Downtown’s newest resort is continuing its hiring spree ahead of its opening next month. Circa will host tryouts for go-go “dancing dealers,” the company announced Thursday. The Wednesday auditions will mark the third consecutive day of job tryouts for Circa, following hiring events for the resort’s Stadium Swim pool amphitheater venue on Monday and Tuesday. Circa is […]
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Linq Hotel on Las Vegas Strip will Reopen
The Linq Hotel, Caesars Entertainment Corp.’s center Strip 2,250-room resort that is the gateway to its Linq Promenade and High Roller amenities, will reopen Thursday and accommodate weekend stays at the property. The casino at The Linq Hotel opened June 12, but the hotel rooms remained shuttered — until this week. Caesars will now have […]
Southern Nevada Home Prices Rise Again
A report released Wednesday by Las Vegas REALTORS® (LVR) shows local home prices setting another all-time record despite the coronavirus pandemic, though fewer homes sold in August than during the same time last year. LVR (formerly known as the Greater Las Vegas Association of REALTORS®) reported that the median price of existing single-family homes sold in […]
Homebuyer Traffic Is on the Rise
One of the biggest surprises of 2020 is the resilience of the residential real estate market. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), is now forecasting that more homes will sell this year than last year. He’s also predicting home sales to increase by 8-12% next year. There’s strong evidence that he will be right. ShowingTime, a leading showing […]
Should Allegiant Stadium Become Site of a Legal Sportsbook?
Boston-based DraftKings Inc. hopes to develop a sportsbook at or near some of Major League Baseball’s most hallowed ground — Chicago’s Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs. It’s not quite a done deal, as Chicago City Hall has to weigh in. “There’s got to be tight restrictions on this. We’re not going to turn our […]
Quarantine Has Led to Spike in Business for Some Las Vegas Industries
Some Las Vegas businesses are thriving during the pandemic. Because people are home more, they are tackling home improvement projects that they had let slide for too long. Christopher Sterle’s company, Acoustic Design Systems, is one of those that have gotten even busier. “Mostly, the pandemic created an increased demand for home network, home entertainment […]
Las Vegas Resort Exec Cavileer Steering NFR Parties in Texas
Las Vegas hasn’t been totally shut out of the 2020 National Finals Rodeo. A Vegas resort and real estate executive is riding the range, metaphorically, by staging NFR events in Fort Worth, Texas, this December. We speak of Silverton Chief Executive Officer Craig Cavileer, who is also CEO of Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District. The Stockyards […]
Park MGM to Reopen Within 30-45 Days
Park MGM, the final MGM Resorts International hotel-casino that has not reopened on the Las Vegas Strip, is set to return to business, possibly as soon as mid-October. The company has officially announced it plans to return Park MGM to business within 30-45 days. That detail is found at the end of a news release […]
$563K Jackpot Hits for Florida Teacher on Strip
A teacher from Lake Mary, Florida, had a royally good time during a Labor Day weekend trip to Harrah’s Las Vegas. Nancy Greenough hit a royal flush of spades on Mississippi Stud on Monday night to win $563,915, according to a Caesars Entertainment spokesperson. Greenough said she plans to put the money in her retirement […]
Las Vegas Hotel Opens Near Convention Center Amid Zero Conventioneers
Las Vegas convention halls have been dark for months because of the coronavirus pandemic, one of many blows to the local economy this year. It’s not exactly prime time to open a hotel near the Las Vegas Convention Center, but developer Daniel Grimm has decided to give it a go. Grimm, founder of DG Development […]
