Entain is buying esports betting and technology company Unikrn in a deal expected to close later this year, Entain executives announced Thursday.

Boyd Gaming’s Main Street Station casino in downtown Las Vegas will reopen its doors to gambling visitors on September 8 at 6am. This will be the first time in 540 days that the casino property will open its doors since it closed because of pandemic restrictions in March 2020.

Main Street Station will welcome back guests for the first time since March 2020, thanks to growing demand downtown, Boyd Gaming Corp. announced Monday.

While the pandemic slowed tourism worldwide, that was only temporary and the hospitality industry has come roaring back, said Stowe Shoemaker, dean of the college, in an interview with Vegas Inc.

A new report confirms what most of us already knew — that the COVID-19 pandemic decimated Southern Nevada’s tourism economy to the tune of $34 billion.

A new report confirms what most of us already knew — that the COVID-19 pandemic decimated Southern Nevada’s tourism economy to the tune of $34 billion.

If Encore Boston Harbor was to reintroduce poker right now, as some of its guests have demanded, it would require the casino to close other table games because it cannot find enough people to hire as dealers, an executive told the Gaming Commission on Thursday.

If Encore Boston Harbor was to reintroduce poker right now, as some of its guests have demanded, it would require the casino to close other table games because it cannot find enough people to hire as dealers, an executive told the Gaming Commission on Thursday.

The engines that drive Las Vegas were humming once again this spring as casinos raked in record levels of gaming win, but another surge in COVID-19 infections amid stalled vaccination rates threatens to upend the city’s momentum.

The start of summer has brought new uncertainties for the tourist mecca, however, with COVID cases resurging at among the highest levels in the country and new local government recommendations and mandates issued relating to masking.

The start of summer has brought new uncertainties for the tourist mecca, however, with COVID cases resurging at among the highest levels in the country and new local government recommendations and mandates issued relating to masking.

With the eyes of the tourism world watching, Las Vegas, which launched its post-pandemic era with great fanfare earlier this summer, will once again require workers to mask up while indoors, though regulations, for now, spare visitors.