The Kats! Bureau at this writing is a tent just west of the Strip, near Russell Road, with Delano and Mandalay Bay gleaming in the background. This is the current site for, and future home of, the Las Vegas Raiders.
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Seeking to address the question, “Does the company that owns Bellagio also own Circus Circus?” MGM Resorts is launching its “Welcome To The Show” marketing campaign.
If you watch “Pawn Stars” long enough — and I admit to binge-watching the show for the past several weeks — you start to recognize some of the customers.
Las Vegas Events President Pat Christenson talks of “a big hole,” that has prevented the city from enticing top sport and entertainment event. Now, he says, “That hole has been filled.”
Jon Gray was known to hang with such stars as Kanye West and Jay-Z at the Palms a decade ago. Today he’s responsible for reenergizing the hotel-casinos nightlife spaces.
Scott Kreeger worked at resorts on and off the Strip for more than two decades, opening Red Rock Resort and steering SLS Las Vegas for more than two years.