MGM Resorts International will break from a long-standing Las Vegas tradition and begin charging customers to park at the company’s Strip resorts as part of a $90 million strategy to “expand and enhance” the company’s parking infrastructure.
The parking fees will go into effect sometime between April and June the company said in a Friday statement, which also announced plans for a $54-million, 3,000-space parking structure MGM will construct near the northwest corner of the Excalibur. Continue reading
Wireless operator T-Mobile has bought the naming rights to the $375 million arena being built by MGM Resorts International and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) that is set to open on the Strip in April.
The building, informally called Las Vegas Arena for the past two years, is officially the T-Mobile Arena. Continue reading
Las Vegas is one of the world’s top destinations to bring in the New Year. The Las Vegas Strip shuts down to all cars and becomes an adult playground for pedestrians. Las Vegas knows how to start the New Year with a boom. Several hotels on the Las Vegas Strip synchronize fireworks to music and celebrate a fresh new year in style. It is important to think about one’s safety on a holiday that is known for a late night, parties and of course drinking. Continue reading
Companies rarely advocate for the destruction of their products, but given that some of Amazon’s hoverboards are spontaneously combusting (and destroying themselves), all bets are off. Now, after already pulling the product from both United States and United Kingdom sites earlier this week, Amazon is telling customers to throw away unsafe hoverboards. Continue reading
Nightclub and restaurant operator SBE Entertainment said Monday it will place a branch of its Hyde Lounge nightclub inside the $350 million Las Vegas Arena, which opens in April. Continue reading
First, let’s be clear – this is only a SMALL sampling of simple questions agents and underwriters fail to ask! There are dozens of simple, common sense questions that are often skipped – why remains a mystery.
Second, this article does not provide every answer or option available for each of these questions. This is not intended as a text book, the point of this short article is to raise your awareness of the need to ask questions, even or especially those that may seem basic. Because if you don’t ask, the lawyers will (and juries will be very interested in the simplicity of the questions). Continue reading
The New Year brings yet additional IRS reporting responsibilities for some employers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Many employers will now need to file a range of reporting forms reflecting compliance with the health care reform’s “shared responsibility” mandate to provide affordable health coverage to their employees. However, many are still uncertain about the requirements to provide employees with these new ACA disclosures. Continue reading
Every year, we do it on the same day at the same time. The instant the calendar changes from the old year to the new one, we convince ourselves that this year will be different. We’re going to do everything we didn’t do in the past. It’s a predictable ritual; it’s become part of our DNA.
Good faith efforts rarely work. “Stuff” gets in our way and throws us off course. The big challenge is ending the year with the same drive and resolve with which we started it. Here are seven actions that can help: Continue reading
