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Tropicana Las Vegas To Be Demolished for Oakland A’s Ballpark and Bally’s Resort
The iconic Tropicana Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas will permanently close on April 2, just days before its 67th anniversary. The resort’s days were numbered due to a deal its owner, Bally’s Corp., struck with the Athletics (A’s) baseball team to build its new 33,000-person ballpark at the site. The demolition phase will take about a year, […]
Nevada Gaming Control Board Site May Have Been Hacked
The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) site appears to have been the victim of a cyberattack. On Jan. 25, the possible NGCB hack was even listed in its Google results. Below the Gaming Control Board — State of Nevada site listing, Google warned searchers on Jan. 25: This site may be hacked. Although the result […]
Wu-Tang Clan Announces Virgin Hotels Las Vegas Residency Beginning Super Bowl Weekend
Veteran hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan has announced a residency at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, a casino-resort property one mile off the Strip. Wu-Tang’s Old Dirty Bastard once famously said that “Wu-Tang is for the children,” but the group’s new home caters to a more mature audience, with an adults-only “beach” pool, spa, and 24-hour casino gaming. […]
Scott Sibella Lawsuit Judge Replaced Following Unexplained Recusal Amid Dismissal Bid
The Scott Sibella court case took an unexpected turn on Nov. 28, when the judge recused herself from the lawsuit filed by gambler Robert Cipriani. The new judge, Miranda M. Du, will now need to rule on separate requests to dismiss by Sibella and co-defendant Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV), of which he was formerly the […]
UFC at the Sphere: Will Younger Vegas-Goers Bite?
UFC CEO Dana White has announced that the mixed martial arts (MMA) franchise will host fights at the Las Vegas Sphere for next year’s Mexican Independence Day event on Sep. 14, 2024. The UFC has been growing its viewership in Mexico for at least a decade, but this is the first year it has dedicated […]
Las Vegas Sphere CEO Dolan Remains Optimistic Despite $98 Million First Quarter Loss, CFO Resignation
Sphere Entertainment reported $98.4 million in losses over its first quarter, mainly because its principal revenue stream—ticket sales for the Las Vegas Sphere—only got up and running at the tail end of the reporting period. The high-tech venue opened just one day before the quarter’s closing on Sep. 30 with a highly successful residency debut […]
Scott Sibella: A Timeline of the Unfolding Legal Drama
Scott Sibella allegedly violated company policy at Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV), the casino told reporters on the day of his Sept. 15 termination. Since then, that casino’s former president and COO has been named in a lawsuit and pleaded guilty to charges emerging from a federal investigation. Sibella spent his 35-year-long career working at Atlantic […]
The Federal Investigation Into Scott Sibella: What Do We Know?
Nearly six weeks after the Nevada Current reported claims that federal investigators were looking into Las Vegas casinos, Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV) announced the immediate departure of its president and chief operating officer, Scott Sibella, over “violations of company policy.” Notably, the Current’s initial reporting namechecked Sibella as a person of interest to the […]
Robert ‘Robin Hood 702’ Cipriani: Who is the Gambler Behind the Scott Sibella Lawsuit?
Robert (RJ) Cipriani, aka Robin Hood 702, has filed a federal lawsuit against Scott Sibella and Resorts World Las Vegas (RWLV)—but who is he? Cipriani is a high-rolling gambler and self-styled philanthropist turned FBI informant. A complicated individual, in other words. Cipriani is no stranger to attention or controversy. Some may even say he courts […]
Scott Sibella: Lawsuit, Resorts World Dismissal May Be Tip of the Iceberg
Resorts World Las Vegas and its former President Scott Sibella are facing a federal lawsuit from a gambler who says they retaliated against him for blowing the whistle about criminals being allowed to gamble at the property. Meanwhile, Sibella is reportedly under federal investigation. The nature of that investigation is still a matter of rumor […]
