Las Vegas Business News

Caesars Entertainment buys bookmaker William Hill for $3.7B

A view of the William Hill Sports Book during the reopening of the Tropicana Las Vegas Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.

Caesars Entertainment said Wednesday it is buying the British bookmaker William Hill for $3.7 billion in a deal aimed at binding its casinos ever closer to the ...

Caesars says it has deal in place to acquire William Hill

An exterior view of Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

Caesars Entertainment has a deal in place to buy sports-betting firm William Hill.

MGM Resorts outlines conference health screening option

An exterior view of the MGM Grand hotel-casino Friday, Jan. 3, 2020.

Casino giant MGM Resorts International is teaming with a firm that provided COVID-19 screenings for the National Hockey League playoffs and ...

Renown, Tesla, Panasonic top county list of virus job sites

Tesla Motors Model S cars are charged at the new Tesla Gigafactory, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Sparks, Nev.

The Tesla battery factory where Tesla and Panasonic employees work east of Reno, and Renown Regional Medical Center are the job sites where the most coronavirus cases ...

Downtown Las Vegas businesses focus on attracting more locals

People check out the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas Friday, June 12, 2020.

Las Vegas normally attracts visitors from across the globe. But with travel lagging during the coronavirus pandemic, downtown businesses are looking toward locals to ...

Amid pandemic, PropSwap sellers choose good karma over making a quick buck

Ian Epstein, co-founder of PropSwap, poses for a photo at the Circa Sports Book inside The D Casino & Hotel, Friday Sept. 18, 2020.

When the pandemic shuttered all sports in the spring, it also put a pause on the PropSwap business, and created a problem they could have never expected.

The Notes: Sept. 28, 2020

In the Notes: Laura Perkins, Maureen Schafer, KO Knudnon Academy of the Arts, Karen Sierra-Hughes, Justine Clay, Blaine Preston and more ...

Southern Nevada attorney on a mission to destigmatize bankruptcy

Rory Vohwinkel is founder and managing attorney at Vohwinkel Law.

In law school, Rory Vohwinkel envisioned a future of high-stakes real estate attorney, negotiating contracts and closing deals. But before long, he realized that he preferred making a difference in people’s lives and helping them get back on their feet when they were down. And so, he became a bankruptcy attorney.

Will Park MGM no-smoking policy set a trend in Las Vegas?

An exterior view of the Park MGM, formerly the Monte Carlo, is shown from Toshiba Plaza Wednesday, May 9, 2018.

Public health advocates are praising MGM Resorts International for establishing the Strip’s first nonsmoking casino, but industry observers say it’s too early to know ...

Planet Hollywood to reopen Oct. 8 in Las Vegas

An exterior view of Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

The gaming floor of the Caesars Entertainment property will be open daily, and the hotel will accommodate guests Thursdays-Sundays.

Virgin Hotels Las Vegas set to open January 15

Richard "Boz" Bosworth, president and CEO of JC Hospitality and Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, speaks with reporters during a news conference at the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas porte cochere Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Bosworth announced a Jan. 15, 2021 opening for the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas (formerly the Hard Rock Hotel).

Virgin Hotels officials today announced a new opening date of Jan. 15 for the hospitality brand’s debut in Las Vegas just east of the Strip at the former Hard Rock Hotel site while also expressing support for the members of Southern Nevada’s most essential industry currently struggling through the pandemic.

Ray of sunshine: Circa resort creating 1,500 jobs in Las Vegas amid pandemic

Derek Stevens, who owns The D and Golden Gate in Las Vegas, is shown in front of his newest resort property, Circa, on Friday, Sept. 18, 2020.

The first casino built downtown in four decades, Circa is providing some 1,500 jobs at a time the coronavirus pandemic has rocked the Las Vegas economy, sending ...

Nevada Dispensary Association appoints new executive director

Layke Martin, an attorney and former assistant dean at UNLV’s law school, has been appointed executive director of the Nevada Dispensary Association. The association represents ...

Las Vegas area bars reopen after 10-week shutdown

Patrons gather for a drink outside Atomic Liquors before bars were ordered to shut down again to prevent coronavirus spread in Las Vegas, July 10, 2020.

Patrons showed up at bars in and round Las Vegas to celebrate their reopening after weeks of a coronavirus-driven shut down. Customers came late Sunday just before midnight eager to sit at a favorite bar including ...

WSOP’s move to online events continues paying off

Hossein Ensan's winning cards are displayed during the World Series of Poker Main Event at the Rio Wednesday, July 17, 2019.

With the coronavirus pandemic forcing the World Series of Poker events online, players in the United States had to get creative to participate.

People on the Move: Sept. 21, 2020

In the Notes: Candida Wadsworth, Daniel Mathis, David Marlon, George Hempe, Jake McClelland, Paul Selberg, Verna Mandez, J. Brin Gibson and more ...

Poker room at Encore reopening Sept. 30

An exterior view of the Encore hotel-casino Friday, Jan. 10, 2020.

The poker room at Encore is set to open later this month, according to a news release Friday from Wynn Resorts. The 24-hour poker room will open at ...

Wynn Resorts tallies 548 COVID-19 positives, 3 worker deaths

A view of the Encore and Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, Dec. 26, 2017.

One Las Vegas Strip casino company said today that it tallied 548 positive tests for COVID-19 among its 12,000 employees since May, and three workers have died. Wynn Resorts reported that testing found 51 positive cases of the new coronavirus among ...

Slot player hits nearly $790,000 jackpot — and then some

An exterior view of the Fremont casino in downtown Las Vegas, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013.

A slot player from Hawaii hit an almost $790,000 jackpot at a downtown Las Vegas casino, then topped it off by winning another ...

Several vehicles destroyed, damaged in fire at casino parking garage

Damage is shown after an early morning fire at the Four Queens parking garage at Casino Center Boulevard and Carson Avenue in downtown Las Vegas Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. At least five cars on the first level of the garage burned, officials said.

At least five vehicles were destroyed or damaged in a fire early today at the Four Queens parking garage in downtown Las Vegas, fire department officials said. The fire did about $500,000 in damage, but nobody was injured, according to Las Vegas Fire & Rescue officials. The blaze was reported ...