Luxor Hotel and Casino News - Page 8

News Brief: The second closing of a Broadway musical in as many months raises questions of whether Las Vegas casinos have imported unfair expectations along with the titles.

Outrageous Australian female impersonator Barry Humphries will make his Las Vegas debut with a two-week engagement at the Luxor beginning Sunday.

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons cut short their three-week engagement at the Luxor, according to the casino's box office.

A strike by maintenance workers planned for Monday at three Strip resorts was averted when employees voted to accept a new five-year agreement negotiated with a federal mediator.

Union-backed maintenance workers at three Mandalay Resort Group properties could walk off their jobs as soon as Wednesday after the latest contract offer was overwhelmingly rejected in voting that ended Friday.

A third meeting between a federal mediator and representatives of the Mandalay Resort Group and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 501 is expected to take place after Thanksgiving in an effort to resolve a months-long contract dispute.

A giant ad promoting a new Toyota truck appears on the side of the Luxor hotel and casino facing Mandalay Bay.

Mandalay Resort Group is changing the direction of its advertising for its 4,404-room Luxor megaresort on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Golden Nugget probably feels a bigger impact than the Luxor as host hotels of the 12th annual Las Vegas Bowl, but both properties welcome the business during one of the slower periods of the year.