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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Vornado to join New York competition for new casino development at Hotel Pennsylvania

Vornado Realty Trust, New York’s second-largest commercial landlord, is weighing whether to bid on a casino license at the site of Hotel Pennsylvania near Madison Square Garden. The hotel is soon to be demolish...

Virginia’s First Stand-Alone Casino Opens in Portsmouth

After several years under construction, first stand-alone casino in Virginia, Rivers Casino Portsmouth by Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming, will officially open on Monday at 10 AM at Portsmouth. Humanitarian...

Big Step Receives Approval From New Hampshire Planning Board To Build Concord Casino

On Wednesday night, the Concord Planning Board issued approval for the construction of a new, proposed Concord casino and hotel by a company called Big Step. Layout of the proposed hotel & casino: The...

Great Canadian Entertainment’s PICKERING CASINO RESORT HOTEL is now open for guests

Canada’s premier gaming and hospitality company, Great Canadian Entertainment, today announced that the brand-new 275-room Pickering Casino Resort Hotel is now open for guests. Located east of downtown Toronto,...

Arkansas Judge Invalidates Cherokee Nation License to Build Casino

After Cherokee Nation Businesses, a Cherokee Nation tribal holding company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, received an official license from the state board to construct a casino in Arkansas, an Arkansas judge invali...
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Las Vegas Sands Seeks Approval for Integrated Casino Resort Project on Nassau Coliseum Site

The casino and resort giant from Las Vegas, Las Vegas Sands, has begun working on its expansion plans. The company has submitted a bid to gain the rights to build a new tourism destination on the site of the Na...

Seminole Tribe of Florida and Seminole Gaming Plan To Build New Seminole Casino Hotel Brighton NorthWest of Lake Okeechobee

The Seminole Tribe of Florida, a federally recognized Seminole tribe based in Florida, together with Seminole Gaming, publicly announced on Thursday, January 5, their intention to build a new facility on the Br...

Buffalo Bill’s Resort and Casino opens again after multi million-dollar restoration

On January 10, 2023, part of Primm Valley Casino Resorts and a widely-known Las Vegas-based subsidiary of Affinity Interactive (AI), Buffalo Bill's Resort and Casino reopened after a multi million-dollar restor...

Aquis Entertainment finalizes US$42 million sale of Casino Canberra to Iris Capital

Australia-based Aquis Entertainment has officially announced that it has finalized the sale of its entire subsidiary, Canberra-based Aquis Canberra Pty Ltd, better known as the Casino Canberra site, to Iris CC ...

New York state imposes $500 million fee for city casino license

Once licensed to operate any of New York state's three casinos, the operators are required to pay the state at least a $500 million fee for the gambling license, under new rules authorized by the state's site c...
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BetMGM Recent Ohio Launch – Everything You Should Know

A leading operator in the sports betting and iGaming industry, BetMGM, has shared some exciting news about its operations. Both mobile and retail sports betting operations will be launched in Ohio.  Two famo...

Macau concessionaries report year-to-year casinos fee as 10-year gaming concessions start

On January 2nd, 2023, six Macau concessionaires reported that they would individually pay the Macau government a base sum of MOP750 dollars per square meter of gaming space for the first 3 years of their latest...