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General Growth Properties' first payment on the Shoppes at Palazzo came in about $200 million less than originally projected.

Las Vegas is know for its casinos, but there's much more to do there than just gamble. Here's a look at Sin City's top attractions that have nothing to do with winning money.

Amid pressure to finish massive projects, 9 men have died in 16 months.

Owners of the tourism Web site Vegas.com are taking their act international.

News Brief: Las Vegas is going green and could soon be home to the world's largest concentration of environmentally friendly hotel rooms.

If you missed out on last year’s $1.2 billion sale of the New Frontier, now is your chance to snap up 27 acres of land just south of the Sahara — one of only two major Strip-facing parcels listed for sale.

Summerlin local, Andy Bloch, is a member of the MIT card-counting team that is the focus of the new movie '21'.

Van Halen, will return to the stage at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, as part of Tiger Jam XI, a fundraising event presented by AT&T and hosted by golf legend Tiger Woods.

Amid an Internal Revenue Service investigation and media scrutiny of two of the Strip’s most popular nightclubs, state gaming regulators are launching an industrywide review of the lucrative business dealings between casinos and their nightclub partners.

New York-based FX Real Estate and Entertainment is planning an Elvis-themed hotel-casino development for nearly 18 acres on the Strip across from CityCenter, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing this week.

This week’s movie release of '21' might once again draw countless wannabes to Las Vegas who are convinced they’ve got what it takes to bring down the house.

News Brief: Las Vegas would like to hold on to one myth in particular these days: Gambling is recession proof.

Casino dealers in Las Vegas are cheering a landmark ruling last week by a California court against a tip-sharing policy at Starbucks they hope will build public support for a similar lawsuit filed by dealers at Wynn Las Vegas.

In the April issue of Men’s Vogue, Michael Kaplan visits the 12th annual Blackjack Ball in Las Vegas, where the world’s most skilled blackjack players very discreetly convene to imbibe and talk shop.

Proponents of two ballot initiatives that ask voters to reallocate hotel room tax dollars away from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority might not be finding much support.

Business at the Monte Carlo has mostly returned to normal after a rooftop fire two months ago, according to Monte Carlo President Anton Nikodemus said.

Basketball fans jam Las Vegas Strip spots like the 40/40 Club as the NCAA Tournament begins.

A 50 percent interest in Las Vegas' oldest hotel-casino was sold Thursday to an investment partnership controlled by two brothers whose family made their fortune manufacturing nuts and bolts in the Midwest.

After screening “21” at its premiere, Casino City finds that despite a plot and conclusion that differ from the book it is based on, the film will appeal to a variety of movie-goers, regardless of whether or not they have gambling in their blood.

Cosmopolitan Chief Operating Officer Scott Butera, a former investment banker specializing in reorganizing financially troubled companies, has left the troubled Strip project to take over as president of Tropicana Entertainment.