Rivers Pittsburgh Resumes Hotel Construction
Rivers Casino Pittsburgh has restarted construction on the Landing Hotel, a 219-room facility that will be adjacent to the casino, after the project was halted due to the Covid-19...
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Revamped Harrah’s Debuts in Las Vegas
The newly renovated Harrah’s Las Vegas has reopened. Senior VP and General Manager Dan Walsh (l.) presided over the grand reopening of the resort, which underwent a four-year, $200...
Chicago Bears Bid for Illinois Track
Bidding for Arlington Park International Racecourse (l.) has closed, and the Chicago Bears are using it for leverage to force the city to renovate Soldier Field Former Arlington...
NJ Casino Tax Relief Bill Goes to Murphy
New Jersey legislators have sent a modified casino tax relief bill to Governor Phil Murphy (l.). Another gambling-related bill calls for a referendum to allow wagers on NJ college...
Branson Gets the Party Started!
Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas is officially opened now that founder Richard Branson showed up to officiate at the grand opening, featuring the governor of Nevada, pop star Christina...
U.S. Commercial Revenue Hits 2nd Highest Total Ever in April
According to the American Gaming Association, the April revenue numbers for commercial casinos in the U.S. were the second-highest in history, reflecting the pent up demand as players return...
IIG Wins Caesars AC Design Competition
Interior Image Group was named the winner in a competition by Caesars Entertainment to design the new guest rooms at two of its Atlantic City Resorts—Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City...
Hospitality Returning, But Jobs Go Unfilled
The remnants of the Covid-19 pandemic—including widespread unemployment and layoffs—are fading. Casinos are open, with restrictions disappearing. Yet job growth isn’t as strong as expected, for many reasons.
Vegas Recovery No Mirage; City Was No. 1 Memorial Day
According to AAA, Las Vegas was one of the top travel destinations for the long Memorial Day weekend. The city is rebounding from Covid-19 at a rapid rate, but...
Pennsylvania Senate Committee Looks at Skill Games
A key Pennsylvania state Senate committee has held the first of a series of hearings to examine unlicensed, unregulated so-called “skill-based” games, with the goal of either banning or...
Atlantic City First-Quarter Profits Soar
Despite Covid-19 restrictions, Atlantic City casinos reported gross operating profits of $95 million for the first quarter, triple the profits from the prior year.
Macau Recovery Is Up and Down
Gross gaming revenue in Macau for June could be down 30 percent from May due to a spike in Covid cases in China. And the SAR has a long...
Philadelphia Lifts Most Covid Restrictions
The city of Philadelphia joined the state of Pennsylvania in lifting most of the restrictions in place to battle the Covid-19 virus but is leaving indoor mask requirements and...
New York City Casino Flops
Plans to fast track a casino in New York City collapsed last week when Manhattan Assemblyman Richard Gottfried (l.) pulled out of negotiations with the Cuomo administration, effectively killing...
Sightline Acquires Mobile App Developer Joingo
Sightline Payments has acquired Joingo, the leading provider of mobile engagement solutions to the casino industry, to improve the Sightline Play+ flagship consumer solution.
Miami Beach Mayor Slams Seminole Gaming Compact
Miami Beach Mayor Slams Seminole Gaming Compact
Bally’s Finalizes Deal to Buy Trop Evansville
Bally’s Corp. has announced that it has completed its acquisition of the Tropicana Evansville in Indiana from Caesars Entertainment in a $140 million transaction.
Louisiana Senate Approves Slidell Casino Vote
Voters in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana will have the opportunity to decide if they want a casino resort near Lake Ponchartrain in Slidell. Peninsula Pacific Entertainment has proposed a...
Virginia Casino Investors Also Political Campaign Donors
Four investors in the Urban ONE casino project in Richmond, Virginia also contributed to Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney’s (l.) election campaign. Stoney said he’s had donors and supporters “on...
New York Mall Casino to Open in ’22
Construction is expected to begin soon on a Resorts World casino inside a mall in Newburgh, Orange County, New York. It’s expected to debut in 2022, and once operational,...