The future of the automobile may not only be autonomous, it may also fly, have touch screens for windows and calm you when you are angry, according to industry speakers at CES.
Todd Prince
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Todd Prince joined the Review-Journal in January 2017 as a gaming and tourism reporter after spending 17 years in Russia. During his time in Moscow, Todd worked 7 years as a stockbroker for Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and five years as a business and political reporter for Bloomberg News. He also worked several years as a freelance writer and photographer for publications including The Moscow Times. Todd speaks Russian and has a bachelor’s degree in history from Brooklyn College.
A large billboard above Google’s outdoor pavilion reads, “What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone,” referencing controversies tied to data protection at Google, Facebook and other industry peers.
Downtown Grand will start construction Monday on a new 495-room hotel tower as more tourists flock to Fremont Street and room rates rise.
Holographic 3D displays and smart mirrors — two products suited for use on the Strip — were among the products revealed Sunday night ahead of the official opening of CES.
Legal sports wagering in the U.S. is forecast to rise 16-fold to $81 billion by 2030, according to a November report released by H2 Gambling Capital, a UK-based market intelligence company.
CES will feature the latest developments in autonomous driving, urban infrastructure, quantum computing, home entertainment, as well as virtual and augmented reality.
MGM Resorts International said it plans to boost operating cash flow with an additional $100 million over the next three years by trimming the number of managers, centralizing operations and investing in technology.
Shares finished higher Monday, the last day of the year, but most big gaming companies ended 2018 down more than 30 percent, their worst annual performance since the Great Recession a decade ago.
Scientific Games has been the worst performing gaming stock this year as a hike in interest rates and weakness in the high-yield debt market rattled investors.
Park MGM opened the international food chain Eataly Thursday as the $550 million revamp of the Strip property comes one step closer to completion.
The win advanced to $967 million compared with $909 million in the same month last year, when the impact of the Oct. 1 shooting was being felt, the state’s Gaming Control Board said Wednesday.
Caesars Entertainment Corp. is turning 44,000 square feet at The Linq Hotel, including the sports book area, into its “casino of the future” testing grounds.
CES, the world’s largest consumer tech show, is coming into Las Vegas Jan. 8, and is expected to bring in more than 180,000 visitors. Attraction businesses across the valley are preparing to see swings in the number of visitors.
Job hopping may be commonplace today but for 784 MGM Grand employees, sticking with the nation’s largest hotel since the day it opened 25 years ago is cause for celebration.
Alvin Shoemaker, the last of the long-serving Wynn Resorts board members, announced he will leave on Dec. 31, the company said in a statement.