Las Vegas Holiday Entertainment

Sin City has no shortage of entertainment! So here is some of the best Las Vegas holiday events to make the season even more festive! First, the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center will host the third annual “Jackpot 2024 Music Festival” on Friday, December 27th and Saturday, December 28th, featuring live performances from artists such as A Hundred Drums, Eater, Gorrila T, Rezz and more. Next on our list of Las Vegas holiday shows comes the youngest female EGOT-winner in history, Jennifer Hudson, who will ring in the upcoming release of her first-ever holiday album with a truly rare present…

Vegas Christmas Activities Off the Strip

Planning on a Las Vegas Christmas? Well, there’s plenty of holly jolly activities off the Strip! And we can start at Westgate Las Vegas as they present the exclusive Christmas Suite, a 1,500-square-foot holiday oasis filled with festive charm and cheer all year long. For those who can’t get enough of the season, this enchanting suite invites guests to immerse themselves in a winter wonderland near the iconic Las Vegas Strip. Then we have the Rouge Room at Red Rock Casino, which will once again transform into a lavish holiday oasis with holiday-inspired decorations and cocktails. Through Wednesday, January 1st…

Christmas Activities on the Las Vegas Strip

If you find yourself on the Las Vegas Strip for Christmas, there are tons of things to keep you in the holiday spirit. Starting at the Bellagio, and their Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Holiday Display. Guests are invited to immerse themselves in the nostalgic magic of the season with this year’s holiday display, ‘Twas. Inspired by the classic poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore. The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace have been transformed with holiday decor through Sunday, January 5th 2025. Guests can enjoy custom installations, including the 35-foot Christmas tree in the Festival Court, designed…

Happy Birthday Fontainebleau Las Vegas!

Well, it’s a belated birthday with for our friends at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. They officially opened their doors for the first time on December 13, 2023. The 67-story luxury resort has established itself as the Strip’s premier destination for world-class entertainment, nightlife, and dining… of course, it took about a decade to get there. You may remember that they were just the big, blue, abandoned building on the north end of the Strip for a long time. In its first year, Fontainebleau Las Vegas set a benchmark for excellence, garnering prestigious accolades such as TIME Magazine’s World’s Greatest Places 2024,…

MGM Resort Fees are Going Up… Again

They’re at it again. Back in January we reported that MGM resort fees has been raised by quite a bit across all of their properties in Las Vegas. That increase saw the daily fee at their most expensive resorts rise to $50 per night, but apparently they were not done. Now, less than a year removed from the last rate increase, the resort fees have gone up again. This time, they’ve hit $55 per night at their flagship properties in Sin City. While MGM resort fees at Bellagio, Aria, Vdara, and The Cosmopolitan, have increased to $55 per night, other…

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US Gambling Industry Continues Growth

US gambling revenue reached $17.71 billion in Q3 2024, the industry’s highest-grossing Q3 on record, according to the American Gaming Association’s Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker. This makes Q3 2024 the industry’s 15th consecutive quarter of annual revenue growth, with September marking the 43rd straight month of rising year-over-year commercial gaming revenue. Through the first nine months of the year, nationwide commercial gaming revenue stands at $53.24 billion, pacing 8% ahead of 2023 and putting the industry on track for a fourth straight record revenue year. In Q3 2024, 29 of the 35 US gambling  jurisdictions operational last year saw increased…