Gaming and hospitality operator Caesars Entertainment Corp. and University of Nevada, Las Vegas have teamed up to jointly create a casino and hospitality tech innovation hub in southwest Vegas, the university said in a Sunday statement.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Caesars Entertainment have confirmed the creation of Black Fire Innovation, a technology hub where new gaming and hospitality concepts will be created and tested in a 43,000 square-foot innovation space. It will include elements of mock hotel rooms, a casino floor and sportsbook, an esports arena and virtual reality facilities.

Caesars Entertainment is teaming with UNLV to create a gaming and hospitality technology innovation space in southwest Las Vegas.

Las Vegas is getting a new space with a casino, hotel rooms, a sportsbook and an esports arena.

Attaching a hotel-casino to a convention center was a money loser. That was the conventional wisdom before The Venetian opened on the Strip 20 years ago this week.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) announced a partnership with Caesars Entertainment Corp. called Black Fire Innovation that will bring the university and local businesses together to test, develop and commercialize hospitality products and ideas.

The 2019 Lodging Technology Study from Hospitality Technology reports that 2019 is the year “hotels gear up for the age of augmented authenticity.” With Gartner predicting that by 2020, 85% of relationships with businesses will not require human interaction, it’s clear that hoteliers need to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) today if they are going to engage guests through the channels they’re most comfortable using.

Architects and designers seeking high performance, aesthetically pleasing glass products, while honoring a commitment to preserving the planet, will find the right solutions at the Guardian Glass booth at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention in Las Vegas June 6-8.

Storing that leftover pizza inside a hotel minibar fridge can cost you as much as $75 on the Las Vegas Strip.

Storing that leftover pizza inside a hotel minibar fridge can cost you as much as $75 on the Las Vegas Strip.

When it comes to female representation in upper management, Native American casinos are doing better than commercial casinos, note two UNLV experts who study ​women in gaming​​​​.

I’m digging through my wallet for change to feed the parking meter, plunking in coins one at a time, when Frank Guido emerges from his classic red sauce joint, Frank Guido’s Little Italy, in Midtown Kingston, New York, about two hours north of New York City. There’s a bright-orange paper sign in his hand about the size of an envelope. It takes me a second to realize (1) It says FUNERAL on it, and (2) He wants to give it to me to put on my dashboard so I don’t have to pay for parking.