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A heavy rail line bringing tourists in from Southern California and elsewhere will have to be a part of the solution to growing traffic problems along the Strip resort corridor, experts agree.

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

A gaming stock index rose modestly in August as excitement over next week's opening of Wynn Macau pulled the group out of a sharp three-month slide.

News Brief: Clark County Sheriff Bill Young is pushing for the gambling industry to install and manage an expanded surveillance camera system on the Las Vegas Strip that could film robberies, fights and other crimes and alert police immediately.

MAXjet Airways said Monday it will launch twice-weekly nonstops between London and McCarran International Airport on Nov. 2.

Major expansion plans are in the works for the Las Vegas Monorail to help relieve traffic congestion along the resort corridor.

About half of drivers said they would stop driving to Vegas if prices hit $3.50 per gallon and about 80 percent would stop if gas reaches $4.33 per gallon.

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

The 2007 Miss America Pageant will return to the Aladdin Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Boyd Gaming Corporation reports an agreement with AEG Live, whereby AEG will produce and present shows in the two major entertainment venues at Echelon Place, its next-generation resort development on the Las Vegas Strip.

According to labor law experts, Wynn Las Vegas’s move to restructure tip distribution is legally sound.

Jeff Simpson breaks down the reorganization of the pay scale among employees on the casino floor at Wynn Las Vegas, which Steve Wynn called 'upside down'

Delears are so mad about having to share their tips with floor supervisors, that they're ringing reporters' phones and jamming gaming blogs with their complaints.

A restructuring of how Wynn Las Vegas manages its casino soon will leave many dealers there a little lighter in the wallet.

Big-time developers have claimed another Strip landmark.

Las Vegas was home to nearly 40 percent of last year's 50 fastest-growing U.S. trade shows, a respected industry publication reported.

Casino City reporter Ryan McLane gives his ideas for what the 2007 World Series of Poker tournament schedule should look like.

Las Vegas casinos are years behind other companies in recognizing that promoting their wares to the nation's largest and fastest growing minority group is no longer a matter of choice.

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

If you've driven down the Strip anytime in the past few years, you know how bad traffic is.