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One company exec says that Las Vegas’ economic climate is a plus for his company, however, the city’s sinful reputation is an obstacle in his efforts to bring in outside employees.

Westgate Resorts and Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino execs will break ground on a 50-story luxury condominium tower directly connected to the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino complex in Las Vegas.

Six decades after the first casinos were built on what would become the Las Vegas Strip, Henderson is ready to pronounce that gambling is appropriate on Las Vegas Boulevard.

Las Vegas' travel industry is growing faster than its airports and roadways can handle.

Boyd Gaming Corporation reports two key executive appointments for its Echelon Place development.

People and various organizations always seem to tailor their image of Las Vegas to fit their own needs and social values.

GWIN Inc. Chairman & CEO Wayne Allyn Root announced today that his new TV series "King of Vegas" will debut on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 10 p.m. EST/PST on Spike TV.

A federal push to ease restrictions on foreign travel expected to be announced today could bring more big-spending international visitors to Nevada and Las Vegas, state travel leaders said Monday.

Higher fuel prices and rising interest rates have yet to exact their toll from the dynamic Southern Nevada economy, but growth is coming at a slower pace, a local economist said.

When Boyd Gaming executive Bob Boughner is asked to describe his company's planned $4 billion Echelon Place, he uses words like "energetic, sensual and international."

Nevada's Gaming Control Board is investigating the activities in Las Vegas casino resort nightclubs -- including Light at Bellagio, one of the Strip's top two resorts.

The first and only black president of a Strip hotel-casino has been honored with a Trumpet Award.

At the center of the famous Las Vegas Strip rises the Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino, a $2 billon stunning architectural statement with panoramic views of Bellagio, the Eiffel Tower, Mandalay Bay, and the majestic Red Rock Canyon.

Nearly 3.1 million visitors came here in November, up 5.8 percent from November 2004, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said Thursday.

Lorenzo Creighton, President and Chief Operating Officer of MGM Mirage's New York-New York Hotel & Casino, has been named recipient of the prestigious Trumpet Award.

Ian Bruce Eichner, developer of the $2 billion Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino south of Bellagio on the Strip, said Wednesday that Deutsche Bank has loaned $415 million in constructio

Station Casinos and its demolition partners took all of 18 seconds to bring Castaways casino building down early Wednesday morning.

News Brief: An armed robber dressed in a baseball cap and a wig shot a security guard and dropped money as he ran from an off-Strip casino before dawn Tuesday, police said.

The first phase of the Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino project's bank loan was closed by Deutsche Bank earlier this month and clears an important milestone for the development.

News Brief: Britney Spears and Kevin Federline helped the pop star's dad launch his new computer program venture that helps wannabe poker promoters run their own card tournament at