The Venetian Las Vegas News - Page 28

Casino City's Dan Podheiser took his first Vegas vacation this weekend. Here are his takeaways.

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.

Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson wants to ban online gambling at the federal level, but the major Republican candidates for president don't share the same view.

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.

Other than SLS and Circus Circus, the north section of Las Vegas Boulevard is a mix of small retail malls, empty land, unfinished developments and closed properties.

The hulking, unfinished resort has been an eyesore on the Strip for six years, but county commissioners could soon use a procedural move to force the owners to put up a giant cosmetic "wrap."

Despite Las Vegas hosting three of the 10 largest convention venues in the nation, several big trade shows are considering relocating to another city next year.

The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee and several trade show managers believe that Las Vegas' trade show industry is in considerable danger of being poached.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. saw revenues decline in Macau, but had a positive quarter in its other markets.

Shawn Henry, president of cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Services and a former assistant director of the FBI, gave presentations to Las Vegas Sands employees about corporate cybersecurity.

From daily fantasy sports to bingo, the gaming industry tackled every topic under the sun last week at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.

The coveted award was presented at the 2015 Global Gaming Awards at the Venetian in Las Vegas.

Daily fantasy sports took center stage on Day 2 of the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas with operators going head-to-head in discussions about regulation and legality.

Traveling to Nevada on a grant from Brand USA, blogger Ana Maria Junquiera recommends Vegas to her readers in Brazil.

Day 1 of the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas featured multiple seminars, including a handful of iGaming discussions in which speakers were bullish about the future of the industry.

While the company did still turn a profit, it reported a 19.4 percent decline in revenues and a 30.1 percent decline in profits from last quarter.

Las Vegas hotels are working to accommodate Californian visitors trapped inside or outside Vegas as firefighters work to control the blaze.

Fantasy sports is a largely unregulated but lucrative sector of the gaming market, and the legal definitions of sports wagering are murky.

Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson says that the goal of the Sands Cares program is to make a difference in areas that employees care about the most.

Mr. Kerkorian was one of the Las Vegas Strip's largest investors and played a unique role in developing it as a tourist destination.