Caesars Entertainment Corp. has opened North America’s largest soundstage just off the Las Vegas Strip to lure production companies to the desert.
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Renato Ascoli, who became International Game Technology’s North America gaming and interactive CEO, arrived in Las Vegas from New England in 2015 where he was general manager of Gtech Corp., the company that acquired IGT, the world’s largest manufacturer of slot machines, for $6.4 billion.
When was the last time you looked down while walking through a casino?
Gov. Brian Sandoval headed a list of dignitaries that on Friday welcomed Australian slot-machine manufacturer Aristocrat Technologies Inc. to Summerlin where the company is building a 180,000 square-foot Las Vegas campus.
Accompanied by a blast of green and gold confetti and “Viva Las Vegas” by Elvis Presley, MGM Resorts International executives on Tuesday tossed gravel with gold-colored shovels to kick off construction of a $130 million conference center expansion at the MGM Grand, a key piece in a larger south Strip strategy.
MGM Grand will next week start expanding its conference center, adding the equivalent of five football fields, as its seeks to capture a larger portion of the city’s lucrative trade show industry.
A Rio spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday that the hotel’s water systems have been disinfected after two guests reported cases of Legionnaires’ disease.
Eventual shape of resort that will rise adjacent to Fremont Street remains a work in progress, D Hotel owner Derek Stevens says.
Two recent guests at the Rio have contracted Legionnaires’ disease, which causes pneumonia-like symptoms, the Southern Nevada Health District announced Friday.
By Thursday, rooms on two floors at Planet Hollywood will be back on the market, ending a nine-month project to renovate all of the hotel’s 2,496 rooms.
Drivers to Las Vegas Boulevard, who have been shouting to the high heavens as one resort after another begins charging for parking, can still find salvation in houses of worship.
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