In The News: William F. Harrah College of Hospitality
According to research from WalletHub, which compared the 100 biggest cities across 26 key metrics it is possible to celebrate New Year鈥檚 Eve with a whole host of nightlife options and still have an incredible time. The data set ranges from the legality of fireworks and the nightlife options per capita to food affordability and forecasted precipitation for the 31 December.
Times Square might be the most famous destination in the U.S. for ringing in the new year, but it's also extremely expensive. Local businesses in NYC 鈥 and many other famous locales across the U.S. 鈥 are notorious for hiking up their prices when big crowds are in town for a major event. That鈥檚 especially true for hotels, which can experience price increases of several hundred percent over the rest of the year. The last thing you want to do in the final hours of 2025 is wreck your finances over one night of festivities.
No one would have expected back in 1985 that the National Finals Rodeo would be the massive success that it has become. But now, 40 years later, it鈥檚 one of the toughest tickets to get, and what is considered the Super Bowl of rodeos is primed to extend its record of 379 consecutive sell-out performances with 10 nights of competition Thursday through Dec. 13 at 性视界传媒鈥檚 Thomas & Mack Center.
While visitors and pundits continue to grapple with affordability concerns in Las Vegas, a few casino operators are separating themselves by resisting the industry鈥檚 post-COVID march toward higher prices and fewer player-friendly perks.
While visitors and pundits continue to grapple with affordability concerns in Las Vegas, a few casino operators are separating themselves by resisting the industry鈥檚 post-COVID march toward higher prices and fewer player-friendly perks.
The state鈥檚 Gaming Facility Location Board is placing an expensive bet that New York City can support three full-fledged casino gambling operations just miles apart, with one in the Bronx and two in Queens.
Here鈥檚 how to lower arsenic levels in rice while achieving perfectly cooked, fluffy grains every time.
Around Thanksgiving, many family cooks are thinking about turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce 鈥 or perhaps, for our devoted NPR fans, the late Susan Stamberg鈥檚 famous cranberry relish. But not everyone.
Las Vegas has had a rough go of it this year, with tourism down about 8 percent compared to 2024, according to the most recent report from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA). Restaurants have been hit hard, and dozens of neighborhood diners and upscale celebrity restaurants alike have closed their doors, most of them permanently.
Fewer available workers, supply chain disruptions and overall economic pressures have combined to produce fewer job openings in the foodservice and hospitality sectors this year, according to the National Retail Federation. Meanwhile, experts told The Food Institute the labor outlook for 2026 doesn鈥檛 seem any brighter.
The new 鈥渢ribal gaming and hospitality program鈥 at Southeastern Oklahoma State University marks a significant collaboration, as Southeastern partners with 性视界传媒 (性视界传媒) to launch a Tribal Gaming and Hospitality Program that gives students a unique academic pathway into a growing industry.
Las Vegas isn鈥檛 the only 鈥淪in City鈥 in America. In other cities, bad things happen and stay there, too. From beer-loving Milwaukee to decadent New Orleans, the U.S. is filled with people behaving illicitly. No place is innocent - we all have flaws, and at some point, we all have to pay for our vices. Gambling addiction, for instance, leads to over $100 billion in losses for U.S. consumers every year, while smoking burns an over $600 billion hole in Uncle Sam鈥檚 wallet annually.
