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Le Reve will go dark during a eight million dollar renovation that includes a warmer palate, the most luxurious seats on the Las Vegas Strip and a VIP Indulgence Package.

Front Row, a sports memorabilia store on the Strip, had to close several times on Saturday after crowds filled it to capacity.

Last weekend's triple whammy on the Strip brought large crowds but may not have translated into the overflowing casino cash boxes that operators had expected.

Long after the buzz from the NBA's Las Vegas party wore off, the hangover still lingered for many.

Thousands were stuck in a line stretching out the door from Southwest Airlines ticket counters in Terminal One, down the road and beyond the McCarran International Terminal.

Casino operators believe they will have no problem filling hotel rooms with guests, but finding enough employees may not be as easy.

Ron Lurie went from being the mayor of Las Vegas to the mayor of Arizona Charlie's.

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

The Aladdin will soon fade into the long line of old Strip property names that live on in name only.

George Maloof expects large crowds of basketball fans to pack the Palms this weekend in conjunction with the NBA All-Star Game festivities.

Las Vegas-based Tenner & Associates, Inc. has been awarded a long-term contract for branding, marketing and event creation by the soon-to-open Cosmopolitan Resort Hotel.

In the latest development in Mayor Oscar Goodman's quest to secure a major league sports franchise for Las Vegas, NBA Commissioner David Stern told him to submit a plan that addresses the issue of local sports books accepting wagers on NBA games.

Limousines are the transport of choice for the NBA crowd, preferably something high-profile like a stretched Cadillac Escalade or Hummer.

More than 90 percent of the luxury residential offerings at CityCenter's Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas have sold in a mere 14 days.

MGM Mirage, in partnership with developers American Nevada Company and Diamond Resorts, plans to build affordable housing for casino workers on about 160 acres the company owns in Jean.

A $6 billion project in downtown Las Vegas that includes everything from 50-story towers to storefront shops is key to reviving the city's struggling core, planners and city officials said Tuesday.

Las Vegas attracted a record number of tourists in 2006 despite losing 581 rooms from its hotel inventory, the first such decrease since 1992.

The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino will ring in the Chinese New Year in traditional style.

American Gaming Association President Frank Fahrenkopf told Jeff Simpson last week that if online poker players are confident they can persuade Congress to pass a law that would define poker as a game of skill, they're sadly mistaken.

After allocating almost $2.5 million for programs dealing with the research, prevention and treatment of compulsive gambling in Nevada, a state advisory panel hopes to do it all over again.