Las Vegas hotel-casinos are offering midweek promotions to attract customers during off-peak travel times. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Two visitors to the Las Vegas Strip won mega progressive jackpots on table games Friday – one at Caesars Palace and another at the Flamingo. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Gaming and Leisure Properties, landlord of the 35-acre Tropicana, is looking to sell the Las Vegas property and rent it back or sell it outright.
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, Las Vegas casino foot traffic is starting to slow, according to a J.P. Morgan analyst.
On June 18, Las Vegas Sands Corp. updated its health and safety plan to ask table game players and spectators to refrain from smoking or vaping.
Last week, Caesars Entertainment Corp. announced that it would reopen its fifth casino, Bally’s, this month. Meanwhile, Las Vegas Sands Corp. is set to close its Palazzo hotel tower on weekdays, limiting its available rooms for the majority of the week. The moves have sent mixed messages on just how many rooms resorts are filling in mid-July, a little over a month since reopening.
On May 22, the casino operator issued letters warning of possible impending layoffs . affecting anywhere between 25 and 60 percent of employees. The company had approximately 10,000 employees in Nevada.
Properties started to give notices for mass layoffs to the state since June 4 when casinos were allowed to be reopened after a 78-day shutdown.
Resorts World Las Vegas activated its 100,000-square-foot LED screen on its west tower on Independence Day, showing a digital fireworks display. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Restaurants inside the Aria get ready to reopen and welcome guests with some new Summer entrees.
The state Gaming Control Board on Tuesday reported a May casino win of $5.8 million, down 99.4 percent from May 2019.
Avi Resort & Casino plans to suspend all operations in its hotel and casino starting Monday at midnight through July 10.
The Nevada Gaming Commission may be asked to discipline gaming licensees that fail to require customers to comply with Gov. Steve Sisolak’s new order mandating facial coverings in public areas.
Casinos are putting safety first but many Las Vegas guests are not socially distancing.
Casinos on the Strip welcomed guests for the first time since March 17, when Gov. Steve Sisolak ordered them closed them due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A look at Las Vegas openings downtown and on The Strip after 78 days of closure due to the pandemic.
Las Vegas casinos reopened for gaming at 12:01 am. Thursday, ushering in guests eager to try their luck 78 days after resorts were closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Le’Andre Fox and Reed Redmond/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Derek Stevens says that the D las Vegas is ready to reopen and breaks down what is in place to keep its customers safe. (Angus Kelly/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Governor Steve Sisolak speaks about tourism returning to Las Vegas during the pandemic and what the state needs to do in order for them to feel safe.
Experts say smoking can spread the COVID-19 coronavirus. But not because of airborne particulates. The virus could spread from a smoker’s likely pattern of fingers-to-mouth-to-gaming-device. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
MGM Resorts International said Tuesday it plans to reopen its Southern Nevada resort properties by early June and released a seven-point safety plan. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Caesars Entertainment, the operator of Caesars Palace and eight other Las Vegas resorts, on Monday announced it would phase in reopenings with a comprehensive safety and health plan with employees wearing masks across its network of properties. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
When casino properties reopen in Nevada following the state-ordered shutdown, safety will be the main focus for gaming operators. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Treasure Island is planning to open its doors to guests May 15, despite Gov. Steve Sisolak saying Wednesday that gaming shutdowns, currently set to end April 30, will probably be extended an undetermined amount of time. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
South Point announced on April 20 that it is furloughing most of its employees “for an indefinite period,” starting May 3. (James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Hotels on the Las Vegas Strip lit up their windows with hearts and messages to show support during the coronavirus pandemic, Wednesday night, April 1. (Le’Andre Fox and James Schaeffer/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
RJ reporter Bailey Schulz talks about how much Las Vegas Casino companies are losing and how the Emergency bill could help if they run out of money or need help recouping what was lost.
The Wynn CEO Matt Maddox and Dr. Rebecca Katz give a warning about the coronavirus in Las Vegas and around the world.
For properties that are remaining open Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak on Sunday created guidelines for operation in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19