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Richard N. Velotta’s Inside Gaming column appears Sunday and Wednesday in Business.
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The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is publicizing special summer deals directed at locals to counter nickel-and-diming image.
The tentative agreements include “the largest wage increases ever negotiated in Culinary Union’s 90-year history,” according to dual news releases.
The Las Vegas casino company was discouraged with the mounting opposition to its plan and decided it was best to invest in other projects elsewhere.
Las Vegas-based Golden Entertainment reported year-over-year declines from the company’s continued operations stemming almost entirely from the lack of Super Bowl business.
MGM Resorts International executives said during a recent earnings call that the company plans to renovate hotel rooms at two of its Strip properties in the coming years.
Bally’s is seeking to raise roughly $195.1 million for the yet-to-be-completed project in Chicago.
A Las Vegas company that tests and certifies gaming products on a global basis is under new ownership.
Plus, a state that legalized casino gambling in 2020 had its first standalone casino open.
Special deals await players at the South Point casino on Mondays and other gaming news of the week.
Boyd Gaming is set to break ground this week in Henderson for its newest locals property, which will be built near the site of one of its current casinos.
Billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta, whose hospitality and entertainment empire includes several casino hotels in Nevada, is giving up the reins of his company.
A report to investors by Barry Jonas of Truist Securities says, despite a tough comparison to February when Las Vegas hosted the Super Bowl, rates are stable.
Jackpots won by players of IGT machines in February amounted to the largest payout month since August 2023, the company confirmed Monday.
A new study shows that visitation is increasing and those who arrive have higher median incomes than in past years. Many of those affluent visitors are staying.