Analysts knew May gaming win was going to be off, since casinos were closed and only sports apps and online poker provided revenue. But the $5.8M win was still a jolt.
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After experiencing record low travel volume during the coronavirus shutdown things are looking up for McCarran International Airport as Las Vegas continues to reopen.
Henderson’s M Resort, which is operated by Penn National Gaming and is the official headquarters hotel of the Las Vegas Raiders, is scrapping its resort fee through Labor Day.
Casinos will find out Friday if the state’s new mask mandate is a deal-breaker for some gamblers. While some tourists have been staunchly against mandated masks, others welcome the stricter policy.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will use a #VegasSmart social media campaign to inform visitors of new requirements to wear masks in public places.
Guests at Caesars Entertainment Corp. properties will be required to wear masks while inside its properties, effective immediately.
The two won’t operate as typical dayclubs and are instead reopening as extensions of the properties’ resort pools to support customer demand.
A report issued by San Francisco-based Destination Analysts that surveys prospective visitors attitudes toward travel found the economic toll on tourism resulting from the coronavirus outbreak is not pretty.
Circa owner Derek Stevens joked that because his new downtown resort was expensive to build, he couldn’t afford to put in an arcade.
Three employees affiliated with the Northside Cafe at the Sahara tested positive for COVID-19 prompting executives to close the restaurant, the fourth closure in a week.
There are signs traveler volumes will ramp up for the three-day weekend — the first since Las Vegas casinos were allowed to reopen on June 4.
Three Arizona casinos have gone dark once again. They had been open less than five weeks and had health and safety protocols nearly identical to those in Nevada casinos.
Almost two weeks after Las Vegas casinos first began to reopen, at least one hotel-casino worker has tested positive for COVID-19.
The 43-story, 1,118-suite hotel, the closest one to soon-to-open Allegiant Stadium, will reopen on the same day as Mandalay Bay and just behind neighboring Luxor.
State and local tax revenue from hotel operations in Nevada will be the fourth lowest among states in the nation in 2020, a new report says.