MGM Resorts International won a license for a new casino near the nation’s capital in Maryland on Friday. A state commission voted 5-2 in favor of MGM’s proposal to build a $925 million resort near the Potomac River at National Harbor.
Casinos & Gaming
Two days after national retailer Target said credit and debt card information for some 40 million customers was stolen in a security breach, casino operator Affinity Gaming said Friday it suffered a similar episode.
The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday approved a gaming license for Nevada Restaurant Services Inc., which is remodeling the Hacienda into a national park-style lodge called the Hoover Dam Lodge overlooking Lake Mead outside Boulder City.
Caesars Entertainment announced Thursday that Live Nation Entertainment will oversee booking the remodeled theater at Planet Hollywood, reopening as The Axis on Dec. 27 with the first date in Britney Spears’ exclusive concert run, “Britney: Piece Of Me.”
Former Golden Nugget owner Tim Poster decided late Wednesday evening not to appeal his rejection by the Gaming Control Board for a preliminary finding of suitability.
Former Golden Nugget owner Tim Poster is appealing the Nevada Gaming Commission decision that blocked his chance to take the position of chief operating officer at Wynn Las Vegas. (File, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Workers and officials are putting the finishing touches on O’Shea’s ahead of the casino’s upcoming grand reopening.
The Washington D.C.-based American Gaming Association announced Tuesday it would add three new members, including Wynn Resorts Ltd. and Station Casinos.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. and Starwood Hotels & Resorts announced a partnership Tuesday linking the two chains’ customer loyalty programs.
Zombies will soon be chasing Pat Sajak and Vanna White, Dorothy and the Oompa Loompas across casino floors.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s investigative bureau has found Wynn Resorts suitable to open a resort casino in Everett.
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission’s investigative bureau has found Wynn Resorts suitable to open a resort casino in Everett.
Malaysia-based Genting Group is expected to begin construction sometime in 2014 on the $2 billion-to-$7 billion Resorts World Las Vegas, returning construction activity to the 87-acre Echelon site that has sat dormant for almost five years.
Much has been speculated about the business model for SLS Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. canceled plans for a $30 billion resort and gaming complex in Madrid Friday, saying the so-called EuroVegas development was no longer in the best interests of the company’s shareholders.