Gaming

Caesars announces sale of Rio for $516 million

An exterior view of the Rio Hotel and Casino, June 6, 2013.

Caesars Entertainment has completed a deal to sell the Rio but will continue to operate the Las Vegas property for at least two years, the company announced today ...

23 September 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Q+A: Former gaming regulator A.G. Burnett on sports betting, industry trends

In this file photo, then-Chairman A.G. Burnett, center, asks a question during a Nevada Gaming Control Board meeting at the Grant Sawyer State Building Wednesday, March 1, 2016. Burnett, an attorney, is now a partner at the McDonald Carano law firm.

A well-known name in Nevada gaming circles, A.G. Burnett served on the state’s Gaming Control Board from 2011 to 2017, taking over as chairman in 2012. An attorney, Burnett, is now a partner at ...

16 September 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Wynn convention center expansion ahead of schedule

Wynn Las Vegas announced this week that it’s Strip convention and meeting center expansion will likely be finished sooner than planned. The 430,000-square-foot expansion, which will ...

11 September 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Plaza offering chance to win vintage slot machines

Players at the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas will have a chance to win vintage coin-operated slot and video poker machines such as these during a pair of promotions in October.

The Plaza in downtown Las Vegas is giving players the chance to win a vintage coin-operated slot or video poker machine as part of a pair of promotions next month.

10 September 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Barry Manilow residency at Westgate extended into 2020

Barry Manilow at the Westgate.

Barry Manilow’s residency at the Westgate Las Vegas will extend into 2020. The entertainer’s residency, “Manilow Las Vegas: The Hits Come Home,” at Westgate International Theater is adding dates in ...

9 September 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Las Vegas ready to welcome more electric vehicles

A Tesla vehicle is parked at a new Tesla Supercharger station next to the Linq High Roller on Tuesday, July 23, 2019.

Tom Volk sat in his Tesla Model 3 as it charged at the Railroad Pass Travel Center in Henderson. Volk, a businessman from Phoenix, had also stopped in Arizona to charge up his electric car on the way to Las Vegas. While the Model 3 has a maximum range of about ...

7 September 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Jan Jones Blackhurst leaving Caesars executive post, joins board

Jan Jones Blackhurst, left, Caesars Entertainment executive vice president of public policy & corporate responsibility speaks during Caesars Entertainment Community Review reception at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino Monday, March 5, 2018, in Las Vegas.

Former Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones Blackhurst is leaving her executive post with Caesars Entertainment and has joined the board of directors. According to a ...

6 September 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Palms plans to make outdoor pool a domed venue

The KAOS dayclub and nightclub pool at the Palms.

A Las Vegas hotel-casino says it's going to turn "dayclub" partying into a year-round activity by enclosing one of its swimming pools and surrounding cabanas with a ...

6 September 2019
Associated Press

MGM Resorts, Buffalo Wild Wings launch mobile football game

A casino company and a nationwide sports bar are launching a mobile football game designed to let customers pick favorite NFL teams, choose ...

5 September 2019
Associated Press

MGM plans community center for Oct. 1 shooting site

This 2014 file photo shows MGM Resorts International's Vegas Village festival site on the Las Vegas Strip.

MGM Resorts International has long-term plans to turn the site of the Oct. 1 mass shooting into a community and athletic center and will use it in the meantime for parking for ...

3 September 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Wisconsin man hits $1.3 million jackpot at Flamingo

A Wisconsin man kicked off his Labor Day weekend in Las Vegas in a big way Thursday night. Anthony Klosowski of South Milwaukee hit the Let It Ride progressive jackpot at the ...

30 August 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Nevada casino winnings top $1B in July; 4th month in 2019

July was a good month for casinos in Nevada, with house winnings topping $1 billion for the fourth time this year, state regulators said Wednesday. The $1.02 billion that casinos statewide won in July nearly ...

28 August 2019
By Ken Ritter, Associated Press

Hooters in Las Vegas sold, to be rebranded as OYO Hotel

An exterior view of Hooters on Tropicana Avenue near the Las Vegas Strip Dec. 26, 2017.

The Hooters hotel-casino off the Las Vegas Strip has been sold to India-based hospitality company OYO. The 657-room resort will be rebranded as OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas before the end of the year, officials said today in a statement ...

26 August 2019
By Bryan Horwath

Books not bets: Nevada casino hotel to serve as college dorm

A security guard sits at a check point next to the elevators while UNR resident assistants sit in the background on Aug. 19, 2019 during a training session at the Circus Circus casino hotel tower that's been converted into a residence hall. Renamed Wolf Pack Tower, it will house about 1,300 students this school year after a gas explosion in July shut down two major dorms on the main campus a half-mile away.

UNR officials knew it was a bit of a gamble when they agreed to lease a downtown casino hotel tower for a year and turn it into a college dormitory ..

26 August 2019
By Scott Sonner, Associated Press

Boulder Station celebrates 25 years with music, food and fun

A view of the casino floor at Boulder Station Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019.

Boulder Station opened as a pivotal project for Station Casinos: As just the second hotel-casino after Palace Station, it signified the beginning of a local gaming and entertainment dynasty ...

21 August 2019
By Brock Radke
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