These trees were replacements for mature trees that had been removed prior to November’s Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix race.
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The transition of The Mirage to Hard Rock Las Vegas will generate nostalgic memories, but it’s part of the Las Vegas way of constantly evolving to what’s next.
Tears, cheers and beers. They all marked the final hours of the Tropicana, one of the oldest of the remaining old-school casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.
Legal and academic experts say non-compete clauses, banned in other states, will be questioned in Wynn accusations of Fontainebleau poaching employees.
The Durango resort-casino is the first locals-focused resort since the M Resort opened in 2009.
The LVCVA board had to approve a land preparation project before the 10 acres could be sold to 65SLVB, a partnership paying $125 million for the Riviera site.
Hotel occupancy dropped from the same month last year, but room rates remained high and convention attendance continued to soar, the LVCVA said.
CBRE’s John DeCree met with more than 20 companies and came away with an optimistic outlook with record convention, special events traffic.
Entertainment manager Rhonda Pavelko feels the family ties of Bellagio as one of the resort’s 1,221 Day 1 employees on the 25th anniversary of its opening.
From the night the doors opened Oct. 15, 1998, to today, as it prepares for the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, Bellagio has been a special place on the Strip.
A collaboration of Russian hacker gangs may have been responsible for MGM Resorts’ cybersecurity issue that has plagued the company. MGM is Nevada’s largest employer.
An expert in cybersecurity says it’s too early to speculate whether MGM Resorts International was the victim of hackers in a ransomware attack but there are numerous clues indicating it was.
The problem affected credit card transactions and other computerized systems. There were indications that MGM shut down some systems to prevent the matter from becoming worse.
A new attraction coming to the Strip is all about play — but not casino play. Guests will enter it on a slide, just like the ones kids use on a playground.
The company that operates the Tropicana hotel-casino is working on two other big projects and waiting for a Major League Baseball relocation vote.