Mike Ensign, a retired gaming executive who helped usher in the new era of Las Vegas casinos and father of former U.S. Sen. John Ensign of Nevada, died Wednesday morning in his Las Vegas home.
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Tourism is a copycat business world with few original ideas so it isn’t hard to look at what airlines have done over the past decade to see the Strip parking correlation.
Dragon and lion dancers danced and marched past baccarat players to a staccato beat of drums and cymbals while gamblers snapped cellphone pictures Saturday as Las Vegas’ newest boutique hotel property, Lucky Dragon, celebrated its grand opening.
When MGM Resorts International announced its paid parking initiative earlier this year, company executives expected blowback. Reader comments suggest Caesars Entertainment Corp. should, too.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. said late Tuesday that it will launch a paid valet and self-parking initiative beginning late next month. The move follows the lead of MGM Resorts International, which began charging for parking at its properties earlier this year.
If approved by the commission, it would become the third large gaming company in the state to abandon the state-regulated energy company in recent months.
Santa Fe Station opened a new, 10,000-square-foot bingo hall in space formerly occupied by the Revolver country nightclub and bar.
Clark County commissioners selected a union leader, an African-American business leader and a woman casino executive to serve on the board that will select the site and oversee planning for a $1.9 billion stadium proposed as the new home of the NFL’s Oakland Raiders.
After a great Sunday afternoon at the Bellagio, I recalled that MGM indicated it may revisit parking policies at the end of the year.
The El Cortez is a Las Vegas time capsule and so is owner Kenny Epstein.
The power is back on at Paris Las Vegas after a major power outage brought operations at the Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino to a standstill Thursday.
Power was partially restored at Paris Las Vegas about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, and guests are expected to be allowed back into the resort by 1 a.m. Friday.
As good as revenue generation in Macau was for Wynn Resorts Ltd., Steve Wynn says it could have been even better if customers would have been able to access his newest property easier.
When Clark County commissioners convene for their Nov. 15 meeting, they’ll have the option of codifying two hotel room tax increases to fund the upgrade of the Las Vegas Convention Center and the construction of a domed stadium in one fell swoop. But if Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani has her way, commissioners will take their time before raising the tax to finance $750 million in bonds for the $1.9 billion stadium project.
Edward Doumani, who partnered with Steve Wynn to acquire the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas five decades ago and built the Golden Nugget Atlantic City, has died at age 80.
