Opening a new casino resort during a pandemic isn’t ideal, but the Thursday debut of Virgin Hotels Las Vegas may be fortuitous, according to experts.
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Financiers are convinced the leadership of a new CEO and a strategy to expand skill-based gaming and esports wagering will drive GameCo to new heights.
This past weekend marked some of the busiest days Las Vegas has seen since the onset of the pandemic. Judging by room rates, that level of demand could carry forward this weekend.
With the gradual addition of steel roof trusses, the MSG Sphere at The Venetian will begin taking on the spherical shape it is named for, with all trusses in by summer.
Las Vegas’ controlled environment is key to keeping partygoers in check, experts say.
Miami, Florida, Mayor Francis Suarez toured the tunnels and also met with Boring Co. founder Elon Musk to talk about drilling a tunnel beneath the Miami River.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. has maintained midweek closures of the Las Vegas resort since October, but will now reopen hotel rooms, spas, restaurants and other amenities.
Caesars Entertainment Inc. has lost more than $2 billion over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it wants its insurance providers to pay up.
Reduced COVID cases, increases in vaccination numbers and the relaxation of restrictions are producing greater optimism that visitors will have fun in Las Vegas.
The man hit the jackpot on a Shania Twain-branded table game at the resident headliner’s host property.
It was a pandemic Friday night on the Strip, the first since casino capacity limits lifted from 35 percent to 50 percent.
Once the namesake to one Las Vegas’ most successful resorts, the Hilton brand will add 5,000 rooms to its portfolio through Virgin Hotels and Resorts World.
The lucky guest, who chose to remain anonymous, hit a straight flush on the first hand dealt.
With Circa opening in October, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas debuting Thursday and Resorts World Las Vegas on deck for the summer, the city is in the midst of a new wave.
The SLS Las Vegas opened with much fanfare in 2014 but quickly spiraled downward. Now, a few miles away, Las Vegas’ newest renovated resort figures it’s starting out on stronger footing.
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