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Foxwoods Casino Resort Shutters Two Hotels, Furloughs Approximately 100 Employees
Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut has temporarily closed two of its hotels because of low demand as a result of COVID-19. The tribal casino resort owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation announced this week that the Fox Tower and...
San Manuel Tribe Donates $14M to Claremont Graduate University
The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has given $14 million to Claremont Graduate University in Southern California to build a research facility that will be called the Yuhaaviatam Center for Health Studies. The tribe's economic stability is largely based on its...
Hard Rock Atlantic City to Pay Strip Club And Steak House Tenant $1M Annually Through 2032
Hard Rock Atlantic City will pay a businessman who had two leases inside the Boardwalk casino resort $1 million annually through 2032. In January, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino settled a legal dispute that leaves the resort with a $1 million annual...
Maryland Casino Revenue Hit By COVID-19 Orders, Horseshoe Posts Record Low
A surge in new COVID-19 cases in Maryland along with stricter coronavirus regulations resulted in reduced casino wins in the state last month. Maryland's six casinos reported gross gaming revenue (GGR) of $130.3 million in November. That's a 7.4 percent decline, or...
Singapore Casino Resorts Offering Voucher Promotions, as City-State Gives Residents Tourism Money
Singapore is taking a page out of Macau's playbook by issuing its residents tourism vouchers. Earlier this year, Macau, the world's richest gaming hub that relies heavily on tourism and its casinos, issued each adult resident a 3,000 patacas ($375 USD) voucher...
Hard Rock International Becomes Official Casino Developer of Bristol Resort in Virginia
Hard Rock International has been formally selected to build and operate a casino resort in Bristol, Va. The casino and hotel are owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The Bristol City Council met briefly this morning and unanimously approved Hard Rock...
Las Vegas Execs and Economic Experts Increasingly Optimistic on Quick Recovery
The Las Vegas business community, including those in the gaming industry, is becoming increasingly optimistic about a quick recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) announced this week that the first federally distributed doses of the coronavirus vaccine are...
President Donald Trump Hints at 2024 Run, Odds Favor Another Reelection Try
President Donald Trump seems to be inching closer to acknowledging defeat in the 2020 presidential election. He also is prompting speculation that he will seek a second term in 2024. The closest the 45th president has come to conceding that Joe Biden...
Nevada Gaming Control Board Will Appeal Steve Wynn Court Ruling
The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) voted during its Wednesday meeting to appeal a recent court decision that went in favor of disgraced casino tycoon Steve Wynn. Clark County District Court Judge Adriana Escobar ruled last month that gaming regulators in Nevada...
Casino Operators Tell Chicago Integrated Resort Should Be Located Downtown
Three of the world's largest casino operators -- MGM Resorts, Wynn Resorts, and Hard Rock International -- as well as several other gaming companies are telling officials in Chicago that its forthcoming integrated resort (IR) should be located in or near downtown....