On Sunday, the El Cortez turns 80 years old, 29,220 days since it first opened its doors Nov. 7, 1941. The hotel-casino will punctuate its birthday weekend with a fireworks show.
Local
Local Las Vegas Valley breaking news from Nevada's most reliable source. Read about the latest updates happening in your region at Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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.
Officials with the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians offered details about its plans for the Palms for the first time since announcing a $650-million deal to buy the property in May.
The company plans to build a 211-room hotel with an 83,178-square-foot casino on South Durango Drive, just south of the 215 Beltway.
Longtime MGM Resorts International executive Cynthia Kiser Murphey is the new general manager of the Palms, the off-Strip resort acquired by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
Hotel guests will pay a pretty penny for any room downtown this weekend as the three-day Life is Beautiful music and arts festival makes its return to Las Vegas.
Signs of Las Vegas’ economic revival are hard to miss these days, but the workforce that supports the economy has yet to see that same rebound.
Aruze’s Go Go Claw gambling game looks and plays a lot like an arcade crane machine. But don’t expect to win a stuffed animal or boxed electronic item. The prize for a successful treasure grab is cash.
The Boyd Gaming-owned downtown hotel-casino will reopen its doors to the public on Sept. 8 for the first time since March 2020, according to a release.
Station Casinos executives shared some new information about plans for a long-awaited project in the southwest valley during an earnings call Wednesday.
Main Street Station’s parent company, Boyd Gaming, is looking at possibly reopening the downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino later this year.
It’s the first major holiday weekend since COVID-19 restrictions on capacity, gatherings and crowd sizes were lifted across the state in June.
Las Vegas resorts are preparing to welcome a flood of visitors for what many say will be a milestone event in the city’s rebound.
A local couple hasn’t pieced together why their Crockfords luxury hotel room reservation fell through at the newly opened Strip resort.
Members of the media got a chance to check out the MSG Sphere’s most recent construction milestone during a tour.
Partnered Content
Technology is wonderful, but it’s good to step away from the devices and into the great outdoors every so often. With thousands of hiking trails, the country’s darkest skies and unforgettable road trips, the Silver State offers numerous ways to get a little out there (while getting off your device). Hiking You’re never too far […]
1
2
3
4
5
Restaurant closing after more than a decade on Las Vegas Strip
Aces waive rookie guard four games into WNBA season
4 new Las Vegas Valley restaurants, plus a big-name closing
Newly opened golf-entertainment venue announces layoffs
Containment of Red Rock fire expected later Tuesday, BLM says
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.
Natalie Burt
Want to ease anxiety? Look to the sky
