Tourism

Flamingo completes $6.5 million renovation of meeting center

Caesars Entertainment recently spent $6.5 million renovating 73,000 square feet of meeting halls at the Flamingo.

Caesars Entertainment announced Wednesday it has completed a renovation of its meeting center at the Flamingo Las Vegas, a first step in a refresh of the venerable ...

3 August 2017
By Thomas Moore

Monte Carlo reboot to add more convention space

A rendering of the ParkMGM convention space pantry is shown.

MGM Resorts International announced Tuesday it is adding 77,000 square feet of meeting space as part of its revamp of Monte Carlo. The news comes shortly after announcing ...

2 August 2017
By Thomas Moore

Boyd, noting a 'solid quarter,' talks steady success of locals market

The Eastside Cannery on Boulder Highway.

Boyd Gaming, owner of such Las Vegas area casinos as the California, Orleans and Sam’s Town, reported its second-quarter earnings today ...

27 July 2017
By Thomas Moore

MGM Resorts reports increased second-quarter earnings

The exterior of The MGM Grand seen from Rivea at Delano Las Vegas on Feb. 2, 2016.

Executives of MGM International were all superlatives during a conference call and webcast Thursday to discuss the company’s second-quarter earnings. “We are quite ...

27 July 2017
By Thomas Moore

Las Vegas airport 500K ahead of half-year 2016 passenger tally

A Southwest Airlines passenger jet takes off from McCarran International Airport Tuesday, August 2, 2016.

McCarran International Airport is reporting that it handled 500,000 more passengers in the first half of 2017 than the first six months last year. Clark County aviation officials reported Wednesday that the ...

27 July 2017
Associated Press

Reno gaming exec faces challenges with SLS on Las Vegas Strip, lobbyists say

The grand opening of SLS Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014, on the Strip.

Meruelo’s Grand Sierra Resort is away from Reno's downtown and convention-center gaming hubs, and operating on the Las Vegas Strip is a step into the big leagues ...

22 July 2017
By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers

Downtown casino executive: Gaming’s embrace of esports won’t happen overnight

Seth Schorr, CEO of the Downtown Grand, speaks during an official opening ceremony for the Downtown Grand in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013.

The combination of video gaming and gambling is undoubtedly going to become more popular. But it’s not the revolutionary idea some make it out to be, and its widespread ...

21 July 2017
By Thomas Moore

Golden Gate on Fremont Street to double casino size

A view of the Golden Gate hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas Friday, Jan. 24, 2015.

The Golden Gate hotel hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas will double its casino size as part of a major renovation announced Thursday. The 111-year-old property will ...

20 July 2017
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

CEO McBeath: Cosmopolitan has 'exceeded all of our forecasted numbers'

An exterior view of the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, center, on the Las Vegas Strip Monday, Feb. 15, 2016.

“Just the right amount of wrong” is still the Cosmopolitan’s catchy slogan after almost seven years of operation on the Las Vegas Strip. After almost three years with ...

14 July 2017
By Thomas Moore

Blackstone buys World Market Center

The exterior of the World Market Center in Las Vegas, Nev. on Nov. 18, 2016.

Investment firm Blackstone, in partnership with Fireside Investments, announced Thursday it is buying International Market Centers, owner-operator of World Market Center in ...

7 July 2017
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Lyft, Zero Fatalities offer discounts this weekend

You can't avoid Lyft—or its iconic insignia—on the Strip.

If you partake in the first days of legal recreational marijuana sales in Las Vegas on Saturday and become impaired, Zero Fatalities has partnered with Lyft Las Vegas to provide up to $10,000 worth of safe rides. ...

1 July 2017
By Mick Akers

Las Vegas visitation expected to tick up for the Fourth of July

Fireworks entertain the crowds on Independence Day over Caesars Palace about the Las Vegas Strip as seen from the Vortex of The LINQ Hotel on Saturday, July 4, 2015.

You can expect more this Fourth of July — more tourists, more traffic and more heat. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority expects 323,000 visitors to come to Las Vegas, that’s just about ...

30 June 2017
By Thomas Moore

Bionic bartenders deployed at Las Vegas Strip bar: But can you bend their ear?

A drink prepared by robotic bartenders is shown in the Tipsy Robot automated bar in the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Monday, June 26, 2017. The bar is scheduled to open on Friday.

Two robots walk into a bar. Well, OK, maybe they don’t walk, but they can pour you a perfect drink. Tipsy Robot, a 2,500-square-foot bar to open Friday at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, boasts two robotic bartenders ready to make your favorite concoction any way you like. Looking to gain a step on other major nightlife cities in the U.S., owner Rino Armeni decided ...

28 June 2017
By Mick Akers

What are the prospects of retail on the former New Frontier site on the Strip?

A view of the former New Frontier casino site Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, on Las Vegas Boulevard South.

It’s a 20-year-old question that investors have spent billions trying to answer: What, if anything, can get built on the site of the New Frontier? Experts speculate ...

27 June 2017
By Thomas Moore

Southern Nevada officials can ‘get aggressive’ to research, fund proposed light rail

A proposal to build an urban light rail or bus rapid transit system on Maryland Parkway between McCarran International Airport and downtown Las Vegas is moving forward. This image from the Regional Transportation Commission shows a version of the proposal that involves running light rail lines down both sides of the street.

A series of bills approved by the Nevada Legislature allows the Regional Transportation Commission to more vigorously pursue long-term mass transit solutions to the ...

27 June 2017
By Yvonne Gonzalez
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