When the Eastside Cannery opened last month on Boulder Highway, you could almost see the sweat breaking out on the well-worn surfaces of nearby Boulder Station and Sam’s Town.
Las Vegas in July experienced its largest monthly decline in visitor traffic since the start of the Iraq war in March 2003, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reported today.
When times are flush, managers think big: Budgets balloon, plans take shape and perks flow. When times are tough, as they are now for casinos on the Strip, they’re thinking small, combing budgets, reviewing expenses and trimming where they can.
If the slot machine business were like the film industry, the biggest studio with the greatest collective experience and longest string of blockbusters would be International Game Technology.
The Cosmopolitan has become an unwitting symbol of the region’s economic downturn since the resort’s primary lender, Deutsche Bank, started foreclosure proceedings in January.
The M Resort, under construction at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and St. Rose Parkway, today kicked off a campaign to hire close to 2,000 employees for the property.
Last month’s vote by the Nevada Gaming Commission to permanently repeal a long-standing ban on the use of cell phones and other electronic communications devices in sports books couldn’t have come soon enough for Nevada casinos, which began removing those ubiquitous, misunderstood and often overlooked signs in sports books requesting that customers make calls elsewhere.
When the Eastside Cannery opens for business this evening, customers may notice a few vintage touches. The industry elite, however, will be focusing on the property’s price tag.
CARSON CITY – The Culinary and bartenders unions have won another round in their long legal battle with the former owners of the Sahara and Hacienda hotel-casinos in Las Vegas.
No one would describe a relationship between unions and management as amorous, but on the Strip there’s at least an understanding, an industry standard that is mostly obliged.
