Las Vegas News - Page 478

But despite the overall uptick, or partly due to the increase, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas fell from fifth to sixth in passenger traffic rankings.

Five weeks after Culinary Workers Local 226 called for early negotiations with hotel owners to discuss the expiring collective bargaining agreements covering Las Vegas Strip and downtown workers, the first face-to-face session took place Wednesday.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Blackjack Institute Group Seminars are coming to New York for the first time, and returning to Vegas this summer.

MGM Mirage and Perini Building Company have launched a nationwide campaign to identify qualified minority, women, and disadvantaged-owned business enterprises to participate in the construction of CityCenter.

When Sherie and James Johnson heard the Stardust was scheduled for demolition, the Salt Lake City couple knew they had be in Las Vegas to bid farewell to an old friend.

Within moments, the Stardust was turned into 28,000 tons of dusty rubble early today.

The new owners of the Hard Rock Hotel unveiled plans Monday for $750 million in renovations and expansions that will double the size of the property by adding new hotel rooms and convention space to the property as well as a new, larger concert venue.

Robert Boughner, president of Echolon, said renderings and designs for Echelon would be revealed at the formal ground breaking, but he cautioned against expecting Echelon to have a theme attached to its architecture.

Las Vegas-based Diamond Resorts announced it would purchase Sunterra Corp., which is headquartered in North Las Vegas, in a transaction valued at $700 million.

LVI Services Inc. announces the implosion of Las Vegas' famed Stardust Casino and Hotel Towers.

Since acquiring the Four Queens Hotel & Casino three years ago, local businessman, Terry Caudill, has invested over $20 million in the historic downtown property.

Megaresort developments have become the norm on the Strip, and those multibillion-dollar investments have been dwarfed by recent casino industry mergers and acquisitions.

Almost two weeks after the Sahara was seemingly given a new lease on life, demolition crews are preparing to blast away the last remnant of the Stardust.

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and Morgans Hotel Group Co. report a large-scale expansion and renovation project for the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas is in the crosshairs of a powerful corporate boss who wants to turn Sin City into a family-themed destination, or at least that's the plot of a new video game based on that scenario.

The days where casino chips were the coin of the realm, used to settle debts between friends, buy groceries and pay for haircuts have passed.

As one of the Strip's last remaining icons, the Sahara savors its 55 years in operation.

Research by economist and real estate consultant John Restrepo indicates that most condo buyers prefer views of lakes and oceans to views of casinos.

Newly hired World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack didn’t have enough time to make his presence fully felt during the scheduling of the 2006 WSOP.

Battle lines are forming between airline passengers and private plane operators over who should pay for the nation's air traffic control system.