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April 25, 2024

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MGM Resorts International president and CEO Bill Hornbuckle addresses the crowd after being inducted into the Nevada Business Hall of Fame in a ceremony on the campus of UNLV, hosted by Lee Business School on Thursday, April 4, 2024.
Hornbuckle’s Hall of Fame rise began at UNLV
Monday, April 8, 2024
Bill Hornbuckle remembers being a community college student in Connecticut when he saw a commercial advertising UNLV’s hospitality college during a broadcast of a UNLV basketball game.
In this Oct. 20, 2019, file photo Mariah Carey performs during a concert celebrating Dubai Expo 2020 One Year to Go in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Mariah Carey to headline eight nights at Park MGM's Dolby Live Theater in April
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Legendary singer-songwriter Mariah Carey is returning to Las Vegas with a new engagement, "Mariah Carey: The Celebration of Mimi Live in Las Vegas," with eight shows in April at Dolby Live at Park MGM, it was announced early Tuesday.
A view of the Mandalay Bay Friday, July 24, 2015.
MGM exec returning to Las Vegas as president of Mandalay Bay, Luxor
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Travis Lunn, president and COO of the Borgata in New Jersey, is returning to Las Vegas in June as president of Mandalay Bay and Luxor, officials with the properties’ parent company ...
Jennifer Black, a guest room attendant at the Flamingo, speaks during a break in contract negotiations between the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, and Caesars Entertainment at the Horseshoe Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, listens at left.
Culinary, MGM agree on new 5-year deal to avoid Strip strike
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Culinary Union Local 226 has agreed to a tentative five-year contract for hospitality workers at MGM Resorts International properties in Las Vegas, union officials said this morning.
Members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, react as members and leadership are arrested after blocking traffic in a Culinary Union civil disobedience protest on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. The union is currently in contract negotiations with the casinos.
Tens of thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could on go strike this month
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers set a deadline Thursday for a sweeping strike, threatening major disruptions to the city's economic backbone that could coincide with the Strip's inaugural Formula 1 races later ...
Ted Pappageorge, secretary-treasurer of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, speaks with reporters before a Culinary Union civil disobedience protest on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. The union is currently in contract negotiations with the casinos.
Culinary reports Las Vegas Strip resorts making ‘some movement,’ but strike still a possibility
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Culinary met Oct. 23 with MGM Resorts International, Friday with Caesars Entertainment and Monday with Wynn Resorts, all of which have been in talks with the union since April to establish a new five-year contract ...
Members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, picket outside Paris Las Vegas before a Culinary Union civil disobedience protest on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. The union is currently in contract negotiations with the casinos.
All of Southern Nevada benefits when hospitality workers thrive
EDITORIAL:
Sunday, October 29, 2023
Everyone in Clark County has a direct and personal stake in the outcome of the ongoing negotiations between MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment, Wynn Resorts and the Culinary Union.
Members of the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226, picket outside Paris Las Vegas before a Culinary Union civil disobedience protest on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. The union is currently in contract negotiations with the casinos. Seventy-five people were arrested after blocking part of Las Vegas Boulevard.
Rally takes over part of Las Vegas Strip; dozens arrested
Wednesday, October 25, 2023
Members of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 participated in a rally that culminated in the arrest of 75 hospitality workers Wednesday night on the Las Vegas Strip ...
Secretary-Treasurer, Ted Pappageorge, speaks to the press as thousands of culinary union members picket outside of the Paris hotel and other MGM and Caesar properties in Las Vegas, Thursday, October 12, 2023 Brian Ramos.
Culinary continues to raise specter of strike against Las Vegas Strip resorts
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Culinary Workers Union Local 226 is “putting the industry on notice” and prepared to set strike deadlines for workers at MGM Resorts International, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn Resorts if negotiations ...
Thousands of culinary union members picket outside of the Paris hotel and other MGM and Caesar properties in Las Vegas, Thursday, October 12, 2023 Brian Ramos.
Union picketers send message to Las Vegas Strip resort owners: Show us the money
Friday, October 13, 2023
The Las Vegas Strip was filled Thursday with the sound of thousands of Culinary Union members chanting mantras like “Las Vegas look around, Vegas is a union town” and drivers honking their horns in a show of support as local hospitality workers picketed for the first time in decades ...
The Culinary Workers Union local 226 holds a strike vote today at the Thomas & Mack Center Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023. The culinary and bartenders union is currently in negotiations with casino and hotel employers for the contracts of its members and will be able to call a strike, if needed, if the vote passes today.
Culinary members to picket Caesars, MGM properties amid negotiations
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Thousands of hospitality workers will picket outside eight Las Vegas Strip properties on Thursday after another week of negotiations with three major resort companies didn’t result in a new ...
The Las Vegas Monorail passes by MGM Grand, April, 27, 2006, in Las Vegas.
SEC filing: MGM estimates impact at $100M from September cyberattacks
Thursday, October 5, 2023
MGM Resorts International is apologizing for cybersecurity issues that disabled its systems in September and estimates the losses from the cyberattacks at $100 million, according to a filing ...
Ted Pappageorge, Secretary-Treasurer for the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, speaks to the press during a strike vote at the Thomas & Mack Center Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023. The culinary and bartenders union is currently in negotiations with casino and hotel employers for the contracts of its members and will be able to call a strike, if needed, if the vote passes today.
Culinary Union, Las Vegas resort companies resume contract talks
Possibility of strike still looms for properties on Las Vegas Strip
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
After Tuesday’s talks with MGM Resorts, union negotiators are scheduled to meet today with Caesars and Wynn Resorts on Friday. Whether a strike deadline will be set ...
The Las Vegas Monorail passes by MGM Grand, April, 27, 2006, in Las Vegas.
MGM room reservation system back online in recovery from cyberattacks
Friday, September 22, 2023
The online room booking reservation system at MGM Resorts International is again functioning after nearly two weeks of being disabled in response to a crippling cybersecurity attack, officials said in a Friday evening social media post ...
An exterior view of the Bellagio, June 6, 2013.
MGM working to bring casino systems back online after cyberattack
Friday, September 15, 2023
MGM Resorts International casinos are still dealing with interruptions from a cyberattack earlier this week, officials said today. The MGM website is online and operating in a limited ...
The Las Vegas Monorail passes by MGM Grand, April, 27, 2006, in Las Vegas.
As MGM struggles with cyber issue, tourists make do
Friday, September 15, 2023
Up the Strip at Aria, clusters of slot machines were down near the entrance and employees were scattered around the winding check-in line with clipboards in hand. Check-ins are still being done manually for security reasons ...
The Las Vegas Monorail passes by MGM Grand, April, 27, 2006, in Las Vegas.
Questions linger after ‘cyber issue’ shuts down MGM computer systems
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
The targets of cybersecurity attacks are typically high-profile companies that face challenges getting back online, said Yoohwan Kim, a UNLV computer scientist who ...
The Las Vegas Monorail passes by MGM Grand, April, 27, 2006, in Las Vegas.
Cybersecurity issue prompts computer shutdowns at MGM Resorts properties across U.S.
Monday, September 11, 2023
A “cybersecurity issue” led to the shutdown of some casino and hotel computer systems at MGM Resorts International properties across the U.S., a company official reported Monday. The incident began Sunday and the extent of its effect on reservation systems and casino floors in Las Vegas and ...