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Pac-12 Conference Bringing Football Championship Game to Las Vegas Stadium for 2020, 2021 Seasons
The Pac-12 Conference is moving its 2020 and 2021 football title showdowns to Las Vegas Stadium, giving the venue that's still under construction another football game for each of its first two seasons. The stadium, which will be home to the NFL's...
Las Vegas Sands Shares Stumble After Company Posts Soft Macau Results
Shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) plunged in Wednesday's after-hours session after the company said it earned 72 cents a share in the second quarter, well short of the 78 cents per share analysts were expecting. At one point the stock...
California Tribe Scores Important Win in Effort to Open Hard Rock Bakersfield Casino
California's Tejon Indian Tribe notched a critical win in its quest to open a $600 million Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Mettler, Calif., near Bakersfield, when the Kern County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on Tuesday in favor of a $218...
MGM Could Fetch up to $7 Billion in Sales of Bellagio, MGM Grand, Use Cash to Reduce Debt, Buyback Stock
MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) could command $6 billion to $7 billion, before taxes, if it sells the Bellagio and MGM Grand on the Las Vegas Strip, according to Macquarie analyst Chad Beynon. News broke last week that MGM, the largest operator on...
Wyoming Resuscitates Effort to Regulate Gaming Just Weeks After it was on Life Support
Less than a month after it looked like it was heading to the legislative graveyard, a Wyoming lawmaker is refreshing a proposal to regulate the state's betting activities and its burgeoning illegal gaming machine business. On Monday, state Sen. Ogden Driskill (R-Devil's...
Long Beach Vice Squad Breaks up Home-Based Illegal Gambling Ring, Seizes Four Guns, $2,000 in Cash
Vice detectives in Long Beach, Calif. disrupted an illegal gambling operation being run out of a residence on July 19, seizing gaming machines, weapons, ammunition, and cash. The bust also resulted in three arrests. Authorities did not specify the nature of the...
Former Caesars VP Sues Casino Company, Claiming Sexual Misconduct Was Ignored
Jocelyn Agnellini Allison, previously a regional vice president for marketing for Caesars Entertainment Corp. in New Jersey, is suing her former employer and Caesars Enterprise Services. Allison claims that she was discriminated against because she's a woman, that she was retaliated against...
Raiders Stadium Las Vegas Budget Jumps to $1.9 Billion With More Suites, Club Seating Added
The budget for Las Vegas Stadium, the Strip venue that will host games for the NFL's Raiders, is on the rise to $1.9 billion from the initial projection of $1.8 billion after officials recently signed off on $40 million in new construction...
Gaming Industry Adding to Better Outlook for Massachusetts Job Numbers
Casino operators, including Wynn Resorts, are playing an increasingly important role in job creation in Massachusetts, helping keep the commonwealth's unemployment rate among the nation's lowest. Wynn's $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor, open since June 23, is estimated to already have created...
Brookfield Asset Management Looking For Buyer of Bahamas Atlantis
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (NYSE:BAM), an asset management and real estate development firm, is looking to sell the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas, one of the region's most popular tourist destinations. Canadian-based Brookfield acquired the property, which features a casino,...