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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...
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...
Atlantic City Casino Property Relief Opponents Frustrated With PILOT Effort
The odds of Atlantic City casinos saving around $55 million in 2022 property tax payments continue to shorten. That's as legislation that seeks to provide the gaming resorts with financial savings makes progress in the New Jersey capital. Backed by lame-duck state...
Station Casinos in Development Mode, Pitches Downtown Las Vegas Wildfire Gaming Venue
Station Casinos has unveiled a small tavern casino development near downtown Las Vegas on Fremont Street. just south of Charleston Avenue. The City of Las Vegas Planning Commission will hold a public hearing later today during its meeting on the Station Casinos...
DiamondJacks Casino Could Reopen After Failed St. Tammany Parish Election
DiamondJacks Casino in Bossier City, La., might be making a comeback. The casino's owner, Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E), was forced to temporarily shutter its Louisiana casino in March 2020 on state orders to combat the escalating COVID-19 pandemic. Just two months later,...
