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The internet questioned whether Vegas is a value. Tourism leaders say they’re listening

At IndyFest, MGM’s incoming COO and the LVCVA head said an assessment of the Strip’s price points continues. Also, two sports betting companies leave AGA.

The Bulwark Publisher Sarah Longwell speaks at IndyFest in Las Vegas on Nov. 15, 2025.

VIDEO: Missed IndyFest? Catch up on insights from 8 provocative panels

From JD Vance to film tax credits, antisemitism to ICE detention, panelists tackled some of the biggest issues of the moment at The Nevada Independent’s sixth annual IndyFest conference.

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Indy Gaming

A’s stadium is taking shape on Strip, but Bally’s casino project has been quiet for a year.

In this week’s Indy Gaming, Bally’s attention is on big-money projects in New York and Chicago. Also, Caesars’ casino project in Times Square rejected.

Gaming wants to end daily hotel room cleaning law, denies it’s about cutting costs

Proponents of SB441 support removing the last of the pandemic-imposed requirements, including the daily cleaning of hotel rooms. The Culinary Union opposes that part of the legislation.

Despite opposition, lawmakers revive and advance MGM-backed bill banning guns in casinos

During a joint meeting of Assembly and Senate judiciary committees on Saturday, lawmakers spent a rainy Carson City morning digging into the details of SB452 — an emergency bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro (D-Las Vegas) and introduced last week that revives jettisoned portions of the other major gun bill of the session. Senators opted to vote the bill out of committee after the hearing on a 4-3, party-line vote.