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The Review-Journal recently sat down with the Rio’s new CEO while the property was nearly complete with its $350 million renovation.
After a four-year shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the Governor’s Conference on Tourism is returning to Las Vegas’ Rio hotel-casino in October.
The company indicates it is right-sizing employment after buying the property in 2019 and taking over operations in 2023.
The six-figure win by an anoymous player was one of several recent jackpots at casinos across the Las Vegas Valley.
The goal of many of these projects is to restore the Rio with a “wink and nod” to a previous era of the property, new resort operators said.
The Duomo opened in June 2022. It pulled its shows off Ticketmaster after Monday’s final show.
Top executives of the Fontainebleau and the off-Strip Rio gave new details on what they have planned for their respective properties.
Dreamscape Companies recently announced that it raised $850 million in capital and is launching a real estate investment trust.
Dreamscape Companies raised $850 million and will use some of the funds to bankroll a “multi-phase renovation” of the Rio.
The man was also “seen conducting suspicious activities and and displaying odd behaviors” in the hours before the suicide at the Rio.
Another Las Vegas hotel-casino is getting ready to expand its hotel operating hours.
Johnny Thompson, a consultant on Penn Teller’s “Fool Us,” collapsed Feb. 25 as the show was in rehearsals at the Rio.