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☆ Bally's shareholders wage battle over ownership, 'unfunded development projects'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Contessa Brewer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

In this article BALY Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn exterior view shows the Tropicana Las Vegas at dusk on March 29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Becker | Getty ImagesAs the famous Tropicana in Las Vegas closes its doors Tuesday, its operator Bally's Corporation is facing its own existential battle. Standard General owns about 23% of Bally's stock, it said last month. An exterior view shows the Tropicana Las Vegas on March 29, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bally's market cap stands at little more than half a billion dollars.

Persons: David Becker, Soo Kim, Kim, it's, Dan Fetters, Edward King, Fetters, King, Bally's, It's, George Rose, Chris Grove, Jim Murren, Jess Golden Organizations: Tropicana, Getty, Bally's, Standard, Growth Capital, Las, Trump, Tahoe, Chicago, Major League Baseball's Athletics, Leisure Properties, New, Acies, MGM Resorts International, CNBC Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, Las Vegas, New York City, Stateline , Nevada, Seminole, Florida, Nevada, Oakland, Vegas

Ron DeSantis that gave the tribe exclusive rights to run sports wagers as well as casino gambling on its reservations. The companies sued Deb Haaland, secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior, which oversees tribal gambling. State economic forecasters predict the revenue sharing from tribal gaming could total $4.4 billion through the end of this decade. The pari-mutuel firms also sued DeSantis and leaders of the Florida Legislature, which authorized the compact, in a case pending before the Florida Supreme Court. The tribe argued the legislature has the authority to decide where online gambling is initiated and the amendment doesn't change that.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Deb Haaland, DeSantis, Seminole Tribe, Daniel Wallach, Jason Molina, ” Molina, “ It’s, ___ Daniel Kozin, Mike Schneider Organizations: Seminole, Supreme, West Flagler Associates, Fort Myers Corporation, U.S . Department of Interior, U.S, Florida Constitution, Florida Legislature, Florida Supreme, Casinos, DeSantis, Seminole Tribe, State Locations: ORLANDO, Fla, Florida, U.S, Bonita, South Florida, Miami, Hollywood , Florida

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The famous fountains at the Bellagio won't be very visible this week amid the roar of Formula One racing on the Las Vegas Strip, and gondoliers won't be serenading tourists at the Venetian resort. They hope Las Vegas will join Monaco on the leader board of host cities for Grand Prix events around the world. Green remembered Las Vegas Boulevard casino-hotels including the Dunes, Barbary Coast, Frontier, Silver Slipper, Sands, Desert Inn and Stardust. Huge properties new to the resort corridor include Resorts World, which opened in 2021, and Fontainebleu Las Vegas, due to open next month. “I think what what is happening is Las Vegas is becoming the epicenter of the 'fun economy,'” Feldman said.

Persons: Michael Green, ”, Green, “, They’re, Joshua Guray, Charles Flexer, Clark, Jim Gibson, Gibson, it’s, ” Vanessa Anthes, Andrew Walsh, Walsh, Wynn, Evel Knievel, Alan Feldman, Bo Bernhard, ” Bernhard, ” Feldman, Ty O'Neil Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Bellagio, Las, gondoliers, University of Nevada, ”, Vegas, Monaco, Grand Prix, MGM Resorts International, selfies, Las Vegas, One Las Vegas, Police, NHL Vegas Golden Knights, WNBA Las Vegas Aces, NASCAR, Vegas Motor, NFL, Allegiant, Hollywood, Cosmopolitan, International, Seminole Tribe, Caesars, Villa, Caesars Palace, International Gaming Institute, UNLV, Tourism Council Locations: Las Vegas, Long Beach , California, Williamsport , Pennsylvania, Clark County, ” Clark, Vegas, Harrah’s, Flamingo, Horseshoe, Paris Las Vegas, Florida, Barbary Coast, Sands, Los Angeles

☆ Dozens of times drought, ice melt, and storm surge unearthed unusual and unsettling discoveries this year
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Among the unearthed finds are old sites, ancient artifacts, rare fossils, and even human remains. This summer, low water levels created an eerie boat graveyard of previously sunken ships and beached boats, the Associated Press reported. The manmade reservoir's plummeting water levels also revealed human remains on at least six occasions since May, The Guardian reported. In Spain's Vilanova de Sau in the Catalonia region, plummeting water levels in a reservoir exposed a 11th century Romanesque church, the Associated Press reported. Switzerland's melting glaciers revealed the remains of a 1968 plane in August.

☆ Hurricane Nicole unearthed 6 human skulls from a Florida beach, and it's the latest case of long-buried remains found after worsening weather
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Beachgoers found skulls and other bones in Florida after Hurricane Nicole, according to local news. "They are ancestors of the Seminole people," Tina Osceola, a member of the Seminole tribe in Florida, told WPTV. Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesBones won't stay buried in eroding beachesThis is not the first time that hurricanes have unearthed Indigenous remains. Switzerland's melting glaciers unearthed human remains and the wreckage of a historic plane crash. More recently, melting glaciers in the Swiss Alps revealed two sets of human remains and the wreckage of a 1968 plane crash that had been frozen beneath snow and ice this summer.

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