If you’re under 21, don’t expect to get in at Circa or El Cortez. Their leaders are happy with their decisions, but they don’t expect any other properties to join them.
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Work will begin soon on the 35,000-square-foot meetings and convention space for the downtown resort, with the first customers expected in September.
The annual NCAA college basketball “March Madness” tournament won’t have any games in Las Vegas, but that doesn’t stop thousands from coming to watch and bet on games.
Las Vegas visitation numbers tell the same story with hotel occupancy rates staying average, but resort operators managing to keep average daily room rates at their highest level in the pandemic era.
Tourism industry analysts say it’s going to be hard to put the genie back into the bottle when it comes to revamping health and safety regulations addressing COVID-19.
After the Circa casino opened its doors Oct. 28, the property received special permission from regulators to open the hotel separately and that began Saturday.
In an interview with the president of the Latin Chamber of Commerce, Wynn CEO Matt Maddox talks about the city’s recovery, another shutdown and how Macao prepared him.
The marketing genius behind Circa seemed to pull all the right levers at the right time and now Las Vegas has a new downtown resort to pick through historic Easter eggs.
Circa owner Derek Stevens joked that because his new downtown resort was expensive to build, he couldn’t afford to put in an arcade.
City, state and national tourism leaders cheered on the battered hospitality industry Tuesday, celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week on the Strip with a “red takeover.”