Caesars Entertainment has a deal in place to buy sports-betting firm William Hill.
30 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Casino giant MGM Resorts International is teaming with a firm that provided COVID-19 screenings for the National Hockey League playoffs and ...
29 September 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
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 ...
27 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath
The gaming floor of the Caesars Entertainment property will be open daily, and the hotel will accommodate guests Thursdays-Sundays.
25 September 2020
By VEGAS INC Staff
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.
24 September 2020
By Brock Radke
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 ...
24 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath
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 ...
18 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath
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 ...
17 September 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
A slot player from Hawaii hit an almost $790,000 jackpot at a downtown Las Vegas casino, then topped it off by winning another ...
17 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath
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 ...
17 September 2020
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
Marketing veteran Andrew Simon will be the next chief executive officer for the Fremont Street Experience, according to a news release. Simon, who will start his ...
16 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath
The William Hill betting chain will become the official odds supplier for ESPN across all its platforms in a deal announced today that expands the bookmaker's ...
14 September 2020
Associated Press
One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday. Park MGM will prohibit tobacco smoke inside when it opens Sept. 30, said Anton Nikodemus, president and ...
14 September 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
Wynn Resorts is punching back following what the company described as a melee at its Encore casino over Labor Day weekend. Wynn is suing 15 to 20 unnamed people involved in a fight in the resort lobby, according to a lawsuit filed today in ...
11 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Las Vegas sports books are gearing up for a busy first weekend of NFL action, despite the coronavirus pandemic. John Murray, executive director of the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, said he expects a big turnout Sunday, even though fans and bettors will have ...
11 September 2020
By Bryan Horwath