Unions representing 65,000 Las Vegas-area casino workers have dropped two MGM Resorts International properties from a lawsuit accusing companies of skimping on protective measures and putting employees at risk of illness and death during the coronavirus pandemic. Culinary Union ...
21 July 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
The merger of Eldorado Resorts and Caesars Entertainment Corp. will result in a reduction of jobs, but the new company plans to make cuts as “compassionately and transparently as possible." Before layoffs resulting from the coronavirus pandemic ...
21 July 2020
By Bryan Horwath
A visitor from California took home nearly $875,000 after hitting a jackpot Friday at the Las Vegas airport. The woman, from Torrance, Calif., was playing a ...
20 July 2020
By Bryan Horwath
A Nevada company that started in 1973 with a single hotel-casino in Reno announced Monday it has completed a $17.3 billion buyout of Caesars Entertainment Corp. and ...
20 July 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
A $17.3 billion buyout creating the world’s biggest casino company won final approval Friday, with New Jersey gambling regulators agreeing to let Nevada-based Eldorado Resorts Inc. acquire Caesars Entertainment Corp. It comes after an antitrust analyst had assured the New Jersey Casino Control Commission that the deal affecting four of the nine casino-resorts in Atlantic City would not ...
17 July 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
At least 123 visitors to Nevada tested positive for the coronavirus while visiting the state in recent weeks or shortly after returning home ...
16 July 2020
By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press
New Jersey gambling regulators began Wednesday to consider Nevada-based Eldorado Resorts Inc.’s plan to buy Caesars Entertainment Corp. in a ...
15 July 2020
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press
Boyd Gaming Corp. is permanently laying off at least 25% of its employees because of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the company said. Furloughed employees who have not ...
14 July 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Bally’s will reopen from the coronavirus shutdown on July 23, Caesars Entertainment announced today, noting "solid customer interest" in Las Vegas this summer. Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered ...
9 July 2020
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
The Stadium Swim amphitheater at the under-construction Circa resort will include a massive video screen for watching sports, six pools, two spas and a high-tech ...
9 July 2020
By Las Vegas Sun Staff
This year’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The trade show, which drew ...
8 July 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Atlantic City tried Prohibition once before. It worked so well that Nucky Johnson, the legendary politician and racketeer, built a Boardwalk empire immortalized on HBO nearly a century later. It also tried banning smoking, too. That lasted for 20 days as ...
30 June 2020
By Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Casinos that were closed through May due to the coronavirus pandemic yielded nearly no tax revenue for Nevada, state regulators reported Tuesday. In one of a series of economic reports showing tourism fell dramatically after businesses ...
30 June 2020
Associated Press
Casino owner and Circa Las Vegas developer Derek Stevens said today he started to think in April that the ...
19 June 2020
By Bryan Horwath
Two employees at the Flamingo have tested positive for COVID-19, resort operator Caesars Entertainment said today. It was not clear what kinds of ...
19 June 2020
By Bryan Horwath
