J.D. Morris

Chasing the room tax: Percentage tacked onto tourists’ bills has made enduring impact on valley

Monday, Aug. 1, 2016

Guests who stay in Clark County hotel rooms pay for much more than a place to sleep. Their bills include a significant tax, generally 12 percent. “It is a remarkably productive ...

Fate of the Raiders: 5 big questions about Las Vegas stadium project

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

It is still far from clear whether Southern Nevada will become the home of a 65,000-seat stadium that could bring the Oakland Raiders to the area. Numerous questions remain about the stadium project, which ...

Earnings down 30.1 percent for Las Vegas Sands

Monday, July 25, 2016

Las Vegas Sands, the casino company that operates the Venetian and Palazzo on the Strip as well as resorts in Macau and elsewhere, reported its second-quarter earnings today ...

Palms workers petition to keep jobs; new owner says they will

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Hundreds of Palms employees have signed a petition to retain their jobs, seniority and benefits when Station Casinos takes over the resort, the Culinary Union ...

Trump’s Las Vegas hotel agrees to settle labor complaint

Thursday, July 21, 2016

Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel has agreed to pay two workers a total of $11,200 to avoid going to trial over a labor complaint, the Culinary Union ...

CES leader discusses convention center expansion, high room rates

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Gary Shapiro was glad to hear that tourism officials recently approved a recommendation to fund and oversee the planned $1.4 billion expansion and renovation of …

Station announces plans to build casino in Reno

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Las Vegas locals gaming giant Station Casinos today announced plans to build a casino in Reno on land it owns near the convention center there. The company said it has not determined when it will develop the $50 million to $70 million project. But Station filed an application Monday for a special-use permit to build on some 8 acres along South Virginia Street, across from the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Station envisions ...

Regulators delay West Las Vegas gambling hall's revamp as Tokyo Casino

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

A small shuttered casino in Las Vegas’ historic West Las Vegas neighborhood could someday be transformed into a resort that would form the flagship development in ...

Mobile casino tournaments launch at 9 MGM resorts

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

MGM Resorts International announced today that it has launched a mobile platform through which customers at nine of its Las Vegas resorts will be able to gamble with ...

Recommendation approved for $1.4 billion Las Vegas Convention Center project

Monday, July 11, 2016

Plans to expand and renovate the Las Vegas Convention Center took a big step forward today when, after months of analysis and debate, tourism officials approved a recommendation for the $1.4 billion undertaking. In a unanimous vote ...

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