With new five-year contracts settled covering more than 40 Strip and downtown resorts, the Culinary Union is seeking to organize workers at The Venetian complex, Fontainebleau and Sphere while continuing its focus on Station Casinos.

A post-race report to Clark County outlined the highlights and lowlights of the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix. But the newly-appointed top executive said she's working to improve the experience.

Cheap buffets were once synonymous with Las Vegas as penny slots and $1 blackjack. But like low-end gambling games, buffets are disappearing, replaced by food halls.

MGM Resorts International pushed in all its chips on the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix. The company won big, producing 14 percent quarterly increases in Strip gaming and hotel revenue.

Plans for remodeling the front entrance of the MGM Grand Las Vegas are awaiting the final designs for a Major League Baseball stadium so connectivity between the resort and ballpark can be created.

As the federal investigation heated up, sources say MGM managed to discover several other illegal bookmakers gambling and sent them packing. It makes me wonder whether they had been hiding in plain sight for years.

2023 was another record-setting year for Nevada's casino industry, Statewide, the casinos reported $15.5 billion in gaming revenue. Strip resorts combined for $8.9 billion.

Super Bowl LVIII is expected to help send February's Strip hotel room rates to their highest-ever single-month total with one gaming analyst saying the game will be a "material event" for the resort industry.

In an interview with the government last year, Scott Sibella admitted that he knew Wayne Nix was a major illegal bookmaker, but his gambling across MGM’s tables made him an extremely valuable customer.

A cyberattack took down the website for Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission, but personal information and private financial records were not believed to be stolen.

Culinary Union leadership said the organization will call a strike at any of the 20 properties that have not reached a tentative agreement on a new contract by Feb. 2.

With the initial phase of a $600 million remodel of the Las Vegas Convention Center complete, LVCVA CEO Steve Hill said the facility can add to its roster of large-scale trade shows and conferences.

Flanked by acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, the Democrats of Nevada’s congressional delegation and Culinary leadership, Harris congratulated the union members on their new contracts and mounted a defense of organized labor as the “backbone of the strength of our nation.” 

Penn Entertainment broke ground on a $206 million expansion to M Resort. Meanwhile, the company's CEO said ESPN Bet will not be launched in Nevada any time soon.

Gaming and tourism numbers associated with the Las Vegas Grand Prix haven't been released, but MGM Resorts CFO said race weekend was a record for hotel revenue.

While the biggest corporate players along the resort corridor are busy counting their receipts from race day, there are countless venues that have plenty of reasons to be more frustrated than grateful for F1’s Las Vegas residency. 

Caesars, MGM Resorts and Wynn employees represented by the Culinary and Bartenders unions ratified new five contracts earlier this week.

Wynn Resorts and MGM Resorts International are in various stages of building resorts in the United Arab Emirates. But a familiar name holds one key to those projects.

In a 2019 press release MGM Resorts International announced a companywide effort to “reduce costs, improve efficiencies” and “maximize profitability” by investing in technology.

The former Clark County sheriff’s victory — bolstered by $8.1 million in big-money contributions ($200 or more) — made him the only Republican to unseat a Democratic governor last year, even though he was outraised by a 3-2 margin through Election Day by his opponent, incumbent Gov. Steve Sisolak.