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  • Las Vegas Strip Gaming Revenue Falls in December • This Week in Gambling

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    The Nevada Gaming Control Board released its final revenue figures for the Las Vegas Strip in 2025, revealing a downturn in monthly performance driven primarily by a slump. Statewide gaming win for December reached 1.44 billion dollars, representing a 1.55 percent decrease compared to the same month in 2024. Despite the drop, the state maintained its streak of monthly wins exceeding the 1 billion dollar threshold for the 58th consecutive month.

    The Las Vegas Strip remained the primary point of concern for state regulators. Casinos in the resort corridor generated 827.7 million dollars in gaming revenue during December, a 6.1 percent decline from the 881.3 million dollars reported the previous year. This significant decrease on the Strip accounted for the bulk of the statewide losses and was attributed to several factors including lower hold percentages in baccarat and slot machines.

    Senior economic analyst Shelley Newell noted that while the volume of betting remained relatively stable, the actual win for house operators decreased. On the Strip, baccarat win plummeted by 20.7 percent even as the volume of play actually rose by 1.4 percent. Similarly, slot machine coin-in reached an all-time high of 6.4 billion dollars, yet slot win fell 6.9 percent because the hold percentage was lower than a year ago.

    While the Las Vegas Strip struggled, other areas of Clark County and the state reported gains that helped mitigate the impact. Downtown Las Vegas saw a 4.67 percent increase in revenue to 86.1 million dollars, largely driven by table games. Other sub-markets including the Boulder Strip and Laughlin also saw year-over-year increases of 9.03 percent and 9.83 percent, respectively.

    The lackluster December on the Strip coincided with a cooling of tourism metrics. Visitation to the city fell by 9.2 percent for the month, totaling 3.1 million people. This brought the annual visitor total to 38.5 million, a 7.5 percent decline from 2024. For the full calendar year, the Strip ended essentially flat with 8.82 billion dollars in total win, while the state as a whole set a new annual record of 15.8 billion dollars.

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  • New Casino Near Las Vegas Set to Open Next Month in Henderson

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    Posted on: February 8, 2026, 10:50h. 

    Last updated on: February 8, 2026, 10:50h.

    • A new casino near Las Vegas will open in late March
    • Jokers Wild is being replaced by Cadence Crossing Casino
    • Boyd Gaming is behind the new gaming property in Henderson

    Southern Nevada will soon have a new casino, with the company behind the facility targeting a late March opening.

    Las Vegas casino Boyd Gaming Cadence Crossing
    An aerial view of Boyd Gaming’s forthcoming Cadence Crossing Casino shows a nearly completed new casino. The Henderson and Las Vegas locals facility will open in late March 2026. (Image: Boyd Gaming)

    Las Vegas-based Boyd Gaming, the dominant player in the Southern Nevada locals market with Station Casinos, says its Jokers Wild reboot is nearly ready. During the company’s earnings call last week, Boyd CEO Keith Smith revealed that the new Cadence Crossing Casino, located along Boulder Highway in Henderson, southeast of the Las Vegas Strip, will open late in the first quarter of 2026.

    Boyd officials did not specify how much Cadence Crossing Casino cost. However, CFO Josh Hirsberg reported $75 million in capital investments related to Cadence Crossing and Paradise projects.

    Cadence Crossing will initially open with 450 slot machines and video poker machines. The 50,000-square-foot neighborhood casino, Boyd hopes, will additionally become a “powerful new tourism draw for the community.”

    Cadence Crossing will debut with “several scrumptious food and beverage offerings,” along with a center bar. Future development phases, once the current Jokers Wild Casino is demolished, could include additional gaming space and a four-story hotel with 114 guestrooms.  

    Boyd broke ground on Cadence Crossing on April 3, 2025.

    Henderson Growth

    Smith told investors and analysts that the Cadence Crossing Casino comes at a most opportune time, as Henderson is experiencing a housing boom.

    The Boyd boss detailed that there’s been rapid growth in the Cadence master-planned residential community. The neighborhood sold more than 1,200 new homes last year, the third-highest of any master-planned community in the United States in 2025.

    With strong residential growth continuing throughout the neighborhood, we believe Cadence Crossing Casino will be well-positioned to deliver a strong return on our investment. With significant land still available at Cadence Crossing for future development, we will have the opportunity to expand this property to meet the growing demand,” said Smith.

    Boyd Gaming operates 28 casinos in 10 states, including 10 gaming floors in its home city of Las Vegas.

    “In all, we remain confident in the long-term prospects for our Las Vegas locals business,” Smith added.

    Boyd Betting Big in 2026

    Cadence Crossing is among Boyd Gaming’s smallest investments of late.

    The company is behind a $750 million resort project in Norfolk, Va., in a partnership with the Pamunkey Indian Tribe. In November, Boyd opened a temporary casino in the Virginia Naval city, as work on the permanent integrated resort continues. The to-be-named destination, set to include a 200-room hotel resort and a commercial casino with 1,500 slots, 50 table games, and a sportsbook, is slated to open in 2027.

    In Illinois, Boyd is moving forward with a redevelopment of its Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino. A newly unveiled riverboat proposal last week did not come with an investment budget. A previous pitch of a “modernized riverboat” had a price tag of $160 million.

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  • VEGAS DINING NEWS: Steaks Stripped from Caesars Palace Eatery, Red Rock to Swap New Restaurant for Old One – Casino.org

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    Posted on: November 15, 2025, 06:00h. 

    Last updated on: November 15, 2025, 09:06h.

    In March 2023, Caesars Entertainment and Tao Group Hospitality debuted Stanton Social Prime at Caesars Palace as an offshoot of New York City’s Stanton Social, which closed in 2018. But steak didn’t cut it for the owners — at least not as much as the Stanton connection did.

    Executive chef and Stanton Social brand owner Chris Santos traded prime cuts for primavera at Caesars Palace. (Image: Caesars Entertainment)

    So the restaurant quickly and quietly switched both its cuisine and name last week to Stanton Social Italian. Former Stanton Social executive chef and co-owner Chris Santos still mans the kitchen, only now it’s prepping primavera instead of prime cuts.

    “The next chapter for Stanton Social focuses on classic Italian cuisine by way of New York’s long and storied history of Italian-inspired, iconic neighborhood restaurants from Little Italy to the Bronx,” Santos said in a Friday announcement.

    The new menu features a curated selection of modern Italian dishes designed for sharing, including Fritto Misto with calamari, shrimp, squash, cherry peppers, arrabbiata sauce and preserved lemon aioli.

    Astonishingly, the restaurant managed to remain open during the change.

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    The Hello Kitty Café opened at Park MGM in July 2019. (Image: sanrio.com)

    A third New Hello Kitty Café is coming to the Strip. Kitty White, the icon behind the global pop culture brand, will open the eatery on the second floor of the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace. (The other Hello Kittys are at Park MGM and the Fashion Show mall.)

    Zippy’s, the beloved Hawaiian food diner that opened its first Las Vegas location in October 2023, will open its fourth and fifth locations in early 2026: at 10810 W. Charleston Blvd. in Summerlin South and 5485 Camino Al Norte in North Las Vegas. (Its current restaurants are at 7095 Badura Ave. in southwest Las Vegas, 4590 S. Hualapai Way in Spring Valley and 9570 S. Eastern Ave in Henderson.)

    Leoncito ya no está en Red Rock Resort. (Image: Facebook)

    The Hush Puppy — comforting Las Vegas and enriching its cardiologists with southern-fried goodies since 1975 — will open its second Las Vegas location, at downtown’s Neonopolis, on November 18.

    Red Rock Resort quiet-closed Leoncito modern Mexican in late September. According to Vital Vegas, it will be replaced early next year with Hearthstone Kitchen & Cellar. Bizarrely, this is the very restaurant that Red Rock shuttered in 2023 to create space for Leoncito.

    Red Rock also plans to close the oven on Side Piece after four years and replace it with another pizza concept, Good Pie.

    Finally, as per Vital Vegas — which we gratefully credit for half of this column’s news — the struggling  Pepper Club at downtown’s English Hotel will close on January 1, 2026. Its replacement is something that the real-estate development group renting the space called “something exciting” in a press statement even though it probably has nothing lined up or it would have mentioned it.

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  • VEGAS DINING NEWS: 7 Vegas Spots Ranked Top 100 US Earners, Siegel’s 1941 to be Rubbed Out – Casino.org

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    Posted on: November 11, 2025, 01:20h. 

    Last updated on: November 11, 2025, 01:20h.

    Restaurant Business magazine’s annual list of the 100 top-earning Independent US eateries includes seven from Las Vegas.

    The Vegas restaurant that scored the highest sales last year serves its food at the highest elevation above the ground. (Image: Top of the World)

    For the fourth time in the past five years, the Top of the World Steakhouse has topped all other Vegas entries in this ranking. Without generating an equivalent critical dining buzz, the rotating establishment — located 844 feet up the Strat’s tower — quietly outgrossed all ultrafine-dining and celebrity-chef-driven spots during 2024.

    Also notable were Cafe Americano‘s double placement in the respected trade publication’s rankings — for its Caesars Palace (No. 24) and Paris Las Vegas (No. 41) locations.

    Here’s the full list…

    Rank Name Sales Average Check Meals Served
    16 Top of the World Steakhouse at The Strat $25,810,716 $135 190,842
    24 Cafe Americano at Caesars Palace $23,826,031 $33 708,353
    41 Cafe Americano at Paris Las Vegas $19,819,246 $29 675,579
    42 Barry’s Downtown Prime at Circa $19,500,000 $145 134,500
    59 Beauty & Essex at The Cosmopolitan $14,987,127 $169* 184,114
    80 Cabo Wabo Cantina at the Miracle Mile Shops $12,976,111 $59* 450,000
    87 Mercato della Pescheria at The Venetian $12,320,402 $55 221,286

    Source: Restaurant Business

    Vegas came in fourth among all US cities in the number of ranked indie restaurants, behind New York City (12), Chicago (11) and Miami-Ft. Lauderdale (8). Restaurant Business, which began the ranking in 2014, defines independent restaurants as those with no more than five US locations.

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    The mob-themed Siegel’s 1941 is owned and operated by El Cortez — as was its predecessor, the Flame Steakhouse. (Image: Shutterstock)

    Siegel’s 1941, the mob-themed classic American eatery at downtown’s El Cortez, is expected to close after nearly 11 years in April 2026. According to Vital Vegas, it will be replaced by a “New York-style steakhouse.” The restaurant takes its name from the year that Las Vegas’ oldest casino debuted, though Bugsy Siegel and his crew didn’t own El Cortez until 1945-46.

    The Malibu Barbie Café, a pop-up roller rink and restaurant dedicated to the doll from toymaker Mattel, will roll into AREA15 for an unspecified duration starting December 18. The traveling attraction’s restaurant features a menu created by “Master Chef” finalist and “Chopped Champion” Becky Brown.

    Picanha     (pronounced PEE-kahn-yah) plans to open its third Las Vegas location downtown at 124 Sixth St. sometime next year. The Brazillian steakery — named after a prize beef cut known for its juicy texture and rich fat cap — already has locations in southwest Las Vegas and at Allegiant Stadium.

    A new restaurant called Wonder Fine Liquids is slated to open in Las Vegas’ Arts District next year, according to WhatNow Vegas. The project is headed by of James Manos, the owner and co-founder of Las Vegas craft brewery Able Baker Brewing, which is also in the Arts District.

     

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  • UPDATE: Vegas Officials Green-Light Parking Garage Right Next to Airport Fuel Tanks – Casino.org

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    Posted on: November 5, 2025, 10:49h. 

    Last updated on: November 5, 2025, 10:49h.

    UPDATE: Las Vegas officials voted on Wednesday to approve the construction of a six-story parking garage next to eight large fuel tanks at Harry Reid International Airport. The Clark County Commission said the garage can be built if developers meet safety and security requirements imposed by the Clark County Department of Aviation.

    EARLIER: The Clark County Commission is scheduled to vote on Wednesday, November 5, on whether to approve a controversial proposal for a new parking garage at Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport. The proposal raises safety concerns due to its proximity to eight large jet fuel tanks, the nearest being less than 100 feet away.

    This aerial photo shows the distance between a proposed six-story parking garage, currently occupied by a Sky Chefs building, and the Las Vegas Airport’s east-side “fuel farm.” (Image Google Earth)

    The 2,200-car structure would be situated on 3.8 acres just north of Terminal 1, a space currently occupied by airline food supplier Sky Chefs, whose building is slated for demolition. Terminal 1 is home to Las Vegas’ busiest airline, Southwest.

    The garage is being proposed by land American Nevada Co., a legacy developer known for master-planned communities and commercial developments throughout Las Vegas. It was founded in 1972 by Hank Greenspun, the late publisher of the Las Vegas Sun newspaper, and his wife, Barbara.

    According to a county staff report obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Clark County Department of Aviation, which runs the airport and would also need to approve the project, has raised “numerous safety and security concerns.”

    A rendering of the parking garage proposed by American Nevada Co. (Image: TRC Parkitects)

    The main one is that the new structure would provide an “elevated, direct line of sight” to the tanks.

    According to the staff report, the developer will be required to build a solid wall obscuring views to the tanks and airfield from any part of the parking structure — especially its roof. In addition, the garage must be surrounded by a “vehicle crash mitigation rail” capable of stopping a 15K-pound vehicle doing 50 mph.

    A fuel tank on the west side of the airport was targeted by Stephen Paddock during the Route 91 Harvest Music festival massacre that claimed 58 lives on the night of Oct. 1, 2017. Two bullets, fired from the gunman’s perch on the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay, hit the tank but caused little visible damage, according to reports at the time.

    Hank Greenspun’s descendants maintain close ties to local politics. Clark County Commission chair Jim Gibson was the president and CEO of the online travel agency Vegas.com from 2010-2013, when it was owned by the Greenspun Corporation.

    A public comment session is scheduled to be held at the commission meeting on Wednesday.

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  • Third Las Vegas Aces Victory Parade to Shut Down Las Vegas Strip – Casino.org

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    Posted on: October 12, 2025, 02:30h. 

    Last updated on: October 12, 2025, 02:54h.

    The Las Vegas Aces will shut down the Las Vegas Strip on Friday, October 17 for their third WNBA championship victory parade and rally in four years. The Aces defeated the Phoenix Mercury 97-86 in Game 4 of the finals at Footprint Center in Phoenix on Friday, October 10, completing a 4-0 sweep.

    A’ja Wilson #22 of the Las Vegas Aces celebrates with Chelsea Gray #12 and Jewell Loyd #24 after winning Game 4 of the 2025 WNBA Playoffs finals at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix on Friday, October 10, 2025. (Image: Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

    The festivities will begin at 5 p.m. at Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard. As with previous Aces parades, this one will travel north in the southbound lanes of Las Vegas Boulevard, turning left onto Park Avenue and Connector Road and ending at Toshiba Plaza outside T-Mobile Arena, the team’s home.

    The first Las Vegas Aces’ WNBA championship victory parade and rally closes down the Las Vegas Strip on September 20, 2022. (Image: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

    Here, a two-hour rally will be filled with emotional speeches and live music. (In 2023, rapper 2 Chainz performed.)

    To watch the rally, fans are advised by organizers to line up along the west side of Las Vegas Boulevard and Park Avenue.

    Toshiba Plaza will open to the public at 3 p.m., with the celebration expected to last until around 7:30 p.m. An official Aces pop-up store will open at Toshiba Plaza at 4 p.m.

    Closures

    Great news for Las Vegas Aces fans eager to celebrate their favorite WNBA team means bad news for visitors attempting to navigate the Las Vegas Strip for any other reason.

    Beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday, driving on the Strip will be impossible. Plan to do a lot more walking, through a lot denser crowds, than normal. Monorails will run but not RTC buses. Rideshare drop-offs are encouraged south of Tropicana Avenue.

    Area Affected Closure Details Duration
    Southbound Las Vegas Boulevard Full closure from Tropicana Avenue to Park Avenue (near T-Mobile Arena) Setup starts 4 p.m.; full closure 5–7:30 p.m.; reopens ~7:30–11 p.m. or later
    Cross Streets (Flamingo, Harmon, Spring Mountain) Rolling closures and detours at major intersections like Caesars Palace/Flamingo Intermittent during parade; some setup from 6 a.m.
    Tropicana Ave. to Aria Place Partial/full southbound closure for staging From ~4 p.m. until event ends
    Park Avenue and Toshiba Plaza Area Closure for rally and dispersal Post-parade (~7:30 p.m. onward) until cleanup

    For the latest, monitor official sources including the Aces’ website (lvaces.com) and police announcements on X (@LVMPD), as weather or logistics could adjust plans.

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  • Gambler bets $10 on slot machine — and wins big jackpot at Las Vegas casino

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    A gambler won a big jackpot at a casino off the Las Vegas Strip.

    A gambler won a big jackpot at a casino off the Las Vegas Strip.

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    A lucky gambler turned a $10 bet into a big prize at a Las Vegas casino.

    The visitor sat at a Dragon Cash slot machine Sept. 30 at Suncoast Hotel & Casino, the casino said in an Oct. 3 news release.

    Then they made a bet, hit spin and watched as the symbols flashed across the screen. Then a jackpot message appeared.

    The winning Dragon Cash jackpot is pictured.
    The winning Dragon Cash jackpot is pictured. Suncoast Hotel & Casino

    The player won more than $106,000.

    The winner had a remaining credit of $232.90 on the machine.

    Suncoast Hotel & Casino is about a 10-mile drive northwest from the Las Vegas Strip.

    Many people can gamble or play games of chance without harm. However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.

    If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek help by calling the national gambling hotline at 1-800-522-4700 or visiting the National Council on Problem Gambling website.

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    Helena Wegner is a McClatchy National Real-Time Reporter covering the state of Washington and the western region. She’s a journalism graduate from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She’s based in Phoenix.

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  • VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Zac’s Sphere Expands, Rod Willing, Doja Cat, NIN – Casino.org

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    Posted on: October 1, 2025, 11:35h. 

    Last updated on: October 1, 2025, 11:44h.

    The Zac Brown Band has added two more dates to what is now an eight-show residency at the Las Vegas Sphere. The extra demand is no shock, since the country group’s first four Sphere shows are entirely sold out, and they headlined for a record-shattering 110,000 fans at Truist Park in Atlanta this summer.

    Zac Brown, the man and the band, are in demand at the Sphere. (Image: Shutterstock)

    Tickets for Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17, go on sale to the general public 10 a.m. PT Thursday, October 9 at thesphere.com, with a Sphere presale at 19 a.m. PT on Wednesday, October 8. (Use Code: SPHERE).

    More Curtains for Rod

    Stewart premiered at the Colosseum at Caesars palace in 2011, and performed his 200th show there on March 12. (Image: Shutterstock)

    Rod Stewart is extending his Caesars Palace residency, “The Encore Shows,” into next year with six shows that will fall after his 81st birthday: May 27, 29 and 30, and June 2, 4 and 6.

    “Next year will mark 15 years at The Colosseum and I still get terribly excited each time I return. I love this theatre,” Stewart said in a statement.

    Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. PT October 3, with fan presales already underway.

    Early Cat Call

    Doja Cat (Image: Live Nation)
    Rapper Doja Cat was born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini on October 21, 1995. (Image: Live Nation)

    Doja Cat just announced she will perform at T-Mobile Arena on October 31. If only one month’s notice seems a little late to make Vegas plans, that’s October 31, 2026!

    Tickets go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. PT October 10 via Ticketmaster.com. Go to signup.ticketmaster.com/dojacat for presale information.

    More Music News…

    Nine Inch Nails will bring the second leg of its “Peel It Back” tour to the MGM Grand Garden Arena on March 7. Tickets go on sale Wednesday, October 8 via AXS.com.

    Collective Soul will return to the Venetian Theatre on February 4, 6 and 7. The general on-sale begins 10 a.m. Friday, October 3, at 10 a.m. PT via Ticketmaster.com, with presales beginning today..

    The Neon City Festival, scheduled as downtown’s counter-programming to the Strip’s F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix race, will feature Good Charlotte, Deadmau5, Breaking Benjamin, Two Friends, Fitz and the Tantrums, Bowling for Soup and De La Soul, among others, from November 21-23. Admission is free.

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  • VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Celebrity Chefs Work in Their Own Restaurants – Casino.org

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    Posted on: September 26, 2025, 07:21h. 

    Last updated on: September 25, 2025, 09:51h.

    EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on June 17, 2024.

    It’s not too difficult to figure out who started the myth that celebrity chefs work in their own restaurants. According to an old menu at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill at Caesars Palace: “If you think the guy sitting at the end of the bar looks a lot like Gordon, well, it just might be.”

    Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay poses for a photo in a restaurant in which he has never cooked, Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen at Caesars Palace. (Image: vistlasvegas.com)
    Ramsay poses for his contractually required photos at the grand opening of his first Hell’s Kitchen in January 2018. (Image: Brenton Ho/KabikPhotoGroup.com)

    Booking the Cooks

    Caesars Entertainment wants you to think you can meet or see Ramsay by dining at one of the six Las Vegas restaurants they operate for him — so much so that the casino company requires him to visit each one at least once a year, for at least 24 consecutive hours.

    During each visit, Ramsay is contractually obligated to allow himself to be photographed as though his being there is a perfectly normal occurrence and not just a requirement for him to earn his $340K annual name-licensing fee per restaurant, along with 5%-6% of Caesars’ gross profits from it.

    This suggests what we all kind of know intuitively — that once someone earns millions from TV shows and passive licensing deals, they don’t want to have to cook your Crispy Skin Salmon over a hot stove after you arrive famished from seeing Mat Franco’s 7 p.m. show at the LINQ.

    Celebrity chefs may sometimes help design the menus at their Las Vegas restaurants — that’s both may and sometimes. But they never cook in them. Doing so may actually be illegal if they don’t possess a Nevada health card.

    Instead, they rely on their hotel partners’ food and beverage departments to manage the restaurants.

    Ramsay cooks in a scene for his long-running “Hell’s Kitchen” Fox-TV reality series, which is always shot on soundstages, never in his restaurants. Seasons 23 and 24, now filming at the Foxwoods in Connecticut, is set on a soundstage at the casino resort, not in the Hell’s Kitchen there. (Image: Fox-TV)

    How We Know For Sure

    We only know about Caesars’ deal with Ramsay because it was among the financial relationships exposed by the Wall Street Journal during the company’s 2016 bankruptcy proceedings.

    We assume that Caesars, and other casino companies, have similar deals with Guy Fieri, José Andrés, Guy Savoy, Giada De Laurentis, Michael Mina, and David Chang, though those deals have never been made public.

    The only time celebrity chefs can be counted on to be at their restaurants is for their grand openings.

    Unfortunately, that’s one of the only times you can’t be because those are invite-only affairs open exclusively to celebrities and other casino VIPs.

    Look for “Vegas Myths Busted” every Monday on Casino.org. Visit VegasMythsBusted.com to read previously busted Vegas myths. Got a suggestion for a Vegas myth that needs busting? Email corey@casino.org.

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  • Las Vegas’ Mirage Hotel And Casino Closing

    Las Vegas’ Mirage Hotel And Casino Closing

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    After 34 years, the iconic Mirage Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip will close its doors after it was bought by Hard Rock Las Vegas, which will completely renovate the building, removing its tropical theme and volcano attraction. What do you think?

    “Gentrification rears its ugly head once again.”

    Khalil Kavanagh, Window Defroster

    Who Can Stay Dead Longest Challenge

    “Good luck getting all the white tigers out of the air ducts.”

    Steven Odling, Barista Trainer

    “They had the nicest security protocol to escort you from the premises.”

    Chiara Mccray, Unemployed

     

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  • The Vegas Orb Looks Like A Sidequest Location

    The Vegas Orb Looks Like A Sidequest Location

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    The $2 billion The Sphere Las Vegas is an immersive performance venue with 17,385-seats, 168,000 speakers, and U2 tour tickets currently on sale. The 160,000 square foot LED screen that makes up its domed exoskeleton is capable of projecting eyeballs, Earth, and portals to nowhere, so it also looks like a great place to battle demons in a video game.

    The Week In Games: What’s Releasing Beyond Exoprimal

    The Sphere, which sits near the Las Vegas Strip at The Venetian Resort, utilizes “360 audio environments” and 4D effects like fog, “super-heated steam and compressed air” to transmit smells, and wind that can achieve 140 mph blasts. What a relaxing environment to, say, play a round of Blitzball in Final Fantasy X, or to inflict intercosmic hell in Destiny 2. I bet both of those things would require 45 mph wind gusts and smell like Cheetos.

    When looking at the colossal blob that is The Sphere Las Vegas, other gamers saw a potential gasping Pac-Man, a Star Wars Death Star, and ample space to advertise Disney’s 2003 massively multiplayer online role-playing game Toontown Online’s instructions for healing (finally). With help from The Sphere, Las Vegas could discover that, to speedily replenish health, all you have to do is “play with your Doodle.”

    I personally think it looks like Elden Ring’s aggressive Silver Sphere enemies, or the orange Bloodborne moon that descends along with its (at one point) secret final boss, the Moon Presence. The Sphere could also easily pass for Nintendo’s Kirby after he sucks air into his belly and turns into a flesh-pink balloon, or for one of Soulcalibur fortune teller Viola’s crystal ball weapons. It also looks like a huge waste of $2 billion.

    What do you think it looks like?

     

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  • Las Vegas: Venetian and Palazzo to end free parking, implement new fees for guests | Yogonet International

    Las Vegas: Venetian and Palazzo to end free parking, implement new fees for guests | Yogonet International

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    Starting from Tuesday, August 29, The Venetian Resort and the Palazzo will discontinue offering complimentary parking to visitors. This change comes as the establishments introduce new parking fees to both registered hotel guests and non-hotel guests.

    Registered hotel guests will face self-parking charges of $18 per day beginning September 5. For non-hotel guests, the new parking fee structure entails a charge of $15 for up to four hours on Monday through Thursday.

    The rate increases to $18 for parking periods between four and 24 hours on Monday through Thursday. On Friday through Sunday, the fee for non-hotel guests rises to $23 per day. Valet parking services will continue to be priced at $35 per day.

    Despite the changes in the resort’s policy, Nevada residents will continue to have the privilege of accessing three hours of free parking. Loyalty cardholders with at least a premier status will also receive free self-parking.

    The policy change came “after evaluating operations and business demand,” the resort previously said on July 14.

    This move comes in the wake of several Strip establishments discontinuing complimentary parking. Golden Entertainment‘s The Strat resort in Las Vegas introduced parking charges in April this year. Previously, MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment properties also began charging customers for parking.

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