496 stories by Larry Henry
Park MGM’s Hotel Joins Other Las Vegas Resorts in Closing Midweek, Cites Low Demand
Park MGM’s hotel on the Las Vegas Strip is closing during the middle of the week as tourism in Southern Nevada continues to slump. Park MGM’s temporary midweek hotel closure is the result of low occupancy rates and the loss of conventions...
Police Release Pictures of Suspected Gunman in Las Vegas Strip Shooting
Las Vegas police have released images of a person suspected of shooting a man in the leg on the Las Vegas Strip near the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in October. An eyewitness captured the incident on videotape near the Miracle Mile...
DraftKings Partners With UNLV As Sports Betting Expands Nationwide
DraftKings has inked an agreement to be the primary sponsor for the Center for Gaming Innovation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The arrangement allows DraftKings, a publicly traded sports-betting and fantasy sports company based in Boston, to open a DraftKings...
A Sports-Betting Measure on Louisiana’s Ballot Has Groups on Both Sides Battling for Votes
Battle lines are drawn in the vote on Tuesday to allow sports betting in Louisiana. The parish-by-parish vote lets residents decide whether they want sports wagering in their own parish. In Louisiana, counties are called parishes. The Bayou State has 64 parishes. ...
MGM Resorts Considers Midweek Closures As Las Vegas Tourism Remains Tepid
MGM Resorts is thinking of shutting down some Las Vegas casinos during the middle of the week, the company says. This comes during a pandemic-related decline in tourism. Bill Hornbuckle, MGM Resorts International’s CEO, said the company is “going through an exercise”...
Teenagers Suspected in Shooting on Las Vegas Strip Transferred to Nevada Jail
Two teenagers accused of gunning down a man on the Las Vegas Strip have been transported to Nevada from a California jail. The victim is paralyzed, authorities said. Christian Miller and David Preston, both 19, were arrested near Baker, California, about two...
Gulf Coast Casinos Hunker Down Again as Hurricane Zeta Targets South Louisiana
As Hurricane Zeta raced toward Louisiana on Wednesday, casinos along the Gulf Coast braced for another battering. Hurricane Zeta is expected to make landfall by Wednesday evening south of New Orleans. It is the fifth hurricane or tropical storm to slam into...
Circa Casino’s Opening Expected to Spark Revival in Las Vegas’ Glitter Gulch
Circa Resort and Casino’s grand opening early Wednesday signals a transformation of historic Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. The sleek, 35-story resort is the first hotel-casino built from the ground up in downtown Las Vegas in 40 years. It is at...
Las Vegas Airport Travel Slumps, Casinos Test New Concepts to Attract Tourists
Airport travel was down more than 60 percent in Las Vegas last month compared to September 2019. With fewer people flying because of the coronavirus pandemic, casinos are testing new strategies to attract customers. This September, slightly more than 1.7 million passengers...
Resorts World Las Vegas Pledges to Pay Artists After First Seeking Volunteers
A casino company constructing a $4.3-billion resort on the Las Vegas Strip has agreed to pay artists for creating murals at the site. Resorts World Las Vegas at first wanted artists to volunteer their work. Scott Sibella, president of Resorts World Las...
