The shutdown prompted the gaming company to furlough more than 60,000 workers.<\/p>\n
Besides New York-New York, MGM, which owns and operates more Strip casinos than any other company, also opened the MGM Grand, Bellagio, and The Signature casinos on June 4. In an announcement, the company said it would open additional Vegas properties as demand grew.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the company opened the Excalibur Hotel and Casino. The Luxor will open on June 25, with the ARIA, Mandalay Bay, and Four Seasons opening on July 1.<\/p>\n
Wednesday\u2019s robbery ended like most attempts to forcibly take money from a casino. Fortunately, no one was injured in the most recent attempt.<\/p>\n
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While most get apprehended either at the casino or a short time later, some do end up making a getaway. While Carter’s getaway lasted less than a couple hours, one man’s escape from the law lasted nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Last month, federal authorities tracked down a man wanted for armed robbery in a nine-year-old case. On May 9, Steven Gao was arrested by members of the FBI Los Angeles Fugitive Task Force.<\/p>\n
Gao is accused of stealing more than $30,000 in chips from the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino on Feb. 24, 2011. He\u2019s accused of using a .38 revolver in the heist and, according to the 2011 report, forcing a cab driver to drive away.<\/p>\n
He eventually made it to Tijuana, where authorities said he then flew to China. The FBI announcement did not say where Gao, 64, was apprehended.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s currently detained at the Los Angeles County Jail without bail as federal authorities seek to extradite Gao to Las Vegas. He has a hearing scheduled in Los Angeles on Monday.<\/p>\n
The robbery charges are state crimes, but he also faces a federal charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A man remained in custody Friday after he allegedly robbed the New York-New York Casino Resort in Las Vegas early Thursday morning. According to a report from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, a call came in from the MGM Resorts International casino on the Strip shortly after 2 a.m. PT. Officer Larry Hadfield, a public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":138571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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