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ConExpo-Con/Agg the biggest of the big

The best way to grasp the magnitude of the biggest convention in Las Vegas,the ConExpo-Con/Agg show, is to look down at it from the sky.

Deal Me In: This show will 'blue' you away

Pilarski shows no shame in proclaiming his favorite show to see in Las Vegas while he explains to another reader what that sequence of events are from the time you pull the handle of a winning progressive jackpot slot machine until you get that check in your hand.

Expo examines how trade shows can get a little greener

Companies like MG, which offer environmentally friendly trade show exhibits, is part of the convention and trade show industry's nascent green trend.

Authority pushes impulse in ad blitz

Las Vegas boosters will spend as much as $12 million to keep tourists and conventioneers coming despite high gasoline prices, sagging consumer confidence and a global credit crisis.

Deal puts Binion's in local hands

Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel is back under local ownership after the close of a deal that netted more than $28 million for the Fremont Street property's former owners.

MGM Mirage unveils $40 million fine art program

MGM Mirage is unveiling initial plans for CityCenter's $40 million Fine Art Program.

Inside gaming column: Panel member might not keep seat

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

Casinos accused of looking the other way

Casino companies should have known about the huge amounts of cash washing through nightclubs on their properties long before the IRS began investigations of two of Las Vegas’ most popular clubs, say former gaming executives and others familiar with the industry.

MTR Gaming completes Binion sale

MTR Gaming Group, Inc.has completed the sale of the stock of Speakeasy Gaming of Fremont, Inc., which owns and operates Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel to TLC Casino Enterprises, Inc. for cash.

Gaming: Teachers would call shots with proposal

The teachers union’s petition for a ballot initiative to raise the tax on big casinos would remove some of the Legislature’s powers in deciding school funding.

LV billionaires take beating on Forbes' list

Forbes magazine's list of the world's billionaires shows 2007 wasn't a vintage year for Southern Nevada's richest residents and visitors.

Travel and tourism: Monthly airport traffic decreases

Early evidence of Las Vegas visitation levels in 2008 shows fewer people coming to Las Vegas, at least by air.

Beltway business boom

Crown Ltd. is the latest in a handful of gaming companies that have purchased or leased office space along the Las Vegas Beltway in the southwestern Las Vegas Valley, creating a core development totaling about 1 million square feet.

Wynn Las Vegas sweepstakes winner named

Perfect Escapes report that Ms. Melissa Dickinson of San Clemente, California, is the grand prize winner of the Perfect Escapes "Weekend at the Wynn Las Vegas" Sweepstakes

Tip-pooling hearing postponed

State Labor Commissioner Michael Tanchek's second look at the controversial Wynn Las Vegas tip-pooling policy has been postponed.

Hooters brand will get the boot

Hooters Hotel will be rebranded into a yet-to-be named boutique hotel following a $130 million redevelopment of the property that could begin later this year, the investment group purchasing the hotel said Monday.

Clubs' cash flow suspect

The burgeoning nightclub scene has brought a new kind of money to Las Vegas — and an old kind of trouble.

Jeff Simpson explains why he doesn't think Signature towers buyers will win in court

Jeff Simpson on the folks who are suing MGM Mirage because they believe they were misled about their purchase of condo-hotel units at the Signature towers at MGM Grand.

'Bringing Down The House' goes Hollywood

Ben Mezrich's best-selling book about an MIT blackjack team has been adapted to the big screen as "21" premieres this week. Watch the movie's trailer and find out how the relationship between Mezrich and the book's main character - Jeff Ma - led to the creation of this motion picture and changed their lives forever.

Las Vegas downtown snaps long slide

Gamblers lost nearly $632.9 million in downtown Las Vegas casinos in 2007, slightly more than the year before, ending a three-year slide for the historic Glitter Gulch gambling market.

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