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Melco Resorts Announces City of Dreams Mediterranean Opening in Cyprus
Melco Resorts has announced that its next casino will open this July in the island country of Cyprus. Located in the Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus is geographically in Western Asia but its culture and political values are more closely aligned with Southeastern Europe....
Treasure Chest Casino Near New Orleans Announces Opening Date for $100M Resort
Treasure Chest Casino officials on Friday held a ceremonial topping off of the Louisiana resort's $100 million renovation and expansion project. The Treasure Chest riverboat has called Lake Pontchartrain home since its opening in 1994. Co-developed and opened by Boyd Gaming, the...
Culinary Union Strikes Deal with MLB A’s in Anticipation of Las Vegas Move
The Culinary Union's Local 226 chapter in Las Vegas says it has reached an agreement with Major League Baseball's (MLB) Oakland A's that would potentially allow stadium workers to organize. A's ownership seems intent on relocating from San Francisco's Bay Area to...
Kansas Casino Employees Unite to Ban Indoor Smoking at Four Properties
Kansas casino employees working at the state's four brick-and-mortar commercial gaming properties have formed a coalition to urge lawmakers in Topeka to close the indoor smoking loophole. Kansas' Indoor Clean Air Act prohibits smoking in most public indoor places. The state law,...
Shreveport Casinos Could Soon Reintroduce Smoking as City Council Mulls Flip-Flop
The Shreveport City Council is considering a resolution that would repeal an indoor smoking ordinance that the local government agency passed only in 2020. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Shreveport local officials in June 2020 passed Ordinance No. 51, the Smoke-Free Air Act,...
Vernon Downs Threatens Closure, Says State Tax Cuts Could Improve its Odds
Vernon Downs Casino Hotel in Upstate New York is warning state officials that its potential closure could result in the layoffs of all 249 of its employees. The racino this week submitted a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing with the...
Jay-Z Hypes Times Square Casino Bid with Caesars, NYC Landlord SL Green
Jay-Z and his Roc Nation business empire are partnered with Caesars Entertainment and New York City real estate investment trust SL Green to bring an integrated casino resort to Manhattan's Times Square. But with plenty of local opposition, including from the Theater...
Atlantic City Casinos Sued Over Alleged Conspiracy to Jack Up Room Rates
Several Atlantic City casinos have been named in a proposed class action lawsuit. The action accuses the resorts of conspiring to increase their nightly hotel room rates. In a federal lawsuit filed this week in New Jersey's US District Court, two plaintiffs...
Caesars Danville Casino Opens Monday, Locals Eager for Business Boom
Caesars Entertainment plans to open its Danville Casino just north of the Virginia-North Carolina border next week on Monday, May 15. The 40,000-square-foot temporary gaming space is located inside a large pavilion tent. The Danville Casino is the precursor to the forthcoming...
Texas Tribe Says Casino Legalization Efforts Threaten Native Sovereignty
A Texas tribe is warning state lawmakers that efforts to legalize commercial casinos in the Lone Star State threaten the economic sovereignty of its Native American community. The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, informally the Kickapoo Indians, largely depend on its Lucky...
