Roughly 300,000 visitors are expected to come to Las Vegas for the Thanksgiving weekend, potentially setting up a holiday weekend resembling a time before the pandemic.
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Thirty-four Miracle Mile Shops employers took part in a job fair Wednesday at a time when employers across the country have complained they can’t find people to work.
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.
Charles “Chuck” Mathewson chaired IGT’s board of directors from 1986 to 2003 and is widely credited for steering the company from a small, Reno-based gaming manufacturer to an industry giant.
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.
While job growth last month in the leisure and hospitality sector outpaced all other private sectors in the U.S., it’s unclear if Nevada has experienced the same trend.
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.
Las Vegas-based Scientific Games Corp. is selling its OpenBet business to Endeavor Group Holdings, which also owns UFC, for $1.2 billion, the companies announced Monday.
Nevada gaming regulators have accused Station Casinos of accepting hundreds of sports wagers after a game’s outcome had been determined.
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.
The downtown Las Vegas hotel-casino will open 6 a.m. Wednesday, marking the first time the Victorian-themed property has welcomed guests since the pandemic prompted casino closures in March 2020.
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.
G2E, also known as the Global Gaming Expo, is the latest trade show to impose a vaccination rule ahead of its in-person return.