High rollers: Las Vegas is poised to become the Disneyland of weed
I didnt really know where to put this article, but its very interesting. http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/30/5653538/dizzyland-the-future-of-legal-weed-in-las-vegas Replies: No replies were posted for this topic.
Downtown Las Vegas events help drive Boyd Gaming properties to best quarter since 2009
Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Increased business from its three downtown Las Vegas casinos helped Boyd Gaming Corp. offset poor first-quarter results from the company’s regional jurisdictions hurt by weather issues and market softness. The Las Vegas-based company said Wednesday…
MGM details $80 million rebranding of The Hotel to Delano Las Vegas
The transformation began this month and the renovations are scheduled to be completed by September. The change is a collaboration between MGM Resorts and the Morgans Hotel Group, which owns the Delano brand. Changes include new designs and furnishings to…
Sioux City casino workers get layoff notices
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – The Argosy riverboat casino on Sioux City has sent layoff notices to all of its more than 300 workers. The notices were sent Wednesday in accordance with a federal law that requires employers with more…
Mohegan Sun casinos post steep 2Q fall in profit
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) – The parent company of the Mohegan Sun casinos in Connecticut and Pennsylvania reported on Wednesday a nearly 32 percent drop in second-quarter profit, driven largely by lower slot machine revenue and a brutal winter that forced…
Las Vegas: Green Valley Ranch Resort getting $20 million in upgrades
Station Casinos announced plans Wednesday to spend $20 million on improvements to Green Valley Ranch Resort by adding four restaurant and bar concepts and other amenities to the hotel-casino in Henderson. The move comes after the company recently announced a…
Vegas tourism is hot, hot, hot — visitation rises for third straight month
By RICHARD N. VELOTTA LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas tourism is on a hot streak. Southern Nevada reported record monthly visitation in March, its third straight month of visitor volume increases, wrapping up a quarter that was one of the…
Baccarat results boost casinos; analysts see other upbeat indicators
Nevada gaming revenue increased 7.6 percent to $982.2 million in March, ending a two-month gaming revenue slide, the Gaming Control Board reported Tuesday. On the Strip, gaming revenue increased 10.9 percent to $560.7 million. By HOWARD STUTZ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL…
Mandalay Bay ends business relationship with Clippers
Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review-Journal · April 30, 2014 at 4:20 am The NBA’s lifetime banishment on Tuesday of Donald Sterling as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers was not enough for Mandalay Bay to maintain its business relationship with…
Venitian, Palazzo barely an afterthought with Macau in the mix
There is a reason analysts spent about 40 minutes questioning Las Vegas Sands Corp. officials last week about the company’s over-the-top results in Macau. It has to do with Confucius. During a conference call to discuss Las Vegas Sands’ first-quarter…