Las Vegas Sands Corp. is temporarily closing the Palazzo hotel tower effective immediately due to a drop in occupancy on The Strip. The shift in operations is to “better reflect occupancy patterns,” according to a company spokesperson.
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Once the pandemic subsides, Las Vegas could recover like the “Roaring '20s” with economic prosperity, according to one casino executive. “People are going to want to get out and have a good time,” Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox said in an interview with Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce President Peter Guzman.
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Starting on Nov. 30, the hotel towers at Mirage and Mandalay Bay will open at noon on Thursdays and stay open until noon on Mondays. Casinos, restaurants and amenities inside The Strip resorts will remain open.
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Not to be totally outdone by New Jersey last month, the Nevada Gaming Control Board on Tuesday reported that the Silver State sportsbooks handled $659,222,395 in October — their new all-time high.
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Caesars Entertainment’s Las-Vegas based Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino will resume operations on December 22, the operator’s final property in the US and Canada to reopen following its novel coronavirus (Covid-19) shutdown.
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The University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) has advanced its expansion towards the latest innovation in online gambling and sports betting. The university just added another primary sponsor to one of its programs, which will create job opportunities and an enabling environment for betting operators.
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Gov. Steve Sisolak has issued Nevadans a clear ultimatum: Shape up in two weeks, or expect steps toward another shutdown meant to halt a recent surge in coronavirus cases.
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In a case of Last Vegas meets Going in Style with a more sinister twist, a pair of Las Vegas seniors were arrested Friday for allegedly helming a Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 600 investors from 40 states of almost $30 million over a decade.
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Circa Resort & Casino, downtown Las Vegas’ first resort-casino built from the ground up in four decades, is now open.
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It is a “game changer” for downtown Las Vegas, said Andrew Simon, CEO of the Fremont Street Experience, the pedestrian entertainment pavilion that fronts the casinos. “For 40 years, there has not been a new property built from scratch down here. That’s most of my life,” Simon said. “It’s a huge deal for Fremont Street Experience.”
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In September, ESPN moved Daily Wager, an hour-long betting news and information program, to the network’s new studio at the Linq Resort on the Las Vegas Strip. The 6,000-square-foot-facility includes three studios and features 12 cameras, including two exterior robotic cameras. ESPN plans to center its sports wagering programming from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas casino owner Michael Gaughan said he hopes the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is over by the spring, but Las Vegas might not fully recover until 2022.
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