Ellis Island Casino & Hotel unveiled phase two of its $35 million expansion and renovation. Work is underway on the Karaoke Lounge, Ellis Island BBQ and Village Pub & Café.
For the seventh year, 20 team members of WOW Carwash visited Three Square Food Bank to assist with the nonprofit’s daily operations, including packing more than 25,000 pounds of canned goods, resulting in 21,000 meals.
Cirrus Aviation Services appointed Kalika Moquin as director of global partnerships, a newly created role supporting the company’s continued growth and expansion. Moquin brings more than 20 years of experience across entertainment programming, talent buying, brand partnerships and large-scale event production. Most recently, she served as executive director of entertainment for Zouk Group at Resorts World Las Vegas and Zouk LA.
MGM Resorts International was recognized by Forbes Travel Guide with Five-Star awards for its hotels, spas and restaurants in Las Vegas and Macau. This year, MGM Resorts received 13 Five-Star designations with multiple consecutive accolades for several of its hotels, spas and restaurants.
Station Casinos was included in Forbes’ America’s Best Employers 2026 list, an annual recognition presented in collaboration with Statista, a global statistics and industry ranking provider. The recognition is based on an independent survey conducted by Forbes and Statista that gathered feedback from employees across a wide range of industries and organizations with at least 1,000 employees nationwide.
The Federal Aviation Administration awarded Maverick Helicopters the 2025 Diamond Award of Excellence in each of its locations including Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and California. This is awarded to companies with the highest level of maintenance, training and aircraft safety standards and is the top honor for aviation maintenance technicians.
Fremont Street Experience appointed veteran hospitality executive Cliff Atkinson as its new president and CEO. Atkinson brings more than two decades of leadership experience in luxury hospitality, gaming operations, large-scale property transformations, and team development across globally recognized hotel and resort brands.
CareSource Nevada and the UNLV School of Public Health announced a grant challenge supporting nonprofit initiatives and research focused on key community health priorities, backed by a $300,000 investment from the CareSource Foundation. Hal of the $300,000 investment will provide grants of up to $25,000 to as many as six Nevada nonprofits. The remaining $150,000 will support UNLV faculty research and the work of the Nevada Community Health Coalition in the areas of maternal and child health, social drivers of health, and immunization awareness and confidence.
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