In The News: William F. Harrah College of Hospitality
It might seem like a huge gamble, even by Sin City standards, to plop a multibillion-dollar resort so far away from the core cluster of resorts on the Las Vegas Strip.
The last major Las Vegas hotel that shut down during the pandemic is finally set to reopen, and it’s got a brand new owner.
Caesars, MGM, Wynn, and the rest of Las Vegas are ready for tourists, huge events, major construction, BTS, and the NFL draft.

Students from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) School of Hospitality are preparing for the 48th edition of their “UNLVino Grand Tasting” event, which aims to raise funds so that more young people have the opportunity to attend this race.

As inflation soars and gas Nevada gas prices continue to average more than $5.20 per gallon, more and more families are watching their discretionary spending for spring break and summer vacations disappear. “We haven't seen inflation in a number of years, and we certainly haven't seen it at this level,” said economist Mike PeQueen with Hightower Las Vegas.

With four concerts by K-pop band BTS, the National Association of Broadcasters trade show and the National Football League Draft on Las Vegas’ event calendar in the next three weeks, the city’s resorts are gearing to capitalize financially.

The doors of the off-Strip Palms resort will reopen the evening of April 27, and the new owners, the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, started taking reservations on Monday for hotel stays beginning April 28.

At the Chevron just off the I-15, prices are just under $5.50 a gallon.

The Lafayette Hotel in San Diego’s trendy North Park district wants you, and it isn’t afraid to appeal to your sense of nostalgia. It is one of many new hotel projects vying for your booking this summer.

Mark Sandoval, the new executive chef at the UNLV Harrah Hotel College, and hospitality student Linh Tran joined us to talk all about it.

It doesn’t get much better than getting together with a bunch of buddies in one of Clark County’s 99 sportsbooks to absorb the March Madness hoops fest on big-screen LED televisions.

Thousands of sports-betting basketball fans will be arriving Thursday in Las Vegas for what has become the most bet-on sporting event on the calendar — the NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament.