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Wynn Resorts Will Resume Full Week Operations At Encore On April 8
Wynn Resorts will resume full week 24/7 operations at Encore on April 8. Encore has been operating on a ‘weekends only’ schedule since mid-October. There is hope that the Las Vegas tourist economy is beginning to rebound. Another bit of good economic news out of the Las Vegas gaming industry today as Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: […]
Hyatt To Re-Brand Hotels As Part Of Rio Las Vegas Renovation
Dreamscape Companies LLC is scheduled to take over operation of their Rio Las Vegas property from Caesars Entertainment at some point before 2023. Dreamscape has previously indicated that they are planning to renovate the iconic Las Vegas property. Late last week, it was announced that the hotel component at the Rio will operate under one […]
Bally’s Corporation Appears To Have Upper Hand In Bid For World Poker Tour Brand
Bally’s Corporation and Element Partners LLC have submitted competing bids to acquire the World Poker Tour brand from Allied Esports. Allied’s board has determined that Bally’s bid is the superior proposal. Element has the option to revise their bid to match or exceed Bally’s. Bally’s Corporation (NYSE: BALY) might be the busiest of all US […]
The Cosmopolitan Wicked Spoon Buffet To Reopen March 25 As Las Vegas Visitation Increases
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will reopen their Wicked Spoon buffet on Thursday, March 25. Wicked Spoon reopened in June 2020 but closed on January 10, 2021 due to the drop in tourism in Southern Nevada. On March 15, Nevada eased COVID-19 restrictions to allow restaurants to serve at 50% capacity. There’s still a long […]
Cirque du Soleil Shows To Return To Las Vegas Beginning July 4
Cirque du Soleil will begin re-launching their Las Vegas shows beginning on July 4 with O at the Bellagio. The plan is to then re-launch another show every month until the end of 2021. The Cirque du Soleil shows went dark when the Nevada gaming industry was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s […]
FanDuel Sportsbook Opens At Bally’s Atlantic City
FanDuel has opened their permanent retail location at Bally’s Atlantic City. A temporary sportsbook opened in December 2020. The property was previously owned by Caesars Entertainment which sold it to Twin River Worldwide Holdings in November 2020. Twin River subsequently rebranded as Bally’s Corporation. Back in December, FanDuel launched what was their first retail sportsbook […]
Montreal Canadiens Sign Sponsorship Deal With Crypto.com
The Montreal Canadiens have signed a one year sponsorship deal with Hong Kong based Crypto.com. Crypto.com offers a variety of cryptocurrency related services including an exchange and Visa debit cards. This is the first cryptocurrency related sponsorship deal for the iconic National Hockey League team. The Montreal Canadiens have signed a one year sponsorship deal […]
Bally’s, Penn National, Golden Nugget Approved For Mobile Sports Betting In Virginia
Bally’s, Penn National and Golden Nugget Online Gaming have been approved to offer mobile and online sports betting in Virginia. All of the approved companies have additional pointless bureaucratic hoops to jump through before they can start taking bets. Virginia is a demographically attractive market that will underachieve because of buffoonish regulation by the state’s […]
FanDuel Opens Second Illinois Retail Sportsbook
FanDuel has opened their second retail sportsbook in the state of Illinois. The new location is at the FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing in Collinsville–previously known as the Fairmount Park Racetrack. FanDuel’s other Illinois retail outlet is in the Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino in East Peoria. FanDuel has opened their second retail sportsbook in the state […]
March Madness Opening Weekend Brings A Touch Of Normalcy To Las Vegas Room Rates
For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic Las Vegas hotel rooms are in high demand. March Madness is always a huge betting event in Las Vegas but the influx of visitors is particularly welcome this year. The opening weekend of March Madness has produced the highest room rates we’ve seen since […]
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