said.

None of the 150 passengers or six crew members was injured when the plane from Las Vegas landed at Fresno International Airport, Allegiant Air said.

As the plane was taxiing in Fresno, it came to an abrupt stop and smoke started to fill the cabin from the front of the aircraft, said passenger Estevan Moreno, 34, a Fresno police officer.

“We used our shirts to mask our faces from the smoke,” he said. “I was coughing pretty good from it.”

At one point, the flight crew said they would pass out wet napkins to help passengers cover their mouths, Moreno said, but that didn’t happen.

After firefighters boarded the aircraft, crew members asked passengers to collect their carry-on items and exit the plane down a set of rear stairs, he said.

The airline sent Moreno a $50 voucher for another flight, he said.

Allegiant Air blamed the situation on a mechanical problem and said having passengers exit the plane before it reached a gate was done out of caution.

Federal Aviation Administration officials called it an emergency. Federal officials say passengers were escorted to the terminal.

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Watch Ellen DeGeneres Help Jennifer Lopez Warm Up for Her Las Vegas Residency

What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas, especially when J.Lo is concerned!

On Monday’s episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the comedy queen Ellen DeGeneres explains that she had quite the weekend when she hit up Sin City recently in a failed (and funny) attempt to be Jennifer Lopez’s understudy for her glittering "All I Have" residency at The Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

Watch as Ellen, wearing a hilarious costume, visits J.Lo in her dressing room to inform the "Jenny From the Block" singer that she’s going to be her go-to gal in case of emergency.

Jennifer then gently tries to break the news to the host with the most that the role as a back-up doesn’t exist. Rolling with the punches, Ellen then asks the 48-year-old to show her how she gets in gear for the high-octane, dance-heavy show that’s filled with thrills, chills and a whole lotta choreography.

But Ellen didn’t just get a behind-the-scenes peek into the dancing diva’s prep for her show, she also got a front-row seat to Jennifer’s show.

At one point, Ellen asks Jennifer to give her a shout out during the concert, requesting that she call her "Lil Ellen" so as to distinguish her from the other Ellens in the crowd—and that’s just what happens!

The video also shows a clip of Ellen welcoming the Planet Hollywood audience at the beginning of the concert and also her big moment when Jennifer throws "Lil Ellen" her sparkly New York Yankees hat.

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Leaving Las Vegas? Not so fast for stranded Miami Central football team

Miami Central’s football team tried to keep things routine Monday morning.

Practicing in a parking lot is far from the norm.

Even less when that parking lot is at a hotel in Las Vegas.

That’s where the Rockets have been stranded the past three days thanks to Hurricane Irma.

And Central still doesn’t know when it will be able to get home.

“We’re hoping to get something by [Tuesday], but a lot of flights have been canceled,” said Central coach Roland Smith, who is among a group of about 65 players, coaches and staff that made the trip to Las Vegas last Wednesday.

But it hasn’t been all bad for the Rockets.

This past Friday, Central (3-0), ranked No. 16 nationally by USA Today, upset three-time defending high school national champion Bishop Gorman 24-20 on its home field.

Ironically thanks to the hospitality of their opponents and the Las Vegas community, Central’s extended stay has been a comfortable one.

“When you talk about a crisis like this, we just feel very thankful and blessed for the way [Gorman] has treated us this whole time,” Smith said.

Bishop Gorman, a Catholic private school located in Summerlin, Nevada, is picking up the tab for the Rockets’ extra nights at their hotel, a SpringHill Suites located near the Las Vegas Convention Center.

On Sunday night, the Rockets were fed at a local pizzeria (Evel Pie) in downtown Las Vegas.

A few Gorman school parents pooled their resources and hired a Mexican food truck to provide meals for the players this weekend as well.

Gorman athletic director Grant Rice said once the threat of Hurricane Irma to South Florida first became a concern, the school reached out to Central and let its faculty know that their school would come to their aid should any complications arise.

Gorman’s charity for hurricane victims didn’t start with the Rockets.

Rice said the school recently raised $11,000 for the victims of Hurricane Harvey.

“As a school and staff and community, just assured him we’d help them in any way possible,” Rice said. “If they couldn’t make the trip, it would have been totally understandable. We felt like it was the least we could do.”

Smith said his team spent around an hour or so Monday trying to do what they would do on a regular basis, which involved going over the previous game and preparing for their next opponent.

But for a lot of the kids and coaches, getting back to their families has still been foremost on their minds.

“A lot of people at your house are going through a tough stage, and you’re not there,” Central linebacker Robert Hicks told local Vegas TV station Fox-5 during a report it ran on the team this past weekend. “They’re always on your mind. It’s raining, thundering, everything. They’re OK though.”

A few family members individually made the trip to Las Vegas to watch the game, but Smith said the majority of his players were in the dark as to how their families handled the storm until Monday, when they began to reach relatives once cellphone signals were slowly restored.

Smith said he got to speak briefly to his mother on Monday thanks to a neighbor of hers letting her borrow his cellphone.

“She was good,” Smith said. “She just had some damage with trees and stuff, but no flooding or roof damage, thankfully.”

The Rockets were still looking for flights home and looking at the possibility of even taking an initial flight to another city to then connect to Fort Lauderdale.

Central, which has a matchup against the No. 2 team in the nation, IMG Academy in Bradenton on Sept. 22, is scheduled to play Miami Edison on Thursday back home.

As of Monday, both Miami-Dade and Broward County officials were still in the process of assessing damages to schools and athletic facilities.

There was no word yet as to when athletic events would resume.

In the meantime, the Rockets are trying to keep busy, grateful for the support they’re receiving from their Las Vegas caretakers and their community back home.

“We just kept telling the kids we’re all going through the same thing together,” Smith said. “I kept showing everyone all the messages we kept getting from people back home and other coaches pulling for them.

“We were the only high school team from South Florida playing, and they were rooting for us. We put the city on our backs, and we got the job done.”

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Las Vegas Downtown Sees Revival With Reopening of Golden Gate Hotel-Casino

The 111-year-old Golden Gate hotel-casino on Fremont Street has reopened after an expansion project that reflects the resurgence under way in downtown Las Vegas.

City officials and hotel-casino executives on Friday officially marked the reopening of the property famous for hosting the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin.

The expansion included nearly doubling the size of the casino floor, expanding the outdoor bar and redesigning the property’s facade drawing inspiration from the Jazz Age.

“We maintained some of the great historical themes, but we’ve added a number of more modern amenities,” CEO and owner Derek Stevens said after a ceremony.

The expansion is part of a series of projects expected to continue the revitalization of downtown Las Vegas.

Across from the Golden Gate, Stevens is working on a new hotel-casino project on the site of the now-closed Las Vegas Club and Mermaids. Meanwhile, the nearby Downtown Grand recently earned approval to build a hotel tower that will nearly double the resort’s existing room total.

Fremont Street Experience, a five-block entertainment district with access to casinos, is also expected to undergo renovations to its light show.

Patrick Hughes, president of Fremont Street Experience, said travelers visit downtown Las Vegas for its pedestrian-friendly setup, connectivity of the hotel-casinos and attractions such as the Mob Museum and Neon Museum.

He cited a tourism report that showed 53 percent of visitors to Las Vegas in 2016 stopped downtown at some point during their trip.

“We only have 5 percent of the city’s hotel rooms, which means a trip downtown is a major part of their trip to Las Vegas,” he said. “They come to Las Vegas because downtown is part of that experience, not competing with the Strip, but we are a destination within a destination.”

The Golden Gate’s new entrance on Fremont Street features 500-pound golden velvet drapes. The expansion added nearly 100 slot machines and a 360-degree, 24-foot tower of televisions that encases a chandelier.

The property was last expanded in 2012 with a five-story luxury hotel tower and new lobby.

This article was written by Regina Garcia Cano from The Associated Press and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network. Please direct all licensing questions to legal@newscred.com.

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