On Sunday, the El Cortez turns 80 years old, 29,220 days since it first opened its doors Nov. 7, 1941. The hotel-casino will punctuate its birthday weekend with a fireworks show.
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The Specialty Equipment Market Association convention and trade show capped its weeklong event in Las Vegas with the SEMA Ignited post-show festival starting Friday afternoon.
“Everyone wants to know when or if they can get this,” said Toyota Product Specialist Ally Kay.
SEMA opened Tuesday morning at the Las Vegas Convention Center, where Ford debuted its Eluminator electric crate engine for retrofitting internal combustion cars.
Charles “Chuck” Mathewson chaired IGT’s board of directors from 1986 to 2003 and is widely credited for steering the company from a small, Reno-based gaming manufacturer to an industry giant.
Resorts World Las Vegas has acquired a 262-seat commercial airplane for private charter flights, the property announced Friday.
The initiative’s founders at UNLV’s International Gaming Institute hope to better define the lines between safe and unsafe gambling, identify potential policy gaps and apply research to real-world settings.
Activist investor Carl Icahn has made an unsolicited offer to buy all outstanding shares of Southwest Gas Holdings, the utility company announced Wednesday.
The city of Las Vegas’ first pawnbroker license auction lasted 3 minutes and 34 seconds and ended with a $1.9 million winning bid.
The unemployment rate in the Silver State inched downward from August to September, state officials announced Thursday.
KPVM Pahrump, Channel 25.1 is expanding into Clark County news with a new studio on Water Street in Henderson, President and CEO Vernon Van Winkle confirmed Wednesday.
Nevadans and Americans are expected to spend more on Halloween this year than in any year prior, according to projections released by groups representing retailers.
Retail giant Amazon is looking to hire nearly 7,000 seasonal employees across Nevada — mostly in Las Vegas — in anticipation of a busy holiday shopping season.
As the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians moves closer to taking ownership of what will be its second hotel-casino, the Palms in Las Vegas, the California tribe continues to redefine its first in Highland, California.
Officials with the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians offered details about its plans for the Palms for the first time since announcing a $650-million deal to buy the property in May.