When the MGM Grand opened 25 years ago on the Las Vegas Strip, it was the largest hotel in the world and launched an era of growth that forever changed Southern Nevada.
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The iconic Bellagio, MGM Resorts International’s luxury hotel on the Strip, turns 20 on Monday.
Two major entertainment brands began work Thursday on changing the face of live performance — and the Las Vegas skyline — with a ceremonial groundbreaking for the 18,000-seat MSG Sphere at The Venetian.
While Ted Binion and his notorious death dominated headlines 20 years ago, the Binion family has been a Southern Nevada institution for more than 70 — and nearly as notorious.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday approved a restricted gaming license for Jason Stegall, the sole proprietor of the Outdoor Inn on Main Street in Jarbidge.
As more and more fans catch Knights fever during the team’s remarkable Stanley Cup Playoff run, casino companies are capitalizing on the hottest ticket in town.
A new Las Vegas Strip concert venue is slated to offer guests technology that will allow them to feel the music.
For MGM Resorts International, converting the brand on a 3,000-room hotel was a walk in the Park.
A small Reno restaurant’s use of the name Feast gave Station Casinos Inc. heartburn.
The nearly 90 people who thought they had won money in Station Casinos’ “bad beat jackpot” poker promotion had to wait more than nine months to cash in.
Steve Wynn demanded salon employees at Wynn Las Vegas record a video in which they stated they were never assaulted by him and the former chairman and CEO of the company continues to make appointments and receive manicures, pedicures and services there or at his on-property villa, according to a new lawsuit filed in Clark County District Court.
While the Southern Nevada casino industry enjoys a burst of prosperity and development, it also may be facing a tide of negative sentiment from loyal casino customers regarding high resort fees and paid parking policies at Strip casinos.
When the state Gaming Control Board released its statewide gaming win statistics for 2017 in late January, the headline was the 2.8 percent increase from $11.26 billion in 2016 to $11.57 billion for the 336 nonrestricted locations across Nevada.
A limited-liability company registered in Nevada in 2005 has become a part of the investigation into sexual harassment accusations against Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn.
Steve Wynn stepped down Saturday as Republican National Committee finance chairman amid allegations of sexual misconduct. “The work we are doing to make America a better place is too important to be impaired by this distraction,” Wynn said in a statement.
