Tagged: casinos

Are Fees for Seating Assignments in Restaurants Coming to Las Vegas?

MGM Resorts, which operates a host of properties in Las Vegas, is reportedly considering the introduction of "tiered seating" fees at restaurants located at the company's hotels. This…

What’s Up with These Hourslong Check-in Lines at Las Vegas Hotels?

"Hotel check in wait times are out of control in Las Vegas," social media influencer VegasStarfish argues in a recent posting. The video evidence accompanying the claim certainly makes…

After Pandemic-Era Reprieve, Parking Fees Coming Back to Las Vegas Strip

Some travel policies adopted during the pandemic look like they're here to stay (goodbye, airline change fees!). Others proved to be fleeting (goodbye, empty middle seats on…

What to Expect at the Newly Built Resorts World Las Vegas, Opening in June

The ginormous Resorts World Las Vegas has set an official opening date. The 3,500-room, $4.3-billion behemoth will begin accepting guests on June 24. The property is situated within…

Growing Desperate for Visitors, Las Vegas Ramps Up Reopenings

Thanks to the pandemic, visitation numbers in Nevada have dropped to their lowest levels in almost 30 years, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. It's no wonder that Las Vegas…

Iconic Neon Cowgirl "Vegas Vickie" Kicking It Again at New Casino

Circa Resort & Casino, which opened this week on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, is the city's first casino built from the ground up in four decades. But not everything on…

This Las Vegas Casino Is Going Entirely Smoke-Free

The Las Vegas Strip is getting its first entirely smoke-free casino resort. MGM Resorts announced this week that the complex housing the Park MGM and NoMad Las Vegas hotels will…

Is Vegas a Secret Superspreader? Study Shows Alarming Reach of City's Visitors

It has been about two and a half months since Las Vegas began reopening its casinos and resorts on June 4, following this spring's pandemic lockdown. How have things been going since…

Atlantic City Reopens—With No Indoor Dining and Other Big Changes

As of July 2, Atlantic City casinos are back in business after New Jersey shut them down in March due to coronavirus concerns. Of the city's nine casinos, five—Golden Nugget, Hard…

Las Vegas' New Tool for Checking Workers' Health: One Ring to Monitor Them All

Feeling lucky? Coronavirus cases are spiking in Las Vegas. The titans behind the lucrative casino-hotels there desperately want to avoid re-closing them, so the owners are trying…

Vegas Weakens on Resort Fees: Can We Deliver the Knockout Punch?

Las Vegas casino hotels are back in business—but that doesn't mean business is good. Returning casinos have been dealt a potentially losing hand: Health measures have taken away…

Las Vegas Casinos Have an Official Reopening Date

Casino resorts in Las Vegas and elsewhere throughout Nevada will reopen to the public on Thursday, June 4, the state's governor, Steve Sisolak, has announced. “We’ve taken every…

MGM Resorts Bringing Back a Favorite Vegas Perk

When the Las Vegas Strip reopens after the coronavirus lockdown, free parking will be making a Sin City comeback as well. Once a standard feature at casino hotels along the Strip, the…

Las Vegas Casinos Planning to Reopen—But They Won't Be the Same

There is still no reopening date for the Las Vegas Strip. The casinos along that normally overbusy thoroughfare are waiting for the go-ahead from Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and the…

Vegas Mayor Wants Casinos to Reopen—No Matter What

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has kicked up her crusade to reopen the city's casinos, restaurants, shops, and other nonessential businesses in spite of the global pandemic. The…

End of an Era: The Oldest Harrah's Casino Is Closing

Harrah's Reno has occupied its downtown spot in that Nevada city since 1937, when founder William F. Harrah opened his first bingo parlor. The place eventually expanded into a hotel…

20 Top Destinations for a Winter Vacation in the U.S.A.

Updated December 10, 2019There are two types of winter travelers: those who flee cold weather and those who flock to it. Thanks to the size, natural diversity, and varied climates of…

Free Parking in Las Vegas Returns As a Resort Breaks Ranks

For many years, the ability to park for free at most Las Vegas casino-resorts was a beloved perk, and it was one that made visiting the spread-out desert city much more affordable,…

Casino Giant Caesars Planning Non-Gaming Hotel in Arizona

Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment, the company behind the Caesars, Harrah's, and Horseshoe brands of casino resorts, is expanding beyond slot machines and roulette tables. Caesars…

The Boardwalk Is Back: New and Classic Atlantic City Casinos, Beaches, and Dining

Like the ocean it’s named after, Atlantic City has risen and fallen with the tides over the years. The New Jersey icon was the Gilded Age’s preeminent playground by the sea, the…

Two Atlantic City Casinos Reopen Under New Management

Not long ago, Atlantic City seemed in danger of becoming a ghost town.A string of casino closures—five in two years, according to the Associated Press—came as a consequence of events…

In Las Vegas, Now You Have to Look Closely at Your Bill for Hidden Fees

Las Vegas has long been known as Sin City but lately, it’s turned into Fee City. We’ve bemoaned the resort fees that nearly every hotel in Las Vegas charges. But now Sin City is…

What to See, Hear, and Eat in the Mississippi Delta—Birthplace of the Blues

You could argue that no other region better exemplifies the American story in all its glory, folly, promise, and sorrow than the sliver of northwestern Mississippi lining the banks of…

More Vegas Casinos End Free Parking

Following a precedent set earlier this year by MGM Resorts, numerous Las Vegas casinos will soon begin charging fees for valet and self-parking at their properties.Beginning…

No More Free Drinks at Vegas Casinos?

For those of you who dread new technologies, we've got another point to add to your argument.Thanks to new gizmos at a few of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas, many gamblers may…