Excalibur Hotel and Casino News - Page 4

Las Vegas has no shortage of things to do and sights to see, which can be as overwhelming as it is exciting. Casino City's Gary Trask shares his tips, acquired over a decade of travel to Sin City.

The mobile gaming platform, easyPLAY, allows guests to compete and win from any of nine MGM Resort locations on The Strip.

The glory days of free parking and lucrative valet jobs on the Las Vegas Strip came to a screeching halt earlier this year after MGM Resorts International announced its plans to charge visitors for parking and outsource its valet services.

Under a 10-year deal that starts this year, Las Vegas Events will be doling out $10 million in prize money to the 120 cowboys competing in seven categories at NFR, considered the Super Bowl of rodeo events and sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.

Unlike the real estate investment trusts started over the last few years by Penn National, Pinnacle and Caesars, MGM's move into an REIT is a "different animal," according to one industry analyst.

The company says the formation of a real estate investment trust will offer "strategic and financial benefits."

While the historic resort's hotel rooms and suites are in "excellent shape," Penn National Gaming CEO Tim Wilmott says the casino's four restaurants are not meeting expectations.

The current plans for the new MGM-AEG arena in Las Vegas don't include a dedicated parking garage. Here's why Richard M. Velotta thinks that's a problem.

While plans for the MGM-AEG project's have not yet been released, officials promise that there will not be the usual "sea of pavement" outside the arena.

The state has hired outside counsel to negotiate with owners for the land parcels around the Spaghetti Bowl interchange that are part of the plan to improve traffic in Las Vegas.

The Nevada Transportation Authority estimates that it will take two years and $26 million to upgrade the four oldest pedestrian overpasses on the Strip.

MGM becomes the latest Las Vegas operator to leave Nevada Power and purchase its own electricity on the wholesale market, joining Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands.

Luxor and Excalibur President Renée West will be replaced by two people.

MGM Resorts International will hold a job fair Wednesday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center to hire more than 500 permanent positions at 12 of the company’s Strip-area resorts.

The career fair will be held in the MGM Grand Conference Center, 4701 Koval Lane, inside the marquee ballroom on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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Plans approved for the Strip's next high-flying attraction, a set of zip lines running between the Luxor and Excalibur hotels.

MGM Resorts are planning three zip lines to connect the Luxor to the Excalibur.

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