PBR CEO Sean Gleason on What to Expect at This Year's PBR World Finals and the Event's Future in Las Vegas
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2019 PBR World Finals Bulls Revealed
The Top 35 ABBI Classic Bulls, as well as five approved bulls from the ABBI Wildcard event from the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour, will also be competing at T-Mobile Arena during the World Finals. The Classic event winner walks away with $100,000, as does the World Champion Classic bull....Read More
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CEO Richard "Boz" Bosworth Reveals Details About the Hard Rock Hotel's Conversion to Virgin
Popular restaurants Nobu, MB Steak and Pizza forte will survive the transition of the Hard Rock Hotel into Virgin Las Vegas, the new resort officially scheduled to open on November 6, 2020. Those are just a few of the revelations from the latest episode of the All the Vegas podcast with special guest Richard "Boz' Bosworth, CEO of the Hard Rock Hotel....Read More and Listen Here
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Check out the Virgin Hotel Las Vegas renderings
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Las Vegas' Landscape is Changing!
Las Vegas Convention Center
Allegiant Stadium
Wynn Golf Club
MSG Sphere
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MSG Sphere Beginning to Take Shape in Las Vegas
The 80,000-square-foot basement, Level 1, and Level 2 columns and stair core walls have been built on the first-of-its-kind performance venue that will seat 18,000 people. The Las Vegas Monorail Co. has also received $33.6 million in financing to build a new station at Sands Avenue and Koval Lane....Read More
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Wynn Golf Club Returns to the Las Vegas Strip
The only resort golf course on the Las Vegas Strip returns to Wynn Las Vegas on Friday, October 11, with the grand reopening of the Wynn Golf Club. The original 18-hole championship course established in 2005 has been reimagined by legendary golf course architect Tom Fazio to give players a new golf experience from the first drive to the last putt....Read More
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Crews in Process of Installing Roof on Raiders' Allegiant Stadium
The raising of a multi-ton steel cablescable net with a "coordinated system of hydraulic lifts is the first step in enclosing the building and is expected to take several weeks to complete." Allegiant Stadium COO Don Webb said that he "expects the cables to be attached along the top rim of the roof -- a process called 'pinning' -- by the middle of November."...Read More
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Las Vegas Cementing Itself as Basketball Powerhouse
As the USA Basketball training camp wound down in Las Vegas, it put a cap on a busy summer of hoops in the desert. As usual, the city hosted the NBA Summer League, along with a slew of AAU tournaments. But this year, the city also welcomed the WNBA All-Star Game along with USA Basketball, which returns every so often. While events kept basketball fans, players and professionals alike flocking to Las Vegas, it’s far from unusual....Read More
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Pac-12 Presence Continues Las Vegas Push as Sports Destination
The conference’s relationship with Las Vegas dates back to 2001, as a Pac-12 team is typically featured in the Las Vegas Bowl. But things ramped up even further in 2013 when the men’s basketball tournament made its debut at MGM Grand Garden Arena.This academic year, the city will again host the men’s and women’s Pac-12 basketball tournaments and, beginning next season, the city begins hosting the Pac-12 football championship in 2020 and 2021....Read More
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NFR Extra Podcast
Las Vegas Events has launched NFR Extra, a podcast that focuses on the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and features personal conversations with icons that embody the rodeo and Western lifestyle....Listen Here
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MGM Sets Year-End Target for Sale of MGM Grand in Las Vegas
MGM Resorts International expects to announce a buyer for its flagship MGM Grand resort in Las Vegas by the end of year, marking one of the final steps toward its goal of becoming an “asset-light” casino operator....Read More
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The Bellagio Sale is the Biggest in Las Vegas History
In the 1990s, several major Las Vegas gambling venues opened their doors. None were as grandiose and exciting as the Bellagio Hotel & Casino. MGM Resorts International announced Oct. 15 that it reached a $4.2B deal with New York financial giant The Blackstone Group that calls for their joint venture to acquire the Bellagio’s real estate and lease it back to MGM for an initial annual rent of $245 million....Read More
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Circus Circus Sold to Phil Ruffin for $825 Million
MGM Resorts International agreed to sell its Circus Circus resort in Las Vegas to real estate mogul Phil Ruffin for $825 million. The sale price includes $662.5 million in cash and a $162.5 million note that’s due in 2024, the parties said Tuesday. The deal includes a 10-acre RV park and 37-acre festival grounds, in addition to the hotel and casino, which employ 2,300.....Read More
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Yahoo Teams with MGM for Sports Betting: What You Need to Know
Yahoo Sports and BetMGM announced a digital media sports partnership that will begin next month and could provide sports wagering and fantasy sports games for Yahoo through MGM’s Roar Digital and new content experiences and live sports, including more than 20 high-profile events. MGM will gain access to the 60 million U.S. users of the Yahoo Sports app....Read More
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Watch Out, Coachella? Amazon Gets Into Music Festival Business, Releases Lineup for ‘Intersect’
There are a plethora of music festivals going on every weekend throughout the country, but it’s certainly unusual to see a giant tech company as an organizer. Yet that’s what Amazon is doing for Intersect, a two-day festival being put on by Amazon Web Services....Read More
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How Coachella ’99 Lost a Million Dollars and Started an Empire
Before it was the megalithic event that towered over the music landscape, the Indio, California, festival was a money-losing weekend in the desert. Twenty years after Coachella’s October 1999 debut, artists and key players from the inaugural edition look back on the killer lineup, how the festival industry has changed, and all that dust....Read More
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10 New Las Vegas Venues for 2019 Fall Meetings and Events
Here's a look at new Las Vegas eateries, nightclubs, outdoor venues, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces for all types of fall meetings and events. The new and renovated Las Vegas venues are available for corporate parties, fund-raisers, business dinners, teambuilding activities, client entertaining, meetings, weddings, and more....Read More
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Top 4 Takeaways from the 2019 VenuesNow Industry Conference
1) Cashless Venues are Trending
2) Best. Panel. Ever.
3) Sports Betting is Changing EVERYTHING.
4) “Think Like a Brand, Act Like an Agency”.... Read More
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