Caesars Palace News - Page 40

News Brief: Harrah's has been bullish on the repositioning of Caesars Palace, designating the flagship brand for overseas expansion, particularly in Singapore, where it is pursuing a multibillion-dollar resort concession.

A selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.

Celine Dion, Elton John and special guest host Jerry Seinfeld came together for a one-night-only, sold-out performance at the Harrah's Entertainment Artists Rally Together Concert to raise money for hurricane-affected employees.

Super Bowl XL is nearly two weeks away but guests at Caesars Palace Race and Sports Book in Las Vegas, Nevada, have an opportunity to place a wager on the game right now.

Harrah's License Company reports new dates and an expanded schedule for its World Series of Poker Circuit stop at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas next spring.

Hoping to ride the current wave of poker popularity, Caesars Palace will open a $12 million poker room today, the casino's first poker room in 16 years.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. and Jungle Media Group, publisher of Jungle Magazine, today announced plans to host the World Series of Poker MBA Championship at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas January 13-15, 2006.

Professional poker player Mike "The Mouth" Matusow outlasted the biggest names in the game to win the Tournament of Champions and $1 million at Caesars Palace Casino in Las Vegas.

Many of the biggest names in poker will descend on Caesars Palace next week to compete for $2 million in total prize money at the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, Harrah's Entertainment.

‘The National Heads-Up Poker Championship’ will move to Caesars Palace starting in 2006.

Guests didn't want to wait until Caesars Palace's corporate leaders and entertainer Celine Dion cut the ribbon tonight to officially open the Strip hotel's new $289 million, 949-room Augustus tower. The building is already sold out.

At 5 a.m. this morning, Harrah's Entertainment Inc. opened Caesar Palace's 949-room Augustus hotel tower at the corner of Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. reports that Gary Selesner has been named President of Caesars Palace.

Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. has appointed Mark Juliano as chief operating officer of the company effective Aug. 8.

In a move straight from his reality television series, Donald Trump on Friday hired Caesars Palace President Mark Juliano for a senior management position with his gaming operation.

Two advantage gamblers whose rights were violated in an incident five years ago at Caesars Palace on Friday won punitive damages from a detective agency that supplies information to casinos.

The fair was held to recruit workers for housekeeping positions at the new hotel tower at Caesars Palace set to open in July.

The prospect that Harrah's Entertainment will assimilate Caesars Palace and turn it into another Harrah's casino has been keeping some loyal high rollers away, even though plans for the property so far are little more than informed speculation.

Elton John, and Caesars Palace in Las Vegas report that the artist will extend his exclusive show "The Red Piano" at Caesars Palace through 2008.

After almost 30 years of parking cars and handling luggage for customers at Caesars Palace, Gary Bruno has seen a fair share of ownership changes.