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Power restored for 8,000 near Las Vegas airport, Strip

Updated Tuesday, June 27, 2017 | 7:23 p.m.

Thousands of NV Energy customers were momentarily without power this afternoon due to equipment issues, according to the utility.

More than 8,000 locations had been affected, mostly in the 89119, near McCarran International Airport, and 89169, just east of the Strip, according to NV Energy’s website.

The outages were reported about 2:15 p.m. and power was back before it was projected to be restored.

Parts of UNLV’s main campus also were affected by an outage, according to the university’s police.