Update: MGM Resorts International said today it will lay off 18,000 employees nationwide, a total representing more than 25 percent of its US workforce.
The totals largely represent furloughed workers, who were notified back in late June that more permanent separation from the company was possible. The company is one of Nevada’s largest employers, and had a total of 83,000 worldwide workers prior to the pandemic.
The layoffs are yet another sign that Las Vegas is not recovering quickly from the closures wrought by the pandemic. MGM, the largest operator of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, has not been able to fill its hotel rooms, and casino capacity has been restricted since Nevada began reopening in June. Restaurants and bars are still under capacity restraints, and the convention business has all but dried up for the tourist-driven town.
Two of MGM’s casinos, the Park MGM in Las Vegas and Empire City in New York,...
The totals largely represent furloughed workers, who were notified back in late June that more permanent separation from the company was possible. The company is one of Nevada’s largest employers, and had a total of 83,000 worldwide workers prior to the pandemic.
The layoffs are yet another sign that Las Vegas is not recovering quickly from the closures wrought by the pandemic. MGM, the largest operator of casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, has not been able to fill its hotel rooms, and casino capacity has been restricted since Nevada began reopening in June. Restaurants and bars are still under capacity restraints, and the convention business has all but dried up for the tourist-driven town.
Two of MGM’s casinos, the Park MGM in Las Vegas and Empire City in New York,...
- 8/28/2020
- by Bruce Haring and Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
When the April unemployment numbers are released Friday, dire and perhaps even historic levels of jobless claims are likely. NBC News and MSNBC are planning a series of special programming tied to the job losses triggered by the coronavirus crisis.
On Wednesday at 8 Pm Et, Stephanie Ruhle will headline Small Business in Crisis on NBC News Now, with guests including Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Angie’s List co-founder Angie Hicks, Focus Brands COO Kat Cole and Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra.
She also will anchor her 9 Am Et slot on MSNBC on Thursday and Friday morning with a focus on the economic fallout, with guests including Walmart U.S. CEO and president John Furner, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-md), former Centers for Disease Control director Dr. Tom Frieden, MGM Resorts International president Bill Hornbuckle and Union Square Hospitality CEO Danny Meyer. Ruhle will anchor from Atlantic City on Friday.
On Saturday, MSNBC...
On Wednesday at 8 Pm Et, Stephanie Ruhle will headline Small Business in Crisis on NBC News Now, with guests including Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Angie’s List co-founder Angie Hicks, Focus Brands COO Kat Cole and Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra.
She also will anchor her 9 Am Et slot on MSNBC on Thursday and Friday morning with a focus on the economic fallout, with guests including Walmart U.S. CEO and president John Furner, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-md), former Centers for Disease Control director Dr. Tom Frieden, MGM Resorts International president Bill Hornbuckle and Union Square Hospitality CEO Danny Meyer. Ruhle will anchor from Atlantic City on Friday.
On Saturday, MSNBC...
- 5/6/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Grammy Award-winning entertainer Bruno Mars, who has been a performer at the Park MGM theater, announced today that he has donated $1 million to the MGM Resorts Foundation to support MGM employees impacted economically by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
Mars has performed a series of limited dates at The Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas since 2016.
A representative for Mars says, “The people at MGM have given Bruno Mars the rare opportunity to be able to continuously gig while he’s in the creative process of working on his next album. With the closures across Las Vegas, Bruno wanted to show his appreciation to the amazing employees who help make these shows possible in hopes that we’ll all be out of this situation and having fun together again very soon.”
The money will go toward The MGM Resorts Foundation’s Employee Emergency Grant Fund & Children’s Medical Support Fund,...
Mars has performed a series of limited dates at The Park Theater at Park MGM in Las Vegas since 2016.
A representative for Mars says, “The people at MGM have given Bruno Mars the rare opportunity to be able to continuously gig while he’s in the creative process of working on his next album. With the closures across Las Vegas, Bruno wanted to show his appreciation to the amazing employees who help make these shows possible in hopes that we’ll all be out of this situation and having fun together again very soon.”
The money will go toward The MGM Resorts Foundation’s Employee Emergency Grant Fund & Children’s Medical Support Fund,...
- 3/30/2020
- Look to the Stars
Lady Gaga has announced dates and details for her residency at Park Theater at the new Park MGM resort in Las Vegas, which launches on Friday, Dec. 28.
The residency will feature two unique shows in the venue: “Lady Gaga Enigma” is “a brand-new odyssey of her pop hits built as an experience unlike any other,” while “Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano” will feature stripped-down versions of her hits as well as music from the Great American Songbook.
“I can’t wait to share ‘Enigma’ with all of my fans and with Las Vegas,” the singer said. “We’re creating a show unlike anything I’ve done before. It will be a celebration of all that is unique and different within us. The challenges of bravery can be overcome with creativity and courage that is grown out of adversity, love and music.”
Bill Hornbuckle, President of MGM Resorts International, said, “Working with...
The residency will feature two unique shows in the venue: “Lady Gaga Enigma” is “a brand-new odyssey of her pop hits built as an experience unlike any other,” while “Lady Gaga Jazz & Piano” will feature stripped-down versions of her hits as well as music from the Great American Songbook.
“I can’t wait to share ‘Enigma’ with all of my fans and with Las Vegas,” the singer said. “We’re creating a show unlike anything I’ve done before. It will be a celebration of all that is unique and different within us. The challenges of bravery can be overcome with creativity and courage that is grown out of adversity, love and music.”
Bill Hornbuckle, President of MGM Resorts International, said, “Working with...
- 8/7/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Las Vegas (AP) — A group including casino company MGM Resorts announced plans Monday to build a 33-acre open-air music venue on the Las Vegas Strip to host a four-day Rock in Rio USA festival beginning in May 2015. MGM Resorts International officials said the "City of Rock" development to be built between the Circus Circus resort and Sahara Avenue would serve as home to what they expect will be one of the largest concert festival events in the world. Rock in Rio began in 1985 in Brazil, where 600,000 tickets for the event last September sold out in four hours, according to organizers. Headliners included Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Metallica and Bruce Springsteen. The organization also produces festivals in Portugal and Spain. Rock in Rio founder Roberto Medina said he was excited to partner for the first Rock in Rio USA event in the heart of Las Vegas with casino giant MGM Resorts, multiple...
- 4/22/2014
- by AP Staff
- Hitfix
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