The Puerto Rico hotel upgrades bathrooms, dining options and resort amenities. #NewsismyBusiness
The new eastern region hotel and its El Tropical Casino created more than 185 new jobs. #NewsismyBusiness
The Gaming Commission director predicts growth in digital betting will generate $4 million in revenue for the island’s government. #NewsismyBusiness
Once complete, the space will feature a video wall, bar and dining services, two over-the-counter ticket windows and six betting kiosks.
The Condado Plaza Hilton will get back into the casino business, with the projected opening of a new 15,000 square-foot gaming space that will house 300 slot machines and dozens of gaming tables. The Condado Plaza Hilton, which shuttered its casino in 2015, got its endorsement from the Puerto Rico Gaming Commission, putting it one […]
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, operators of the famed Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, CT, has landed a concession agreement to reopen the casino at the iconic Fairmont El San Juan hotel, this media outlet learned. The announcement is scheduled to take place next week, according to a media notice released Wednesday night. Gov. Pedro Pierluisi […]
Puerto Rico’s 16 casinos lost $54 million from July to December 2020, when compared to the same period in 2019, as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions, Puerto Rico Tourism Co. Executive Director Carlos Mercado said. From July to December 2019 the industry reported $147 million in revenue, which was reduced to $93 million during […]
Saying that Puerto Rico’s casino operations are abiding by “strict and efficient” security protocols to ward off the spread of the COVID-19 virus, sector executives represented by the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association sent a letter to island’s Health Secretary expressing concern about another potential closure. In the letter, the trade group spoke for […]
The Casino Metro at the Sheraton Hotel at the Convention Center District in Miramar, inaugurated a $2 million expansion that adds 41 new slot machines and eight gaming tables. As this media outlet reported, the expansion — the first since the casino opened in 2009 — will represent new full-time jobs, 45 in total, of […]
The expansion is already underway and should be ready by January 2019.
As part of the remodeling and expansion of its facilities, the Costa Bahía Hotel & Convention Center announced Thursday the opening today of its new $5.4 million Blue Dolphin Casino.
Casino closings this year have not adversely impacted the budget of the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. which depends largely on casino taxes for its operations, Executive Director Ingrid Rivera-Rocafort told News Is My Business.
The Casino Metro is betting the house on new slots, gaming tables and special events to continue bucking the negative trend hitting the industry, as it marks six years of operations at the convention center district in Miramar, casino General Manager Ismael Vega said.
The new operators of the El San Juan Resort & Casino, Aimbridge Hospitality, will be embarking on a $40 million renovation and rebranding of the iconic property, slated to begin in April 2016 and be ready by next fall, the property’s new General Manager Jeff Lesker said Wednesday.
The Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association, in conjunction with the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, announced Monday the start of an educational campaign to urge island residents not to support illegal gaming.
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