MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Las Vegas News - Page 18

Sitting on eight acres just behind MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Topgolf Las Vegas features 108 climate-controlled hitting bays, two pools, cabanas, a concert venue, VIP suites, five bars and special event spaces.

The M Life loyalty program was honored with "best promotion" for its Holiday Gift Shoppe and the "210 Award" for the up and coming program of the year.

Tiger's Poker Night will return to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Friday, April 29.

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.

Casino City's Gary Trask chronicles the proliferation of Super Bowl prop bets and how they have exploded in popularity over the years, both in Las Vegas and offshore, since William "Refrigerator" Perry scored a TD in Super Bowl XX.

For the first 8 minutes, 18 seconds of 2016, Las Vegas will be "On Top of the World," as the New Year's celebration theme goes, with eyes around the globe focused on a televised, $600,000 fireworks show launched from atop resorts along the Strip.

The MGM Resorts founder died in June at the age of 98.

The Review Journal's Carol Cling takes a look back at Martin Scorcese's "Casino," what it did for Las Vegas at the time and how it accurately depicted a city often blown out of proportion on the silver screen.

The Las Vegas Monorail opened in 2004, but CEO Curtis Myles says extending the track to take people to the airport is a move too risky and expensive to undertake any time soon.

The increase ends a three-month slide, with baccarat play returning to normal levels.

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.

Don Snyder hopes to see a UNLV stadium funded as part of overall tourism efforts by the tourism infrastructure committee.

The Borgata is the first East Coast property to partner with the free-to-play casino games developer.

Though The Donald claims to have won $20 million on a single bet on a boxing match, but the Nevada sportsbook world can't find any evidence of such a bet being placed.

The country star will play multiple dates at the new venue on April 22-23 and Sept. 9-10.

A long-time casino operator, a sports gambling pioneer, and a principal behind the growth of Indian casinos will be inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame later the month as part of the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.

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

The number represents a 3.3 percent increase over revenues for May the previous year.