🫥 Free taxis (driver not included)

🤑 Free Taxis Are Here in Las Vegas

The only catch: No driver. After years of on-street testing, Zoox finally hard-launched to the general public on and near the Strip. To get everyone used to the autonomous shuttle service, free rides are currently being offered on the company’s app. [Zoox]

🧂 ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Generates Big Bucks for the Sphere

I’m using the salt emoji, since I'm borrowing a grain of it for this story. A research firm says the Sphere is drawing 4,000 to 5,000 people per screening to watch “The Wizard of Oz,” adding up to a gross of nearly $2 million a day. [Bloomberg]

📺 LVCVA Defends Ad Campaign, Insists We Love It

The LVCVA admits to getting off to a “rough start” with the first television ad for its high-profile “Welcome to Fabulous” campaign, but wants the local media to “rally the troops … to change the narrative of the destination.” [Las Vegas Review-Journal]

🔫 Gun Sales Halted in Nevada

Gun sales are currently on hold in Nevada for those who require federal background checks after the recent cyberattack shut down our state’s connection to the system. [KRNV]

While we’re discussing guns …

Our thoughts are with our Utah neighbors after yesterday’s university shooting that targeted and killed conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. All Americans deserve the right to free speech, open debate, and to peacefully assemble. Regardless of where your beliefs fall on the political spectrum, we agree with Nevada’s governor that the “attack was sickening and heartbreaking, and there is no place — ever — for violence in American politics.” [Associated Press/@JoeLombardoNV]

• City Cast Salt Lake has ongoing coverage of the incident.