Writer: Howard Stutz
For Las Vegas, 2020 is in the past, but 2021 doesn’t look any different
Somewhere out in the dark and empty desert around midnight on New Year’s Eve, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority officials oversaw... more
Updated: Fremont Street Experience event canceled after Nevada governor calls organizers ‘plain irresponsible’
Nevada’s governor on Wednesday criticized organizers of a New Year’s Eve event at downtown Las Vegas’ Fremont Street Experience as being... more
COVID-19 or coronavirus: Whatever you call it, the pandemic overshadowed gaming in 2020
A few weeks after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast in August 2005, wiping away Mississippi’s flourishing casino market,... more
VSiN deal with iHeartMedia expands sports betting network’s reach
Sports betting network VSiN expanded its partnership with iHeartMedia that will increase the audience reach for the Las Vegas-based... more
‘Mayor of Arizona Charlie’s’ one of the notable gaming leaders we lost in 2020
It was easily the worst day in the history of Las Vegas locals casino Arizona Charlie’s Decatur. Luckily for the workforce, some who had... more
Despite Strip’s 32% revenue fall, Nevada casino declines show improvement in November
For the second straight month, Nevada casinos recorded a gaming revenue decline that marked the state’s lowest percentage dip following... more
Caesars says it clears federal antitrust concerns over $3.7B buyout of William Hill
Caesars Entertainment said Monday the company cleared any federal antitrust concerns over the casino operator’s pending $3.7 billion... more
Derek Stevens pays homage to Las Vegas ‘founders’ at Circa’s Legacy Club
Hanging by the maître d’s podium before guests ride the two high-speed elevators to Circa Casino Resort’s 60th-floor rooftop Legacy Club is... more
North Carolina tribe to acquire operations of Caesars Southern Indiana for $250 million
Caesars Entertainment turned to one of its tribal gaming partners in meeting with this summer’s request by Indiana gaming regulators to... more
Mayor of Las Vegas to Mayor of Arizona Charlie’s: Gaming veteran Ron Lurie dies at age 79
Ron Lurie served just one term as the Mayor of Las Vegas. But to customers and employees of Arizona Charlie’s, a locals casino west of... more
