Category: las vegas

Caesars Centurion Tower Changing to Nobu Hotel

| March 7, 2011 | 3 Comments

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 [...]

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Cosmopolitan Las Vegas – Finally Open!

| December 15, 2010 | 0 Comments
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 [...]

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Wyndham Worldwide Licenses Planet Hollywood Name For Franchising

| September 21, 2010 | 0 Comments

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.

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Cosmopolitan Las Vegas to Join Marriott’s The Autograph Collection

| August 25, 2010 | 0 Comments
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.

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Riviera Finally Might Be Under Starwood Capitals Control

| July 14, 2010 | 0 Comments

All the news out of Vegas in the past few days has been about the Riveria being put into bankruptcy, with Starwood Capital being one if the mortgage holders who pushed for the bankruptcy filing. My friends over at VegasChatter seem to think this could be the first Barry Sternlicht-ing of Vegas since the days [...]

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MGM-MIRAGE Changing Name to MGM Resorts International

| June 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

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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Starwood Capital Now Has The Rio Casino In It’s Sights

| April 26, 2010 | 0 Comments

Another day, another casino on its way to being bought out for cheap. Another day, another casino in the sights of the Starwood Capital Group. What’s going on here? It’s interesting to watch how Starwood Capital has shown so much interest in Las Vegas casinos over the past month or so – the past few [...]

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Echelon Place On Hold For At Least 3 Years

| October 28, 2009 | 0 Comments

Boyd Gaming announced that they will not be resuming construction on Echelon Place on the Vegas Strip for at least 3 to 5 years.

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MGM Mirage Cutting City Center Project Condo Prices by 30%

| October 6, 2009 | 0 Comments

MGM Mirage has finally bit the bullet and is reducing the prices of their condos at City Center by 30% – this seems to include both condos that have contracts out as well as condos not yet spoken for. This should speed up the process of closing on the existing contracts, as well as bringing new customers into the buying table.

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Robert FX Sillerman Admits Defeat

| July 30, 2009 | 0 Comments

Robert Sillerman is a billionaire who decided to get into real estate investing, and has failed miserably – shockingly he has admitted defeat and is getting out of real estate.

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Everyone is Jumping the Gun on the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas

| July 29, 2009 | 0 Comments

There has been of reports that Hilton will be managing and branding the new Cosmopolitan Casino and Resort in Las Vegas – but I think the odds of that are nil to none due to the Starwood/Hilton Lawsuit.

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