Wynn Resorts is still weeks away from becoming the fourth resort group on the Strip to charge customers to park in the company’s self-parking lots, a Wynn spokesman said Thursday.
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Caesars Entertainment Corp. has opened North America’s largest soundstage just off the Las Vegas Strip to lure production companies to the desert.
When was the last time you looked down while walking through a casino?
Accompanied by a blast of green and gold confetti and “Viva Las Vegas” by Elvis Presley, MGM Resorts International executives on Tuesday tossed gravel with gold-colored shovels to kick off construction of a $130 million conference center expansion at the MGM Grand, a key piece in a larger south Strip strategy.
MGM Grand will next week start expanding its conference center, adding the equivalent of five football fields, as its seeks to capture a larger portion of the city’s lucrative trade show industry.
By Thursday, rooms on two floors at Planet Hollywood will be back on the market, ending a nine-month project to renovate all of the hotel’s 2,496 rooms.
Cosmopolitan expects to finish an expansion of its 24-hour convenience store during the third quarter.
Alex Meruelo and Meruelo Group, owners of the Grand Sierra Resort Hotel & Casino in Reno, have agreed to buy the SLS Las Vegas for an undisclosed amount from Las Vegas Resort Holdings LLC.
Caesars Entertainment plans to invest $90 million to upgrade the Flamingo Las Vegas hotel as part of a wide-ranging refurbishment of its Las Vegas properties.
Edward Farrell, a Chaparral High and University of Nevada graduate who has worked at casino properties in Nevada, Mississippi, Connecticut and New York has been chosen to direct development of the Strip’s next big megaresort.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on Tuesday became the 23rd Strip property to charge customers to park in visits to resorts.
An IGT “Wheel Of Fortune” 25-cent progressive jackpot hit on Tuesday at the Monte Carlo on the Strip for about $725,000.
Work will begin by the end of the year or in early 2018 on the first phase of Steve Wynn’s next big Las Vegas creation, Wynn Paradise Park, a 20-acre lagoon that would host watersports by day and fireworks displays at night.
A Thursday night fire at the Bellagio was accidental and caused by a faulty light fixture, Clark County officials said in a statement Tuesday.
The Las Vegas Strip is getting its first space dedicated for competitive gaming when the Luxor transforms its nightclub into a multi-level esports arena.
