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That's
why city and registry officials
chose to celebrate the debut at City
Hall in front of a giant 3-D
.VEGAS logo display, complete with
showgirls. 
Dignitaries
on hand for the start of .VEGAS
General Availability earlier
this week included (left to right): Bart
Mackay (Principal, Dot Vegas,
Inc.), Tyson Mackay (Vice
President of Marketing, Dot Vegas,
Inc.), Mike McLaughlin (Senior
Vice President of Domains, GoDaddy),
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn G.
Goodman, Dusty Trevino (Chief
Financial Officer, Dot Vegas, Inc.),
Jim Trevino (Chief Executive
Officer, Dot Vegas, Inc.) and Sky
Trevino (Chief Technology
Officer, Dot Vegas, Inc.).
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Jim
Trevino
CEO, Dot Vegas, Inc. |
Jim
Trevino, president and
chief executive officer of Dot
Vegas, Inc., said the new
TLD is also getting a great
reception from the community. “We are
extremely pleased with the
local participation among
small and large Las Vegas
businesses," Trevino
said. "Virtually all of
the major operators on the Las
Vegas Strip pre-registered .vegas
domain names for the city’s
leading hotel/casinos,
nightclubs, restaurants,
attractions, events and retail
destinations."
Trevino
added, "A
strong sampling of family
owned small businesses,
governmental agencies and
non-profits took advantage of
the pre-registration
opportunity as well.
Given the strong interest from
Las Vegas concerns, we are
excited about what general
availability will bring,
particularly since .vegas is
an unrestricted top
level domain. That means
there is no nexus requirement
to Las Vegas for individuals,
companies and businesses to
secure their own .vegas TLD.” |
Go
Daddy Senior Vice President of
Domains Mike McLaughlin, who
was also on hand for the launch,
said, "We’ve
seen a great deal of interest for .vegas
domain names driven by increased
demand for new extensions,
especially those that are
location specific. Las Vegas is one
of the most recognized brands on
earth, so it has great global
appeal for savvy marketers looking
to distinguish their name online by
associating with one of the most
powerful and iconic brands in the
world.”
Those
interested in registering a .vegas
domain name can do so with GoDaddy
or any of more than 50 other domain
registrars with which Dot Vegas,
Inc. is contracted. The registration
fees are determined by the
individual registrars with prices we
are seeing tending to fall in the
$50-$60 range. |
