Category: casino
Caesars Centurion Tower Changing to Nobu Hotel
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas announced today they are converting their old and unloved Centurion Tower into a boutique hotel called Nobu Hotel, based on the famous Nobu Restaurant that has a number of locations around the world. It’s going to be the first property from Nobu Hospitality (owned by Nobu Restaurant Group) with the [...]
Revel AC Apparently Revived – By NJ’s Governor Christie
Today’s NY Post has a story about NJ’s Governor Christie successfully persuading Morgan Stanley to give it another shot at funding the unfinished Revel project on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. Morgan Stanley — after failing to raise money for Revel last month — is launching a new $1.15 billion debt offering so Revel can [...]
Cosmopolitan Las Vegas – Finally Open!
The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas’s opening today is being written about, and broadcast on almost every major and minor news/blogging outlet in the world today (along the Bellagio’s robbery) – I’ll save my readers from the fluff of how great the property is and how many restaurants it has and the like, if you’re looking for [...]
Wyndham Worldwide Licenses Planet Hollywood Name For Franchising
Today at Wyndham Worldwide’s first global brand conference, it was announced that Wyndham has licensed the Planet Hollywood name and likeness, enabling it to begin franchising hotels using the brand throughout the world.
Boardwalk Empire & The Former Ritz-Carlton In Atlantic City – A Quick Overview
HBO’s new Series Boardwalk Empire which premiered on Sunday, Sept 19th, focused a lot on the former Ritz-Carlton Hotel located on the boardwalk in Atlantic City; almost every exterior shot includes the building and it’s in the Ritz-Carlton where Nucky does most of his “business”. Rightly so, interest in the old Atlantic City Ritz-Carlton suddenly [...]
Trump Entertainment Puts Trump Marina On The Market
The Las Vegas Review Journal today said that CB Richard Ellis has been picked to market and sell the Trump Marina in Atlantic City so that Trump Entertainment can better focus on their two boardwalk properties – the Taj Mahal and Trump Plaza. This news really shouldn’t come as a surprise because it’s been an [...]
Cosmopolitan Las Vegas to Join Marriott’s The Autograph Collection
The hotel operator of the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas has finally been identified as Marriott under their Autograph Collection brand. Its a huge win for Marriott and puts to rest lots of speculation over the past few years as to what brand will run the hotel.
Hard Rock Hotel or Planet Hollywood Finally Coming to Atlantic City?
In today’s New York Post was a quick story about how the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City is looking for a hotel partner to renovate and bring the property up to par with the competition. Supposedly the deal that Trump is looking for would swap the land under the property and the [...]
MGM-MIRAGE Changing Name to MGM Resorts International
This week at MGM Mirage’s June 15th shareholder meeting, MGM Mirage has asked their shareholders to:
To amend and restate the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to change the name of the Company from “MGM MIRAGE” to “MGM Resorts International”
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