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When the apparel industry rings in the new year in 2005, a new era of competition begins.

Simon Property Group, owner of the Forum Shops at Caesars mall on the Strip, has been sued by mall developer and former partner Sheldon Gordon.

The Algiers is being torn down to make way for the Krystle Sands condo-hotel.

It's a problem that makes local travelers' heads spin, and chances are it's only going to worsen in the months to come.

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

The VIP booths will look like Ford pickups and an American flag will circle the ceiling at I Love This Bar & Grill!, a $9 million project country superstar Toby Keith announced Friday with Harrah's Las Vegas.

Like the oceans' tides, zits on a teenager or the ax-wielding villain in a low-grade horror flick, Las Vegas' visitors just keep coming back for more.

The Federal Trade Commission has officially requested more information from Harrah's Entertainment and Caesars Entertainment about the competitive consequences of their proposed $9.4 billion merger.

The Hard Rock Hotel is trading babes for bunnies and cleavage for kitties in its new billboard advertising campaign.

Las Vegas businessman Andrew Donner has been granted a state casino license for the Lady Luck, but the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission expressed concerns that Donner may be ‘cutting corners’ in following rules.

The Nevada Gaming Commission took things out of order Thursday so its new commissioner John Moran could sit at the meeting.

The bankrupt Aladdin will be converted into the first Planet Hollywood Resort Casino under a licensing plan that won unanimous approval Thursday from the Nevada Gaming Commission.

The Hard Rock Hotel has set the stage for a battle with the Nevada Gaming Commission by filing a motion to dismiss a three-count complaint against it for suggestive advertising.

With McCarran International Airport on pace for its busiest year ever, today's official debut of seven new security lanes serving the C- and D-gates concourses couldn't come soon enough for federal security director Jim Blair.

Another longtime Las Vegas tradition is starting to see the dice come up snake eyes as several gaming companies move to eliminate the box man position at craps tables.

The off-Strip Ellis Island Casino & Brewery has submitted plans with to build a 36-story condo-hotel tower with about 800 rooms.

The sale of the $1.4 billion Aladdin hotel-casino is back on track since Nevada investigators were given access to audit documents dealing with some of the buyers' investments.

To better serve what has become the fastest-growing segment of the hospitality industry in Las Vegas, the Culinary Training Academy today will open a $3 million kitchen classroom at Nevada Partners.

Caesars Entertainment Inc. has hired Fremont, Calif.-based Maita-Saviano Public Relations LLC to help increase Caesars' visibility among the technology trade press.

The Aladdin hotel-casino, nearing the end of a marathon run in bankruptcy, reported a profit of $3 million in July, according to a filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.