California’s Hard Rock Opens with a Smash
With the ritual smashing of a guitar, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento has opened the largest, most competitive casino resort in Northern California.
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SugarHouse Is Now Rivers Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino is now Rivers Casino Philadelphia, as owner Rush Street Gaming institutes consistent branding between its three gaming properties.
New Jersey Cracking Hard Rock
When Hard Rock International decided to invest half-a-billion dollars in Atlantic City there was some quid pro quo. Hard Rock CEO Jim Allen (l.) says promises from city, state...
New Jersey Racetrack Could See New Life with a Sportsbook
Hamilton Township, New Jersey planners and Atlantic City Race Course owners have agreed to redevelop the track site, now declared an area in need of redevelopment. Sports betting rules...
NJ Breaks Records with Online Casino Revenues
Based on September gaming revenues released by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, internet gaming revenues in the state broke records for the third month in a row....
A.C. Casinos to Break $3 Billion Thanks to Sports Betting
Atlantic City casinos should break the $3 billion mark in gaming revenue for the first time since 2012. The increase owes a lot to sports betting and online gaming
Seminoles Rock On
Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, last week debuted the “Guitar Hotel,” the first building in the world modeled after the musical instrument. The addition to an already successful...
MGM Sells Bellagio, Circus Circus
MGM’s “asset-light strategy” has borne fresh fruit in the form of a $4.5 billion deal with Blackstone Group for its Bellagio resort (l.) in Las Vegas and an $825...
Nevada Regulators Want to Ban Wynn
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has asked the Nevada Gaming Commission to find former Wynn Resorts chairman and CEO Steve Wynn “unsuitable” to hold a license in the state....
Resorts AC Debuts New Branding Campaign
Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City’s first gaming hall, has launched a new branding campaign, “One of a Kind.”
Gullbrants Named New Encore Boston Harbor President
Brian Gullbrants (l.) has replaced Robert DeSalvio as president of the $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor four months after it opened.
U.S. Interior Seeks Dismissal of MGM’s Connecticut Lawsuit
U.S. Interior Department attorneys have asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by MGM Resorts International challenging a decision to allow an amendment to the gaming compacts...
Virginia Casino Backers Spreading the Word
The Virginia legislature has given preliminary approval to casinos in five cities.
FTC OKs Caesars’ Sale of Rio Las Vegas
Caesars Entertainment has moved closer to its $516 million sale of the off-Strip Rio resort to a New York-based real estate fund. Caesars, which is selling several U.S. regional...
A New Proposal for Massachusetts’ Region C
Lawmakers of the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies in Boston heard a pitch by officials of the town of Wareham and the developer who would like to...
MGM Keeps Hopes Alive for Connecticut Casino
A renewed option to buy and develop land in Bridgeport Harbor indicates that MGM Resorts International is still on the hunt in its proposed $675 million casino (l.) proposal...
U.S. Operator Unveils Athens IR Plans
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment of Connecticut, one of two U.S. operators vying for a Greek casino license, has revealed renderings of its planned integrated resort at the former Hellenikon...
Encore Boston Harbor President Bows Out
Four months after opening the $2.3 billion Encore Boston Harbor, Wynn Resorts announced the departure of President Robert DeSalvio.
Rhode Island City Delays Casino Redevelopment
The city of Newport, Rhode Island has decided to delay for six months any decisions on the massive redevelopment that is contemplated for the site where the Newport Grand...
Chicago Weighs Casino Options
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (l.) has proposed two options for that city's casino, included in Illinois' new gambling bill.
