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Current Hospitality News
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President Keith E. Whitfield honors six graduates who have shown exemplary commitment to both the community and their studies.
2024 UNLV Student Service Award winner Makayla Franklin inspires Black pride and representation on campus through Afrikan Black Coalition Conference.
The award administered by UNLV's Office of Government and Community Engagement recognize individuals who are advancing UNLV's Top Tier goals to serve our region.
A roundup of the top news stories featuring UNLV students and faculty.
Hospitality In The News
When Hieu Nguyen arrived in Las Vegas, the 27-year-old native of Vietnam only knew about the city from watching YouTube. He also had no friends. That quickly changed while attending UNLV. Nguyen, a hospitality major, nurtured bonds with other international students and industry professionals — some of whom he now considers close friends.
Two multibillion-dollar resorts — both with arenas that would be capable of hosting a National Basketball Association team — are in the works for Southern Nevada. They leave the public wondering: Are both of them financially viable projects? Which would be more capable of hosting the fourth of the four Las Vegas-based major-league sports teams? If it’s a race, who wins? And is there a dark-horse rival lurking?
Recently, members of Culinary Local 226 at the Station Casinos facility made the decision to withdraw the union as their official representative. Decision on the desertification of the union: Most of the Culinary employees at Sunset Station, which is located in Henderson, have signed a worker-led petition to officially derecognize the union, according to the local casino operator. In addition, in June four years ago, aka in 2019, nearly 80% of employees decided to vote for union membership.
Culinary Local 226 members at a Station Casinos property have decided to remove the union as their representative. The locals casino operator said Monday that a majority of Culinary employees at Sunset Station in Henderson signed an employee-led petition to decertify the union. About 80 percent of workers voted to join the union in June 2019.
The explosion of legalized gambling has set the stage for a provocative new frontier in the world of risk-taking — betting markets for everyday events, ranging from Taylor Swift streams to hurricanes hitting major U.S. cities.
One of the most enduring myths of the casino floor is that a slot machine is more likely to hit a jackpot when it hasn’t hit for a while because it’s “due.” Watch any busy bank of slots and you’re likely to see gamblers playing musical stools, attempting to get a feel for which machine is next to pay off big.