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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Illinois Regulators Give Approval For Temporary Gambling Hall At Medinah Temple; Chicago Casino Proposal Moving Forward

The Chicago Plan Commission and Illinois Gaming Board, known as Illinois regulators, are still assessing Bally’s entire casino proposal, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Bally’s Chicago, which the company presented in Au...
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Wynn Hopes for Referendum for Massachusetts Casinos

Game regulators in Massachusetts want to increase the popularity of gaming in the state. On Wednesday, they announced that the referendum from 2013 would be held again. The referendum that will possibly allo...

Soloviev Group And Mohegan Cooperation For New York Casino License

On January 31, the Soloviev Group, a Canadian holding company with roots in many business categories and chaired by Stefan Soloviev, announced that it will unite with Mohegan, formerly Mohegan Gaming & Ente...
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Pokagon Band Opens 23-story Hotel at Four Winds South Bend on March 1st

The long-expected 23-story hotel tower at Four Winds South Bend will finally be opened to the public, and the opening ceremony will be held on March 1st.  This luxurious hotel will contain 317 rooms, 83 of w...
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The First 16K LED Screen Placed at the Venetian in Las Vegas

Something big is cooking in Nevada - when we say "big," we mean literally. The Venetian will get the new, massive entertainment venue, MSG Sphere, which will be opened in the second half of the year. The compan...
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The First Fanatics’ Retail Sportsbook Inside NFL Stadium Open

The Fanatics’ online and retail sports betting division, Fanatics Betting and Gaming, is Maryland's first legal sports betting operator. Partnership with Washington Commanders helped open a retail sportsbook in...

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...