Stockton's Levenson Institute Receives Prestigious Honor

The Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism (LIGHT) of the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey has been selected to participate in the American Gaming Association's premier gaming conference this October.

The Levenson Institute will be a part of Global Gaming Expo's (G2E) Advanced Gaming Institute in Las Vegas Oct. 4-6. The prestigious gaming and expo conference, which will see more than 25,000 industry leaders and suppliers from throughout the world, will take place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center.

The Advanced Gaming Institute is a key feature of the expo, which is one of the biggest shows of its kind anywhere, is the Advanced Gaming Institute.

That "pre-conference program" allows attendees of the conference the chance to learn important fundamentals from respected professors at institutes of higher education from throughout the country.

Stockton is one of an elite group of institutions of higher learning selected to present. The others are Cornell University's School of Hospitality and the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV).

“We are very proud to have been selected among this small group of prestigious universities to participate in this conference, which attracts some of the top minds in the gaming industry,” said Dr. Israel Posner, LIGHT's Executive Director.

Posner, along with Stockton Hospitality Program Faculty Members Dr. Brian Tyrrell and Dr. Donna Albano, will represent Stockton in giving an overview of the supply and demand side of casino gaming in the Mid-Atlantic market.

This will include Atlantic City, as well as the emerging markets in Philadelphia, Delaware and New York.

Highlights of LIGHT's 2011 Tourism Promotion Survey will be presented and discussed in the context of the differences between traditional gaming customers and general recreation tourists.

The Levenson Institute was founded in 2010 with the goal of providing education, research and training, and to serve as a forum for public policy discussions in the gaming, hospitality and tourism industries.

“The Institute helps our hospitality faculty and students connect to the industry in very important ways by providing research and networking opportunities," said the school's Dean Dr. Janet Wagner.