In The News: William F. Harrah College of Hospitality

The Patriot Ledger

As players grow increasingly antsy about the lack of poker at Massachusetts casinos and the vague timeline for a decision on its fate, regulators and lawyers from the Gaming Commission are looking for answers from gaming executives.

ArchIntel

A recent focus group study conducted by Ball State University and the University of Nevada Las Vegas has revealed that consumers are generally ambivalent to having robots in restaurants.

Pahrump Valley Times

The odds are more than 1 in a million that you’ll be the one to take home the $1 million grand prize in the “Nevada Vax Days” raffle. Or, to be more precise, about 1 in 1.6 million, according to mathematician Ashok Singh, a professor at UNLV’s International Gaming Institute.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Normally, there’s a tourism lull the week after a three-day weekend. But as everyone knows, 2021 is far from normal, and the weekend after the three-day Fourth of July holiday has the makings of a blockbuster for Las Vegas.

AZ Central

Hotels across the U.S. have shifted away from automatic daily housekeeping services in recent months, driven by federal COVID-19 safety guidelines and labor shortages.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The odds are more than 1 in a million that you’ll be the one to take home the $1 million grand prize in the “Nevada Vax Days” raffle.

USA Today

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. recently changed its housekeeping policy to an opt-in model, which meant that for the latter part of his stay, Ryan Pulliam would return to a room with no clean towels, a disheveled bed and sandy floors.

Casino.org

With casinos launching fireworks throughout the Independence Day weekend, Las Vegas police are out in “full force” patrolling the streets, according to Capt. Dori Koren.

Reno Gazette-Journal

Once a staple of Reno's dining scene, all but two of the city's casino buffets remain closed with no immediate plans to reopen despite the easing of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions.

Digital AV Magazine

UNLV, through its IT team and responsible for managing the network, has worked closely with Visix to carry out this technology strategy with the goal of establishing a single vendor network to serve multiple departments.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Gaming and tourism industry insiders were expecting hundreds of thousands of visitors to descend on Las Vegas for what promised to be the busiest holiday weekend since before the pandemic.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Ten and a half years of technological developments later, a new property will open Thursday with a slew of state-of-the-art tech features — with hopes those features can propel Resorts World Las Vegas through this decade and beyond.