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New Rush Street Gaming Casino Approved by Voters in Portsmouth, Virginia
Rush Street Gaming | November 4, 2020
PORTSMOUTH, Va. & CHICAGO - A great new place to work and play is coming to Portsmouth, Virginia. Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming will develop and operate the latest addition to its growing portfolio of gaming and entertainment venues—Rivers Casino Portsmouth. On Nov. 3, Portsmouth voters greenlighted Rush Street’s $300 million casino project planned for Victory Boulevard. Rivers Casino Portsmouth will bring 1,300 permanent jobs and 1,400 temporary construction jobs to the currently vacant site. As the anchor of Portsmouth’s up-and-coming Entertainment District, the new Rivers Casino includes plans for a hotel, indoor and ou...
CIM Group Completes Gallery Tower — First New Hotel Constructed in Downtown Las Vegas in More Than 10 Years Adding 495 Rooms to Downtown Grand H
CIM | September 16, 2020
LAS VEGAS - CIM Group announced today the completion of Gallery Tower, an eight-story hotel tower that adds 495 contemporary guest rooms to Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino. Gallery Tower is the first new ground-up hotel constructed in more than 10 years in Downtown Las Vegas and is set to debut on September 22, offering Downtown Grand Hotel’s guests a total of 1,124 rooms in an assortment of room configurations including three new 1,500-square-foot penthouse suites. Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino spans two full city blocks between Casino Center Boulevard and North 4th Street, and East Ogden and East Stewart Avenues. The 250,000-squ...
Fixing Las Vegas’ Millennial Problem
Tucker Johnson | January 14, 2019
By Tucker Johnson Last month I was an invited instructor for the Casino Resort Management course within the University of Houston's Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management. This was one of many experiential courses offered by the college and gave me the opportunity to visit Las Vegas for five days, getting a behind-the-scenes look at high-roller suites, gaming floors, and high-tech security systems. While each casino resort had a different feel, and our hosts gave different insights, one problem was mentioned consistently across the properties: Millennials were not gaming at high levels and, although the casinos were...
Corporate Governance Takes a Front Seat
Keith Kefgen | January 19, 2016
By: Keith Kefgen Cybersecurity. Say-on-Pay. Short-term vs Long-Term. Shareholder Activism. All of these issues are at the forefront for board directors these days. Change in corporate governance has reached a dizzying pace. How is the gaming industry reacting and/or setting the standard of change in governance? It appears that a number of gaming companies are creating best practices, while others need to update their standards in a big way. Casino Journal and AETHOS Consulting Group have be examining corporate governing practices for more than a decade. This year's study includes 26 companies that have significant business concerns in t...
Apache Casino Hotel in Oklahoma Selects Agilysys Solution Suite
Agilysys | June 25, 2013
Newly Expanded Casino Hotel Implements Property Management, Point-of-Sale Systems ALPHARETTA, GA. - June 26, 2013 - Agilysys, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGYS), a leading provider of innovative information technology and hospitality software solutions and services, today announced that Apache Casino Hotel in Lawton, Okla., has selected the Lodging Management System® (LMS) property management solution and the InfoGenesis™ POS system to streamline operations at its casino and new 132-room hotel. Apache Casino Hotel is owned and managed by the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma. "When selecting technology for our newly expanded property, we knew we n...
Intelity’s ICE Introduced to Vietnam and Casino Markets at The Grand Ho Tram Strip
Intelity | June 24, 2013
The launch will be Intelity's first implementation of its ICE guest service technology in Vietnam and at a casino property. HO TRAM, Vietnam and ORLANDO, Fla., June 25, 2013 -The Grand Ho Tram Strip, the first large-scale, integrated luxury resort and entertainment destination in Vietnam, will feature Intelity's ICE guest services platform. The installation in the resort's 541 guest rooms and suites will mark several achievements for one of the dominant companies in hospitality technology - first launch in a casino hotel, first partnership with a Vietnamese hotel, and the first installation of the ICEbox, Intelity's new hotel TV solutio...
