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Caesars chief: Strip tragedy will not affect Caesars overall financial results: Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017; In comments at the start of the call, Caesars Entertainment CEO Mark Frissora said the effect of the shooting would not affect Caesars overall financial results ...
Caesars donates used furniture to Harvey victims, Habitat for Humanity: Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017; Caesars Entertainment is donating hundreds of pieces of used furniture from the Flamingo and Bally’s Las Vegas to victims of Hurricane Harvey and to a local Habitat for Humanity store. ...
Nevada gaming revenue up 3.25 percent in September: Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017; State gaming revenue was up 3.25 percent — $948,991,121 to $979,859,876 — in September compared to same month a year ago, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Revenue rose 4.67 percent at ...
Caesars Entertainment to begin charging locals for parking: Friday, Oct. 27, 2017; Las Vegas locals will now have to pay for parking at Caesars Entertainment properties on the Strip, the company announced late Friday night ...
Long-dormant Stirling Club to be auctioned next month: Friday, Oct. 27, 2017; The Stirling Club, the long-closed haunt of Las Vegas cognoscenti, will be auctioned early next month. ...
Wynn: Shooter Paddock was unremarkable customer: Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017; CEO Steve Wynn spoke about mass shooter Stephen Paddock, security and the business effects of the tragedy as well as plans for his new lagoon development in a wide-ranging discussion with investors during Thursday during company’s third-quarter earnings call.
Construction to start on Wynn's Paradise Park in the spring: Wynn Golf Club to close Dec. 22 to make way for new development; Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017; The development will also have a new 47-story, 1,500-room hotel with its own convention space, casino and restaurants. It will sit roughly between the Encore and the Wynn Las Vegas
Boulevard mall investors buy Sears building, in talks to develop parking lot: Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017; Sears Holdings Corp. sold its building at the Boulevard mall to a group of investors earlier this month, clearing the way for development of the massive parking lot around the store. The Sears store is not going anywhere. As part of the sale, the new owners are leasing the space back ...
Caesars Palace’s opulent suites top off $100 million hotel tower renovation: Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017; Gold-plated faucets and $20,000 85-inch TVs are just two of the luxurious amenities in 10 special villas on the 29th floor of Caesars Palace’s newly renovated Palace Tower.
Caesars execs address plans for land on Strip: Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017; Caesars Entertainment executives talked growth and efficiency today in their first investors conference since the company emerged from bankruptcy but also fielded questions from analysts about business on the Strip after the Route 91 Harvest festival mass shooting. “It’s fair to say we are cautiously optimistic about the rebound and think the occupancy rates across the Strip took a little hit the ...
Next skill-based gaming machines arrive on Las Vegas Strip: Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017; The second round of skill-based gaming machines has hit the Las Vegas Strip, allowing players to stake their cash on their abilities to use a cartoon catapult or survive a zombie-infested cornfield. ...
Caesars executives to ring Nasdaq’s opening bell: Monday, Oct. 23, 2017; In one of the company’s first post-bankruptcy investors events, executives from Caesars Entertainment will ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq’s MarketSite in New York on Tuesday. ...
MGM: No plans to rent gunman’s room at Mandalay Bay: Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017; MGM Resorts International said today it has no plans to rent the 32nd-floor Mandalay Bay suite from where a gunman shot and killed 58 people and wounded more than ...
Stratosphere, Arizona Charlie’s purchase likely to clear final hurdle: Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017; The company that owns PT’s Pubs will likely get the final approval it needs to purchase the company that owns the Stratosphere and three other Nevada casinos today at ...
How Nevada Gaming Control Board helped investigation of shooter Paddock: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017; As the search for motives got underway, Gaming Control Board agents were asked to see what, if any, information they could discover about Paddock ...
Construction manager hired for Resorts World casino on Strip: Monday, Oct. 16, 2017; Resorts World, the long-delayed casino project on the Strip, may be moving forward. The company today announced it hired a construction manager; last week, the Clark County Building Department approved multiple permits and ...
Pact allows New Jersey players on Nevada online poker sites: Friday, Oct. 13, 2017; Online poker players in Nevada can now play against gamblers in New Jersey after Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval ...
Supreme Court to hear sports-betting arguments in December: Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017; The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that could legalize sports betting across the country on Dec. 4, according to a calendar published by the court.
'This affects all of us': Tourism industry begins looking to post-shooting economy: Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017; MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren and other local and international tourism executives spoke Tuesday about the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip, to thank those who responded to the tragedy and also to reassure people that the shooting hasn’t damaged Las Vegas’ image among travel industry professionals. Murren spoke at a press conference at the Sands Expo, just down the hall from the meeting rooms where people were gathering for ...
How the resorts, Metro get on the same page to address threats: Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017; “These aren’t little tribal pieces in separate casinos,” he said. “It’s one system. We are Las Vegas, and the harm to one is harm to all.”
Stories of heroism and resilience in the face of Las Vegas mass shooting tragedy: Monday, Oct. 9, 2017; Survivors of the mass shooting on the Strip describe chaos, terror and carnage, but many of the stories that linger are about heroism. Not just shown by the first responders who ...
Caesars Entertainment emerges from bankruptcy with $2 billion in cash: Friday, Oct. 6, 2017; Caesars Entertainment has completed the bankruptcy process, the company announced Friday, ending two-plus years of legal and financial uncertainty. ...
Workplace violence seminar on G2E’S last day sparsely attended: Friday, Oct. 6, 2017; Just four days after the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, a seminar on how to handle an active shooter situation at Global Gaming Expo (G2E) drew few participants ...
Will Las Vegas tourism suffer in wake of shooting?: Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017; Figuring out how business on the Las Vegas Strip will be affected by Sunday’s mass shooting will have to wait, said the man in charge of promoting Las Vegas. “It’s really too soon to ...
A day after horrific event, a semblance of normalcy along Strip: Monday, Oct. 2, 2017; For the most part, the Las Vegas Strip seemed normal Monday afternoon, nearly a day after the nation’s worst mass shooting killed at least 59 and wounded at least 527 people on ...
Nevada gaming revenue jumps nearly 15 percent in August: Friday, Sept. 29, 2017; Gaming revenue in Nevada jumped 14.91 percent in August — from $861,137,241 to $989,510,649 — compared to the same month ...
Recreational weed, sports betting in spotlight as G2E takes over Vegas next week: Friday, Sept. 29, 2017; An appearance by Magic Johnson, the effects of legalized recreational pot, the use of “Game of Thrones” as a business strategy and more interactive slot machines are expected to be among the highlights of Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Monday through Thursday at the Sands Expo. First held in 2001 and presented by the American Gaming Association (AGA), G2E has become ...
John Fogerty helps break ground on veterans crisis center in Las Vegas: Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017; John Fogerty, whose music helped define the late 1960s and early 1970s and the resistance to the Vietnam War, said he always understood people who hated the war, but he couldn’t comprehend why they hated the soldiers who fought in it. “I used to talk to some of my acquaintances back in the ...
Claim Jumper replaces McCormick & Schmick's at Hughes Center: Monday, Sept. 25, 2017; The restaurant, located on Flamingo Road in the Hughes Center, shut down Saturday and will be replaced by a Claim Jumper on Saturday
‘Show’ time: MGM Resorts’ new ad campaign impresses the experts: Friday, Sept. 22, 2017; The first ad in MGM Resorts International’s massive new “Welcome to the Show” campaign featured cinema-like video of the company’s properties and attractions interspersed with written text such as “Mankind was not born to be bored” and “We invented MGM to entertain the human race.” What it didn’t ...
Q+A: WSOP.com marks four years of online poker: Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017; One of only two remaining online poker providers in Nevada, WSOP.com is celebrating its fourth anniversary today. The company began operating on Sept. 19, 2013, several months after the Nevada Legislature passed Assembly Bill 114 and Gov. Sandoval signed it into law ...
What’s behind those massive building wraps on the Las Vegas Strip: Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017; You don’t have to be a boxing fan in Las Vegas to know when one major bout is done and another is on its way. If you’re near the Strip, just look up at the colossal murals affixed to the MGM Grand’s towers. Contractors working for Screaming Images recently took down the mural announcing the Mayweather/McGregor fight ...
Slot players to get ‘Into the Groove’ with Madonna-themed game: Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017; Get ready to dust off your old "Material Girl" puns when you go to a casino next year, because Madonna will become the latest celebrity to grace the front of a slot machine. ...
Regulators mull ways to expand esports betting: Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017; Nevada’s Gaming Control Board will soon begin allowing sports books to offer bets on a year’s worth of esports events, the board’s chief of enforcement Karl Bennison said Thursday at a gambling and esports conference at the Westgate. ...
Gaming roundup: Sports books remodeled in time for football season: Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017; Not all of the news surrounding the gaming industry in Las Vegas involves big deals like the sale of the Fontainebleau. In addition to the multimillion-dollar transactions, there have been many recent announcements from ...
Life is good for home sellers, not so much for buyers, August stats show: Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017; August was good for home sellers in Las Vegas, but not so great for buyers. In general, the statistics show home prices ...
Start of the NFL season is big for some books, not others: March Madness, Super Bowl still outsell first week of regular season; Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017; Football fans aren’t the only ones looking forward to the start of the NFL regular season on Thursday. The sports books in Las Vegas have also been preparing for the end of the six-month pigskin drought. While ads for NFL betting contests and promotions are everywhere, sports book executives differ on just how important this week is in terms of business. For some, like the books at Caesars Entertainment properties or the Westgate, the first week is a fairly big deal. “The first week, it’s all hands on deck,” said Bill Sattler, the director of ...
Longtime Las Vegas developer remembered for service to community: Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017; Irwin Kishner began making his mark on the Las Vegas Strip soon after moving here in 1960. Along with family members already living in the area, he invested in property near ...
Golden Gate in downtown Las Vegas debuts expansion: Friday, Sept. 1, 2017; The expansion is not the only project the Stevens' are working on. They are also in midst of demolishing structures they purchased across the street from the Golden Gate in order to clear the way for ...
Paced by decline on Strip, state gaming revenue falls in July: The drop was seen on the Strip, which compared to July of last year saw a gaming revenue decrease of 7.73 percent; Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017; In the rest of Clark County locations, however, revenue rose in July. Downtown Las Vegas saw an increase of 7.84 percent, North Las Vegas’ numbers rose ...
Las Vegas lags in number of new rich ZIP codes, but sales of pricey homes are rising: Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017; Las Vegas is near the bottom of another list; this time, it’s the number of super-rich neighborhoods created in the last three years. According the real estate website Zillow.com ...
Fontainebleau in Las Vegas sold to NYC real estate firms, to be renamed: Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017; The Witkoff company said today in a statement that it had “identified numerous ways to unlock the significant underlying value of the property,” only referring to the property by its address and ...
Nevada regulators reaffirm stance that pot and gaming don't mix: Friday, Aug. 25, 2017; When it comes to recreational marijuana here, the message from the Nevada Gaming Commission to casino companies is clear: Stay away from ...
Why Cosmopolitan sees value in hiring military veterans: Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017; In one of Las Vegas’ most luxurious hiring events, veterans and spouses of veterans filed into a penthouse suite in the Cosmopolitan Wednesday hoping to land one of the 150 jobs currently open at the hip resort ...
Caesars studio hopes to attract more TV/movie productions to city: Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017; Mist floats in the icy cold air as Amy Murray-Rolon, manager of Sidekick Productions, gives a tour of Caesars Entertainment Studios, the permanent movie and television soundstage Caesars built on a large vacant lot along Koval Road behind Bally’s Las Vegas. ...
Cromwell unveils new sports book, touts lower minimum bets at table games: Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017; The Cromwell on the Las Vegas Strip is making changes to its casino floor ...
Nevada Gaming Commission to hash over weed and casinos: Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017; Nevada’s legalization of recreational marijuana has made life easier for users but more difficult for gaming companies, something the Nevada Gaming Commission hopes to address in a ...
Expansion at Emerald Island in downtown Henderson nearing completion: Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017; The casino’s administrative offices are in a former drugstore. The gaming floor is in what used to be a post office. The food preparation and storage areas used to be a Moose Lodge. It seems only fitting that the latest upgrades for Emerald Island in downtown Henderson include expanding by 10,000 square feet into ...
Cosmopolitan launching $100 million-plus room refresh: Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017; The Cosmopolitan has announced a major makeover of most of its hotel rooms, the latest in a series of upgrades at the resort that have included the addition of ...
Caesars taking payments in Las Vegas via popular Chinese app: Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2017; Caesars Entertainment has started taking payments at multiple locations in Las Vegas from WeChat, a smartphone messaging app that’s hugely popular in China.
Starting on Tuesday, the company began ...