New York Mets owner Steve Cohen has purchased a 5.5 percent stake into Sphere Entertainment, the parent company of Sphere in Las Vegas.
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The production facility in North Las Vegas will play a role in the Brightline West high-speed rail project between Southern Nevada and Southern California.
Amid the oil embargo, President Richard Nixon asked for stringent energy conservation measures, and Nevada Gov. Mike O’Callaghan asked the resort industry to cut back on power usage.
The mid-Strip resort closes its hotel on July 14. The whole property closes three days later.
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The planned May G2E trade show in Macao has been postponed by 10 weeks due to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
It’s too early to know the financial impact of the cancellations, but last year the Las Vegas conventions and business meetings generated $6.3 billion of direct economic impact and about 6.6 million business travelers, according to a report from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
Flights between Las Vegas and South Korea are set to be suspended next week due to ongoing concerns regarding the coronavirus outbreak.
Inbound travel to the U.S. is expected to fall 6 percent over the next three months compared to the same period in 2019 amid the coronavirus outbreak, according to a Tuesday report from the U.S. Travel Association.
Consumer fears over the spread of coronavirus has led grocery delivery services like Instacart to see a surge in the number of home deliveries.
Software company Adobe said it will not be hosting its upcoming Adobe Summit at The Venetian this month citing the spread of coronavirus.
The Minneapolis-based retail chain said it will webcast the company’s meeting with the financial community as opposed to hosting it in-person, according to a statement.
The Macao government’s decision to close casinos for 15 days to slow the spread of the coronavirus resulted in a huge revenue drop during the month of Chinese New Year.
Las Vegas resort operators’ stock prices are plunging amid the global coronavirus sell-off.
It was just a few years ago when the global economy was rocked, the domestic stock market was cratering, and concerns about local home prices emerged. More recently, economic conditions have been strong, stock values reached all-time highs, and the price of a typical home approached its previous high-water mark. Economies tend to work in […]
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Now that special events and live broadcasts are in the mix, it’s a whole new ballgame for Sphere.
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.
Jerry Lewis bought the Scotch 80s home in 1982 as his primary residence until his death in August 2017.