Nevada Group Seeks To Draw GOP Convention To Las Vegas In 2016

LAS VEGAS Makes Play For Republican Convention
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In this photo provided by the Las Vegas News Bureau, fireworks burst over the Las Vegas Strip at midnight on New Year's 2012, as seen from Mix at Mandalay Bay. Las Vegas officials expect to welcome a record-breaking 314,000 visitors for the holiday. Sunday, January 1, 2012. (Photo/Las Vegas News Bureau, Darrin Bush)

CARSON CITY -- A newly formed Nevada group announced Tuesday that it will make a formal bid to bring the 2016 Republican National Convention to Las Vegas.

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