Nevada casinos had luck on their side playing baccarat and statewide gaming win eclipsed the $1 billion mark for the fifth time this year.
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The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority gave a hard-hat tour of the construction site at Paradise Road and Convention Center Drive to showcase the building that 14½ months from now will be teeming with thousands of people attending CES in 2021.
With Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson back to offering earnings commentary, Las Vegas Sands has a mixed quarter with dominance in Macao and overseas timelines in place.
Panelists in 2019’s final G2E education session discussed trends in nongaming amenities, from nightclubs to the prospect of hosting Los Angeles’ quirky Two Bit Circus.
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, operator of a casino property 60 miles east of Los Angeles in San Bernardino County, has signed a partnership with the Raiders.
The Las Vegas Monorail Co. still has a ways to go before it can be considered a functional transportation system and the planned station near the Sphere is a first step.
Things are getting a little rounder at the MSG Sphere at The Venetian, the first-of-its-kind performance venue that will seat 18,000 people.
The popular Mecum Auctions will sell about 25 classic guitars this year in addition to some 1,000 vehicles in the third year of the event’s presence in Las Vegas.
A trade show that has frequently rotated between Orlando and Las Vegas has made a permanent commitment to Southern Nevada with 13 years of events beginning in 2027.
To assure the Las Vegas Convention Center expansion will be completed by CES 2021, the LVCVA board of directors approved a contract amendment that increases the cost.
A bill introduced by Reps. Johnson and Fortenberry wouldn’t make resort fees illegal, but would spell out how they’re displayed on websites and in advertisements.
Gaming companies aren’t supposed to cross the line of doing business with marijuana companies, so regulators will be watching the first-ever Budtender Awards event.
Legislation requiring resorts to be transparent in the advertising of hotel room rates faces an uphill path, the congresswoman representing the Las Vegas resort corridor said.