Las Vegas News - Page 569

News Brief: When they organized a $1 million fundraiser for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in February, Gavin and Joe Maloof's family casino business was negotiating a deal that would net them millions from running what could be one of the world's largest casinos.

Travelocity.com has acquired Allstate Ticketing, a Las Vegas company that operates Showtickets.com and sells tickets to a variety of attractions, including Grand Canyon tours and 60 shows at local resorts, for $25 million.

Workers of the Aladdin hotel and casino had New York strip steak for breakfast this morning in the employee dining room. It was Robert Earl's way of saying thank you for persevering through 35 months of operating in bankruptcy.

Gaming stocks took another dive in July, suffering through their second month in a row of summer doldrums, analysts said Tuesday.

Barney Vinson: The Strip oozed money and class. Downtown oozed something else.

Harrah's Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino has remodeled a centrally located bar into an upscale "I-Bar Ultra Lounge."

The latest offering to spread across the Strip isn't as sexy as a nightclub or a swanky lounge but may become just as important to Las Vegas' image as an upscale resort destination. And it costs only about $15 per day.

Such was the response from attendees at this year's autumn Men's Apparel Guild in California trade show, which for the first time in six years is taking place entirely under one Las Vegas roof.

Harrah's Entertainment signed an agreement with Colony Capital on Friday to sell four key properties involved in its $9.4 billion buyout of Caesars Entertainment, a move that could speed the regulatory process for the merger, insiders and experts said Monday.

Following a year and a half of hefty price increases, rates for rooms on the Strip booked three weeks in advance stayed relatively flat this summer.

Caesars Entertainment Inc. has eliminated 27 craps supervisor jobs at its Caesars Palace resort, saying those positions aren't needed to run the games effectively.

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.