The Luxor, Las Vegas’ pyramid-shaped casino, opened to tens of thousands of people in 1993. But now, there’s a curious site right across the street: a “coming soon” billboard for the resort.
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Aristocrat Leisure Ltd, has agreed to buy a social casino company for nearly $1 billion as it doubles down on the digital gaming industry.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. is selling the real estate under Harrah’s Las Vegas to finance its acquisition of two horse racing and gaming properties in the Midwest.
A slot player at Harrah’s on the Strip turned five quarters into a jackpot of more than $939,000 just a few days before Thanksgiving.
The state Gaming Policy Committee is going to pot this week as top gaming policymakers, including Gov. Brian Sandoval, will discuss whether there’s a possible point of entry for recreational marijuana among Nevada’s tourism assets.
When Las Vegas-based Scientific Games Corp. reported third-quarter earnings earlier this month, executives said they were optimistic about the company’s prospects with a $631 million (U.S.) acquisition of the Canadian NYX Gaming Group Ltd. on the table.
Just days after the Oct. 1 Strip massacre, a Nevada Supreme Court panel issued a decision that could sharpen questions about the adequacy of security at Mandalay Bay and increase its liability.
Plans recently filed with Clark County show that the project, by casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. and sports and entertainment firm Madison Square Garden Co., would span 593,750 square feet, bigger than what was announced last year.
A subsidiary of Station Casinos has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board alleging unfair campaign practices by the UNITE HERE-affiliated Culinary and Bartenders’ unions during a Nov. 8-9 representation vote at Green Valley Ranch Resort.
In a 3-1 vote, commissioners rejected the application of Brian Hinchley as an officer and director for Minnetonka, Minnesota-based Table Trac Inc., a casino systems manufacturer that was licensed in Nevada earlier this year.
Mandalay Bay is adding to its security even as it cuts hours of other employees.
Five months after an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease was reported at the Rio, the number of confirmed cases of the pneumonia-like bacterial illness among guests has risen to seven, with 29 more cases suspected, the Southern Nevada Health District said Tuesday.
Boyd Gaming is informing guests at all its properties that hotel personnel will enter a room if a “Do Not Disturb” sign is left on a door for more than 48 hours.
Should lawsuits filed against MGM Resorts International over the Oct. 1 Strip shooting result in judgments against the company, executives believe their insurance will cover any losses.
The Culinary union said it will look into whether Mandalay Bay followed proper procedures when it cut employees’ work hours, effective immediately, in response to the Oct. 1 Las Vegas shooting.
