Cosmopolitan Deploys Metal Detectors, Restricts Entry

Las Vegas’s Cosmopolitan casino has deployed metal detectors and will filter access to its casino on weekends. This is in reaction to recent violence on the Strip.

Kansas City Casino Denied Covid Rent Relief

Harrah’s Kansas City Hotel & Casino (l.) in North Kansas City, Missouri recently asked the city to forgive its rent for the land the casino sits on for the...

Las Vegas Wins Bids for Major NCAA Events

Las Vegas will host the 2023 men’s regional basketball games in 2023 and the Frozen Four in 2026 at T-Mobile Arena (l.), part of a number of events the...

Hard Rock in Fight Over Land for Indiana Project

Though construction is already underway, Hard Rock casinos is fighting court battles over land ownership for its $300 million Gary casino project (l.). Many of the battles are over...

Caesars Brings Back Strip Parking Fees

Caesars Entertainment will begin charging sell-parking fees for all of its casinos located on the Strip starting October 31. The funds raised will—at first—be donated to pandemic aid relief.

Six NJ Convention Centers Partner to Create NJ Convention Center Coalition

Six convention centers located throughout New Jersey have come together to create the New Jersey Convention Center Coalition.

AC Relief Bill Moves Forward in Trenton

A casino relief bill to permit casinos and racetracks to deduct a portion of sports betting revenue taxes has moved out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

Hard Rock Scores In USA Today Awards

Hard Rock International received numerous accolades in USA Today’s 2020 Casinos Readers' Choice Awards. Hard Rock Atlantic City (l.) ranked second and Seminole Hard Rock in Tampa placed in...

Cash-Strapped Casinos Get Creative to Get Coin

Coin-operated slots are few and far between, but the nationwide coin shortage is still a problem for casinos, which must cash out TITO vouchers and give change at restaurants....

Philadelphia Casino Workers Pan Covid-19 Secrecy

Employees at Rivers Casino Philadelphia (l.) revealed the operator’s policy of secrecy and lax enforcement of CDC guidelines in relation to fighting Covid-19 since the casino has reopened.

AC Casino Exec Files Wrongful Termination Suit

Loretta Pickus (l.) has filed suit against Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City for firing her from her job as senior vice president and general counsel. Pickus claims her...

Station Loses Another Union Battle, But War Drags On

Labor officials have rejected Station Casinos’ bid to invalidate the Culinary Union’s election victory at Fiesta Henderson. In the last four years, eight casinos operated by the Las Vegas...

Caesars Gets $400 Million From VICI

The funds came in the form of a mortgage loan secured by the gaming giant’s new Caesars Forum Convention Center (l.) on the Las Vegas Strip. VICI is also...

Five Strip Casinos Top List for Covid Infections

August data compiled by the state of Nevada show the Cosmopolitan (l.) with the highest number of known positive test results, at 304. But state officials say it’s impossible...

Virginia To Ban Electronic Gaming Machines In 2021

Virginia lawmakers were set to ban the 9,000-plus electronic gambling machines that operate in the state, but the ban was moved to 2021 since the machines provide additional revenue...

Vegas Jobless Rate Worst in Nevada

The pandemic continues to exact a toll on Nevada’s tourism-dependent economy. Unemployment is down by more than half since the spring, and at 15.5 percent it’s still the highest...

Kentucky Partnership Seeks Casino, Racetrack License

The Keeneland Association in Kentucky and the majority owners of Kentucky Downs applied for a license to build a new harness track and a casino. Kentucky still has two...

Derek Stevens Doubles Down on Vegas

Famously upbeat about Las Vegas’ reopening in June, casino owner Derek Stevens (l.) remains unfazed by the challenges of Covid-19—and opening a new resort, Circa, during a pandemic. Though...

BOARDWALK PODCAST: Marty Small, Mayor, City of Atlantic City

Casino Connection features a discussion with Marty Small, the mayor of Atlantic City, on his first year in office and his vision for the city.

AC Regulators Splits Bally’s, Wild West

Twin River will acquire Bally’s Atlantic City, but not the Wild Wild West Casino (l.) that adjoins it. That property which will become part of the Caesars Entertainment empire,...