6144 stories by Devin O'Connor
Atlantic City Casino Brick-and-Mortar Does $207M in November, Still Down From 2019
Atlantic City casinos are expected to soon learn whether they will be collectively required to pay $165 million or $110 million in property taxes next year. State lawmakers and Gov. Phil Murphy (D) will have the final say regarding the proposed payment-in-lieu-of-taxes...
Atlantic City Casino Property Relief Bill Shadowed By Threat of County Lawsuit
Atlantic County officials are preparing to bring a lawsuit against the State of New Jersey. That's if lawmakers pass legislation to lower the amount of property taxes the nine casinos in Atlantic City are required to pay in 2022. Atlantic County, home...
Fontainebleau Las Vegas ‘fb’ Lettering Adorns Towering Blue Strip Structure
Fontainebleau Las Vegas is a stark reminder of the 2008 Great Recession. But the new owners of the longtime Strip eyesore say the towing 67-story blue building is on a path to completion. Koch Real Estate Investments, a subsidiary of the Koch...
Live! Casino Pittsburgh Undergoing Expansion, as First-Year Business Strong
Live! Casino Pittsburgh marked its one-year operating anniversary on Nov. 25. The Pennsylvania satellite casino is celebrating by announcing expansion plans for the Westmoreland property. Baltimore-based Cordish Companies, which owns and operates Live! Pittsburgh, says the company is listening to customer feedback...
Chicago Chinatown Voices Casino Concerns, Cites High Addiction Rates Among Community
Some area residents in Chicago's Chinatown are speaking up about their concerns regarding a casino resort potentially coming to the community. Illinois passed a commercial gaming bill in 2019 that Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed into law that July. The casino expansion...
Philippines Casinos to Operate at 50 Percent Capacity Through 2021
Philippines casinos across the Southeast Asia country will be limited to operating at 50 percent capacity through the end of the year. The Philippines government announced this week that its national COVID-19 Alert Level 2 will remain in place until at least...
Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel Opens 17-Story Hotel
The Yaamava' Resort & Casino opened its 432-room hotel at the Highland, Ca., property this week. The commencement of the hotel operations, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians say, fulfills a century-long goal of the federally recognized tribe. The casino, located...
Las Vegas Airport Officially Renamed Harry Reid International, Not Everyone Onboard
The Las Vegas airport officially has a new name. Effective Dec. 14, 2021, McCarran International Airport became Harry Reid International Airport. In an ode to Nevada's longest-serving US senator in history, local officials decided to rename Las Vegas' main airport in honor...
Macau Casino Licenses To Be Issued Before June 2022 Expiry, Top Official Asserts
The six Macau casino operators in the Chinese Special Administrative Region (SAR) are scheduled to see their coveted gaming privileges expire on June 26, 2022. Macau's local government has been conducting an in-depth review of its gaming industry for several years, ahead...
Adele Las Vegas Tickets Relisted as High as $35K, Superstar Demands Caesars Action
Superstar Adele announced her first Las Vegas residency late last month. Tickets went on sale soon after, but scalpers have since caused much frustration among the British singer-songwriter's fans. Caesars Entertainment revealed in November that it was the winner of the Adele...
