La Neta Cocina y Lounge, the Mexican restaurant at Downtown Summerlin, now serves lunch every Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. The bar in the center of Green Valley Ranch’s casino floor comes back in mid-December after a makeover. The casino in Henderson celebrates 20 years with the return of Drop Bar, among other activities. A new bar on the way to Green Valley Ranch Halyard’s comments and speculation came during Morgan Stanley’s Virtual Global Consumer & Retail Conference. The gaming giant acquired the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in September, as well, giving it domination of the southern end of the gaming corridor. MGM’s chief financial officer Jonathan Halkyard said the south end of the Strip, near Allegiant Stadium and T-Mobile Arena, is the new focus for tourists, CDC Gaming Reports writes. The south end of the Strip could get another resort-casino courtesy of MGM Resorts International, which is also working on a strategy to attract more of its regional customers to Las Vegas. Another resort on the Las Vegas Strip could be in the works for MGM Resorts.
