Stowe Shoemaker, a hospitality academic who brought a building and curriculum change to UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, reflects on his 10-year tenure at the helm.
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Boyd Gaming will bring its innovation center to a building at UNLV’s Harry Reid Research and Technology Park in a joint innovation and training effort.
The Las Vegas gaming executive who opened Bellagio and Wynn Palace is looking forward to a return to the industry after fighting “Operation Varsity Blues” accusations.
The AGA adopted a new responsible marketing code that bans sportsbooks from partnering with colleges to promote sports wagering and with student athletes through NIL deals.
Brett Abarbanel was named executive director of the UNLV International Gaming Institute, and she credits basement poker games for piquing her interest in gambling research.
Seven Las Vegas-area students are among 22 recipients of a new $20,000 Caesars Entertainment scholarship honoring Eldorado Resorts founder Don Carano.
Responsible gaming efforts typically focus on problematic gambling behaviors after they’ve began. A collaboration between UNLV and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians will take a new approach.
UNLV’s Center for Business Economic Research hosted its annual economic forecasting event, noting Southern Nevada’s economy still remains vulnerable to surges in COVID-19 cases.
The program for college students includes a $15-per-hour wage for a maximum of 40 hours per week and housing at Red Rock Resort, Sunset Station, Palace Station or Green Valley Ranch.
The initiative’s founders at UNLV’s International Gaming Institute hope to better define the lines between safe and unsafe gambling, identify potential policy gaps and apply research to real-world settings.
For hotels, resorts and the hospitality industry at large, the new era of higher-tech and lower-touch ushered in by the COVID-19 pandemic is likely here to stay.
A report issued by the university’s International Gaming Institute considers harm of marketing to vulnerable populations and positioning of offshore companies.
UNLV and Entain are teaming up on a program designed to recruit, mentor, support and introduce women to the sports betting, gaming and technology industries.
DraftKings isn’t yet licensed in Nevada, but its logo is about to be plastered across UNLV’s Stan Fulton Building.
Wynn Las Vegas is offering to pay for supervised virtual learning for school-aged children of workers.
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The park near Bermuda Road and Pebble Road honors a Metropolitan Police Department sergeant who was shot and killed in the line of duty in 2006.
Officials broke ground in Las Vegas’ Historic Westside for a College of Southern Nevada facility designed to help people get into high-demand industries.
The tranquilizer xylazine has been detected in the local illicit drug supply, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
A joint traffic safety operation by the Nevada Highway Patrol and California Highway Patrol resulted in hundreds of drivers cited over Memorial Day weekend, authorities said.