Las Vegas News - Page 482

After a half decade-long slumber, the prospects for gaming equipment manufacturers appear to be awakening.

When an estimated 60,000 furniture buyers descend on the World Market Center on Monday, they'll find a lot more than bedding and chairs.

Loews announced it would take over the 493-room Hyatt Regency Hotel at Lake Las Vegas and has been instilling its own lowkey brand of service and style on the property since.

Somehow, the complementary visions of Eric Idle and George Harrison have wound up converging on the Las Vegas Strip

A field of 64 of the world’s elite poker players will descend upon Las Vegas from March 1-4 for the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship at Caesars Palace.

The World Poker Tour has released its schedule of events for its sixth season, and the lucrative, made-for-TV tournament poker circuit will again have a strong Las Vegas presence.

Asian gaming analysts said Tuesday Macau's gambling win of $6.95 billion during 2006 means the Chinese enclave as surpassed the Strip as the world's largest gaming market.

A dispute over the biggest tips in Las Vegas could prompt card dealers to take a step toward unionizing by the end of the week.

8-foot-tall machines will be cropping up in casinos across Nevada, beckoning gamblers to make sports bets as quickly as withdrawing cash at an ATM.

The magnitude of Project CityCenter isn't for the dull of mind. Bobby Baldwin gave the Las Vegas Sun a rare glimpse for those outside these cloistered offices.

If it isn't steel or concrete, it's being removed from the shuttered Stardust hotel tower.

People like baggage handler Tony Pelham make sure visitors take home more than just memories from Las Vegas.

he Venetian Casino Resort will host a 2007 CEO Poker Tournament, where players will battle over the green felt of the poker table for an exclusive Tiffany Championship bracelet, cash, trophies, prizes, and bragging rights.

A dealer who complained that casino operator Steve Wynn orally abused her says she was fired from her job at Wynn Las Vegas.

Polly Esther's nightclub which will bring all of its signature nightclubs under one roof at the Stratosphere Casino Hotel and Tower in February of 2007.

Caesars Palace has dolled up a whole new gaming area inspired by the queens of burlesque song and dance, The Pussycat Dolls.

AAA has awarded Monte Carlo its first Four Diamond Award in the hotel's 10-year history.

A has awarded MGM Grand more 2007 AAA Diamonds under one roof than any other hotel in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico.

News Brief: Casino mogul Steve Wynn said Lloyd's of London have made an offer to settle his $54 million claim of lost value for a Picasso.

Kudos to Gaming Control Board pick Keith Munro for doing the right thing and resigning his appointment.