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Howard Stutz Gaming Guru - Page 57Layoffs at recently opened SLS Las Vegas14 October 2014
LAS VEGAS -- The recently opened SLS Las Vegas Hotel & Casino laid off less than 2 percent of its workforce after evaluating its staffing needs, a spokesman for the property said Monday. The hotel-casino, a $415 million renovation of the former Sahara, opened August 23 with some 3,400 workers for the 1,600-room hotel-casino. ... (read more)
Culinary protest still on despite road block denial13 October 2014
LAS VEGAS -- The Nevada Department of Transportation told Culinary Workers Local 226 it could not block any traffic lanes on Charleston Boulevard on Thursday when it rallied against Station Casinos. Protesters gathered anyway and, by evening’s end, three had been cited, but not jailed, by Las Vegas police. ... (read more)
Shareholder group seeks changes in casino operator Full House Resorts13 October 2014
LAS VEGAS -- A group of shareholders in casino operator Full House Resorts, Inc. is seeking a special stockholders meeting in order to remake the Las Vegas-based company’s board of directors. In a filing Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the group — led by former Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. ... (read more)
Amaya Gaming CEO garners limelight of online gaming13 October 2014
LAS VEGAS -- It’s not every day that the CEO of a Canadian gaming company steals attention from the chief executives of four major slot machine manufacturers during a keynote round table at the Global Gaming Expo. Amaya Gaming Group, Inc. CEO David Baazov, however, engineered the $4.9 billion acquisition this summer of online gaming giant PokerStars. ... (read more)
TV shows, movies again the main theme at G2E13 October 2014
LAS VEGAS -- The trade show floor at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) 2014 looked more like a cross between TV Land and Netflix. New slot machines concepts were displayed for casino floor decision-makers earlier this month during the annual three-day gaming industry get-together, with the 300,000-square-foot Sands Expo and Convention Center space resembling a giant casino. ... (read more)
Caesars gets notice of default from bond holders13 October 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Caesars Entertainment Corporation said it received a notice of default from a group of bond holders over a portion of the company’s $24.2 billion debt. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange commission last week, Caesars said it received the default notice from Wilmington Savings Fund Society, which represents second-lien holders covering $3.7 billion of the company’s debt. ... (read more)
Control Board backs Warner Gaming takeover of Horizon Lake Tahoe9 October 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Management company Warner Gaming received initial approval Wednesday from state gaming regulators to take over the Horizon in Lake Tahoe and transform the shuttered hotel-casino into a Hard Rock-branded property. Warner, which is headed by gaming executive Bill Warner, manages the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City in Sioux City, Iowa. ... (read more)
Culinary rally coincides with opening of Downtown Summerlin8 October 2014
LAS VEGAS -- The Culinary union has scheduled a march and rally through the streets of Summerlin against Station Casinos, Inc. for Thursday afternoon — the same time as the highly anticipated opening of Downtown Summerlin. The union, which claims a long-standing labor dispute with Station Casinos over ... (read more)
With pig farms gone, Adelson smells success in Meadowlands8 October 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Since Secaucus, N.J., “no longer smells like pig farms,” Sheldon Adelson wouldn’t mind building a casino in the nearby Meadowlands sports complex. The Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman said the location in Northern New Jersey — across the Hudson River from New York City — would be “a very attractive place” for a hotel-casino. ... (read more)
Boyd Gaming Corp. joins mobile wagering trend7 October 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Bob Scucci can recall an era when Nevada’s race and sports books displayed signs banning cellular telephones. If the signs were still in place today, the casinos would be giving away a growing chunk of revenue. Scucci, the director of race and sports for Boyd Gaming Corporation, said the ... (read more)
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