New Hotels

As part of our continuing coverage of breaking news in all things related to casinos around the world, we bring you the New Hotels section. When a new casino opens and includes an accommodations component you will find that news here. When a smaller casino operation decides to expand and the plans call for a new hotel we'll cover the announcement here as well.

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Star Wins NSW Tax Deferral and Loses Charter Hall From the Brisbane Deal

The New South Wales (NSW) Government has postponed the announced tax increase on gaming revenue for the Star Entertainment's Sydney casino less than a fortnight before the start of the new tax rate implementati...

Graton Resort & Casino Holds A Groundbreaking Ceremony To Celebrate New $1B Expansion Project

On June 16, a groundbreaking ceremony was held by the Graton Resort & Casino, the San Francisco Bay Area's leading gambling facility owned by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, marking the official ...

Richmond City Council Votes To Bring To Life Proposed Casino Project; Second Referendum Likely This Fall

During a meeting Monday night, June 12, the Richmond City Council voted 8 to 1 in favor of the bill that would put ONE Casino+Resort back on the November ballot, which will likely move to a second referendum vo...

Maverick’s Casino In Lakewood Sold To Oak Street Real Estate Capital

It was recently revealed that an entity associated with Maverick Gaming, a Washington developer and owner of high-end hotels with gaming facilities, has officially sold its 21,624-square-foot Palace and Chips c...

Future Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa To Have A Groundbreaking Ceremony This June

After the postponement caused by the pandemic, on the advice of Hard Rock International, an internationally recognized giant based in Florida, a groundbreaking ceremony for the future Hard Rock Hotel & Casi...
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15 Months for Construction of South Korean RFKR Resorts to Be Finished

A long-awaited RFKR Resort in Incheon, South Korea, won’t be finished in the following 15 months. On top of that, the administrative procedures are still to be finalized, so the date of the grand opening is sti...

Mets’ Owner’s Casino License Bid Holds the Soccer Stadium Development Project

As Front Office Sports reports, Steve Cohen, the owner of Major League Baseball's New York Mets, will not allow the neighboring New York City FC (NYCFC) of Major League Soccer to use the Mets parking lot free o...
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New Casino Lawsuit: Hofstra University V. Nassau County Planning Board

A planning board of Nassau County experiences legal issues over a casino and entertainment resort that was planned to be built in Uniondale. The lawsuit is related to the land-based deal with the Las Vegas Sand...

Rocksino By Hard Rock Deadwood To Have A Grand Opening In August

Hard Rock International, the internationally recognized giant based in Florida, has revealed that it will officially open a unique entertainment facility in Deadwood, South Dakota, in the heart of the Black Hil...

Ocean Casino Resort To Renovate The Beach

New Jersey's Ocean Casino Resort began a project on Wednesday, May 10, to renovate the heavily eroded beach fronting it. Additionally, the project is worth $700,000, and the casino paid for the entire project o...

WARN Notice Submitted By Vernon Downs; Casino Prepares To Close

New York's Vernon Downs Hotel Casino has filed a WARN notice with the New York State Department of Labor outlining plans to officially close by the end of this year and discharge all 249 of its workers. Plan...

Melco To Open Europe’s First Integrated Resort In July

On May 12, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, an international Hong Kong-based developer, operator and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resorts, revealed that City of Dreams Mediterranean will officiall...

Bally’s Receives Final Approvals for Its Chicago Casino Resort

Bally's Corporation, one of the leaders of the US casino industry, informed that the Chicago Department of Planning and Urban Development approved the company's plans for construction of the entertainment compl...