Las Vegas Advisor: Grammy Awards to broadcast live from MGM Grand Arena
For the first time in the award ceremony’s history, the Grammys will be broadcast live from Las Vegas. Read more
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Las Vegas Advisor: Restaurant rush is coming to Las Vegas in 2022
Aside from the return of the Palms, there are no casino openings planned for Las Vegas in 2022, but that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: San Manuel Tribe to move ahead with Palms reopening
The most high-profile resort in Las Vegas that’s yet to reopen after the pandemic shutdown has been cleared to do so. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: Las Vegas seeks return to normalcy in 2022
Last year was a strange one in Las Vegas. The casinos were open, but they weren’t quite the same as they worked their way back from the effects of the pandemic. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: MGM Resorts sells Mirage hotel for $1B
MGM Resorts International has sold the operations of the Mirage to Hard Rock International, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, for $1.075 billion. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium will host Super Bowl in 2024
The selection also marks the conclusion of a long journey for Las Vegas, which has gone from being scorned by the NFL for making betting lines on its games to being celebrated as the host of the league’s most prestigious event. Read more
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Las Vegas Advisor: Some Las Vegas shows taking a break for the holidays
During December, many Las Vegas shows go “dark” to allow cast members to take holiday vacations. Last year they were all dark, but this year the shows are back. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: Las Vegas hotels offering low holiday room rates
The holiday season is normally prime time for finding low room rates in Las Vegas. However, due to unprecedented demand created by months of pandemic-fueled abstinence from fun, the pickings are slimmer than normal this year. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: New World Series of Poker champ crowned in Las Vegas
Koray Aldemir, a 31-year-old professional poker player from Germany, emerged from a starting field of 6,650 to become the new World Series of Poker Main Event champion and take down a first prize of $8 million. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: The World Series of Poker in progress in Las Vegas
The Main Event of the 52nd World Series of Poker is in play, drawing 6,650 players who put up $10,000 for the entry fee or won their way in through qualifying tournaments. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: 2 big Vegas operators to put Strip casinos up for sale
Las Vegas’ two biggest operators, Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International, will both have casinos up for sale. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: Unfinished Las Vegas Strip resort suffers setback
It’s another dose of bad news for the Fontainebleau, which has stood partially completed and empty on the north end of the Las Vegas Strip for more than a decade. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: Reopening of Palms resort expected early next year
Information has finally surfaced regarding plans and scheduling for the return of the Palms, which is one of only a handful of Las Vegas resorts that haven’t reopened after last year’s pandemic shutdown. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: New $500M hotel-casino project receives approval
It’s not just a dream after all. The $500 million Dream Las Vegas Hotel-Casino, announced back in February 2020, has been approved. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: New golf entertainment venue coming to Las Vegas
A major indoor “golf entertainment destination” has been announced in a partnership between The STRAT casino and Dallas-based Flite Golf and Entertainment. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: World Series of Poker scheduled for November
After last year’s tournament was conducted online because of the pandemic, the 52nd World Series of Poker has returned to its traditional live-play format at the Rio. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: MGM Resorts purchases Vegas’ Cosmopolitan casino-hotel
In the latest blockbuster development on the Strip, the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was sold to MGM Resorts International. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: Football parties are back in Las Vegas casinos and bars
More evidence of Las Vegas’ return to normalcy is evident in the resumption of football parties in casinos and bars. While the parties aren’t as robust as they were pre-pandemic, there are still some good gatherings throughout the city. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: Work on new Durango Station moves forward in Las Vegas
Station Casinos is finally moving ahead with plans to build Durango Station, a 200-room hotel-casino on South Durango Drive on the southwest side of Las Vegas. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: Main Street Station reopens in downtown Las Vegas
Downtown’s Main Street Station reopened last week after being shuttered for nearly 18 months. It marks the final hotel-casino downtown to return from the shutdown. Read more
Las Vegas Advisor: Buffet at Luxor reopens in Las Vegas
The Luxor buffet reopened last week. It operates 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays, for brunch only, The price is $26.99 Wednesday through Friday and $29.99 Saturday and Sunday. Read more
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