Service industry workers in Las Vegas voted in September to authorize a strike that had the potential to impact 22 casino resorts on the Strip - which meant bartenders, cooks, cocktail and food servers, guest room attendants, porters, bellmen, laundry, and kitchen workers statewide could hit the picket line at any time. 60,000 Hospitality Workers in Las Vegas Vote to Authorize a Strike at 22 Casinos And announcements came for new restaurants, grocery stores, and bars that will debut in 2024.īelow are the top ten stories that caught the attention of Eater Vegas readers last year, plus a handful of stories you may have missed. The Culinary Union secured the largest wage increase ever negotiated in the union’s 88-year history - and avoided a strike. Two new resorts opened their doors in December - which also meant dozens of new restaurants entered the Las Vegas market. And that’s not to mention the return of paid parking at the casino parking garages. Remember the MGM cyber attacks? What about the first time you saw the Sphere crest the horizon? Then there was the shitshow that was the months-long road repaving for the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. But this year had an unprecedented number of larger-than-life happenings around the Valley. Food festivals returned after pandemic-related hiatuses.
If there’s one word to define 2023 in Las Vegas, it was: chaos.
