Las Vegas Convention And Visitors Authority

Nevada gaming revenues drop for a second consecutive month

September 28, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Nevada

In Nevada, statewide aggregated gross gaming revenues reportedly dropped by 7.7% year-on-year last month to around $912.9 million as combined August visitor numbers for Las Vegas posted a 0.2% decrease to appro...

Las Vegas may struggle to break 2016 visitor record

Adam Morgan

November 8, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Economy/Finance

After posting record visitor numbers for each of the previous three years, Las Vegas now reportedly looks unlikely to continue this trend into a fourth consecutive year with guest figures to the end of Septembe...

Success for Las Vegas in attracting “millennial” visitors

Adam Morgan

April 7, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Economy/Finance

Las Vegas’ recent attempts at drawing a younger crowd are reportedly paying off after a recent study showed that more than a full third of visitors to the Nevada city last year were aged between 18 and 35 while...

Gamblit Gaming prepares to launch skill based gambling games across Nevada

Marie Kelley

April 7, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Game manufacturers, Nevada

The focus of casino gaming venues is shifting away from the traditional gambling game and moving towards a skill-based option in efforts to attract more millennial visitors to properties in Nevada as well as ac...

Nevada casinos back in black overall; First time since 2008

Marie Kelley

January 13, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Casino News, Economy/Finance, Nevada

The largest gaming venues in the state of Nevada were able to see a profit for the fiscal year 2016, something that has not been done since 2008. Surprisingly, the profit was not solely due to to gambling win w...

Las Vegas breaks tourism record for third consecutive year

K Morrison

January 12, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Economy/Finance

Visitor traffic in Las Vegas hit an all-time high as a record number of visitors were welcomed to the “Entertainment Capital of the World” in 2016. It’s the third consecutive year of visitation growth for La...

Las Vegas expected to benefit from record year-end travel period

Adam Morgan

December 28, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Las Vegas, Economy/Finance

A new report from the American Automobile Association has predicted that more than 103 million Americans are expected to travel more than 50 miles from home for a year-end holiday with Las Vegas being forecast ...

Study finds wealthy gamblers spending big

Adam Morgan

December 24, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Economy/Finance

In the United States, a new study has reportedly found that over a quarter of the nation’s wealthiest people spent in excess of $25,000 on gambling over the past year while a further 15% dropped at least $10,00...

Paragon Gaming receives Nevada Gaming Control Board approval for Hard Rock Tahoe

Adam Morgan

November 4, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Nevada

The Nevada Gaming Control Board has unanimously recommended the approval of a series of management and ownership licenses that will see Paragon Gaming acquire a majority interest in the Hard Rock Hotel And Casi...

Las Vegas on track to record banner year for visitor numbers

Adam Morgan

November 1, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Nevada

In Nevada, the Las Vegas Convention And Visitors Authority has reported a strong September for the western city as visitor numbers reached 3.7 million while convention attendance swelled by 16.2% year-on-year t...

U.S DOT officially approves direct flights from Beijing to Las Vegas

K Morrison

September 13, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, China

Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) said that on Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation approved Hainan Airlines’ application to launch the first-ever nonstop flights from Beijing to Las ...

Demolition of Vegas’ Riviera Casino Tower ends more than six decades of operation

K Morrison

June 15, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Casino closures

After a rich history that spanned 61 years, Tuesday at 3am The Riviera Hotel and Casino’s tallest tower was imploded in a controlled demolition on the Las Vegas Strip bringing an end to one of Sin City’s last r...

Petition filed to save historic Riviera from demolition

Adam Morgan

May 2, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Casino project updates

The planned demolition of the historic Riviera hotel and casino in Las Vegas could be delayed after a local college student filed a petition with the Clark County registrar of voters to save the 60-year-old ven...

UNLV, possibly Raiders, to get new stadium from Las Vegas Sands

K Morrison

January 29, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Nevada

Forty-two acres near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) could be the new home of the Rebel’s football team and quite possibly a National Football League (NFL) franchise as a consortium of investors led ...

Detailed view of $2.3B Las Vegas Convention Center redo provided to panel members

K Morrison

December 5, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, North America Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Nevada

On Thursday representatives of Governor Brian Sandoval’s Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee were presented with the most detailed look to date of plans for the $2.3 billion expansion and renovatio...