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The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority expects a 1.8 percent increase in visitor volume, but a 20.2 percent increase in their spending for summer’s kickoff.
The second annual Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend in November will be capped off with a Raiders game.
Rafael Kartaszynski, a Polish-Nevadan, recently launched Visionaries NV to make it easier for other international entrepreneurs to relocate to the state.
The Nevada law that oversees the licensing and control of gaming also keeps all records associated with the GCB’s investigations confidential while most law enforcement agencies have to provide records.
Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson wants a judge to bar cameras during his trip to the witness stand at a civil trial next week, saying that video and still images of his testimony would threaten his security.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas posted a net loss for the year as the luxury resort continues to attract customers to its restaurants, clubs and retail shops but still struggles to produce strong casino revenues.
Marc Schorr, chief operating officer of Wynn Resorts Ltd., will retire effective June 1, the Las Vegas-based gaming company announced Thursday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. on Wednesday unveiled plans for Wynn Everett, a
roughly $1.5 billion resort it hopes to build next to the Mystic River in Massachusetts, as the Las Vegas-based gaming company looks to capture the sole Boston-area casino license.
In an effort to garner support for their proposed $1 billion resort casino, Caesars Entertainment Corp. and their partner, Suffolk Downs, have scheduled a series of open houses for residents of East Boston and Revere.
Galaxy Gaming Inc., a Las Vegas-based developer and manufacturer of casino products, has received approval from the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to do business in the state.
Bally Technologies Inc. has signed a deal to provide its iGaming platform and mobile platform to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The tribe operates three casinos in Washington – Mill Bay, Okanogan Bingo and Coulee Dam.
Warehouse employees at Wynn Las Vegas and Encore have rejected a union.
In Europe, it’s known as novelty betting. Bookmakers from Paddy Power to William Hill post odds and take bets on a variety of activities, from who looks good to win the Nobel Prizes this year to whether Prince Harry’s next girlfriend will be a blonde or a brunette and who might host the Oscars in 2014.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. announced Tuesday it will hold its annual shareholders meeting on May 7 at Encore in Las Vegas. Shareholders will vote to re-elect four directors as well as ratify the audit committee’s choice of Ernst & Young LLP as independent accountants for the company.
Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
Art by Las Vegas Valley students from elementary, middle, high school and college will be voted on through June 5 for the first-ever Sphere XO Student Design Challenge.
A guest at an off-Strip hotel was injured Monday night after a window fell at the property.
Through a spokesperson, LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill,said the publicity following the announcement made it one of the most successful marketing moments for Las Vegas in recent memory.
A Las Vegas local and an Electric Daisy Carnival attendee hit it big at the same downtown casino on Sunday.