Featured Editorials

Station Casinos is rolling out a series of neighborhood sports pubs. By Ryan Slattery

With the opening of its first Seventy Six Tavern in early October, Las Vegas gambling giant Station Casinos took the first small step in a very big project. Namely, to compete in the extremely lucrative tavern business.

Having already conquered the local casino market with neighborhood properties like Red Rock Resort, Green Valley Ranch and the year-old Durango Casino & Resort, sporting Strip-style amenities, the company is diving into a smaller pool. It has plans to launch dozens of sports bars and gambling taverns across the Las Vegas Valley in the next couple of years.

A conversation with American Gaming Association President Bill Miller. By David McKee

What do you do when you can’t get what you want from Washington, D.C.? If you’re American Gaming Association President Bill Miller, you take your case to the states. That’s what happened when Miller found the Biden administration unable or unwilling to make a causus belli of illegal, offshore gambling sites. There were sympathetic ears among state-level attorneys general and Miller got what he wanted, although he’d be the first to say that there’s much more to be done.

Ken Epstein charts the course of the El Cortez Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. By David McKee

Following in the footsteps of a legend can’t be easy but that is what El Cortez Hotel & Casino CEO Ken Epstein has dared to do. In 2007, he purchased the venerable property from omnipresent Downtown mover and shaker Jackie Gaughan. It’s been Las Vegas’ longest-operating casino since its debut November 7, 1941, a month before Pearl Harbor.

Caesars Entertainment Regional President Sean McBurney talks about the resort’s remodel. By Ryan Slattery

It’s been 25 years since Las Vegas unveiled its Paris-themed resort with its half-size replica (540 feet) of the Eiffel Tower, a two-thirds scale Arc de Triomphe and a Montgolfier hot-air balloon—which doubles as a marquee, and right now needs a touch up and coat of paint.

Paris-Las Vegas opened on September 1, 1999 at a time when Las Vegas was busy building themed resorts—mere months after The Venetian and a year after Bellagio. While the two others aimed more towards a convention-heavy and luxury crowd, Paris-Las Vegas targeted a mid-range clientele.