Las Vegas News - Page 589

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

A profile of President and chief executive officer, Nevada Partners and the Culinary Training Academy, Steven Horsfold.

Not only is MGM Mirage's flagship property, the Bellagio, open for business again, but it enjoyed a busier than usual Thursday, a company spokesman, retailers and guests agreed.

The Golden Nugget hotel-casinos in downtown Las Vegas and Laughlin have signed an agreement with Internet travel service Expedia Inc. to offer travel reservations online.

Station Casinos, Inc. executives today broke ground on Red Rock Station Resort and Casino.

On Wednesday night, a few thousand people waited for the Bellagio to reopen and for its trademark dancing fountains to come to life.

The power outage that shut down the Bellagio and caused the evacuation of thousands of employees and customers could happen at any resort on the Las Vegas Strip and at any time, according to a top building inspector.

Horseshoe Gaming Holding Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Jack Binion, and former MGM Grand Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fred Benninger will be inducted this year into the Gaming Hall of Fame.

Donald Troxel's quest to open a drag-themed nightclub in downtown Las Vegas came one step closer to reality this week.

fter 3 1/2 days in the dark because of a freak power failure, Bellagio turned the lights back on and began welcoming guests back to the 3,000-room Strip megaresort.

David Friedman, former assistant to Venetian Chairman Sheldon Adelson, real estate developer Ian Bruce Eichner and an investment company are partnering in a plan to develop 8.5 acres on the Las Vegas Strip.

News Brief: Businesses that cater to the Bellagio are feeling the pinch from the power struggle too

A small army of workers scurried all day and night Tuesday to get Bellagio ready for a reopening today although several government officials described any timetable to restore power and inspect the resort's electrical and safety systems as "extremely fluid."

The property made plans to reopen Wednesday as tourists gawked at the idled Las Vegas Strip resort, subject of the longest single power outage on the Strip in recent memory.

News Brief: A professional gambler has emerged victorious after betting everything on a single spin of a roulette wheel in Las Vegas.

The Golden Nugget casinos in downtown Las Vegas and Laughlin today reported a profit of $2.9 million for 2003, up from a loss of $529,000 for 2002 primarily due to increased operating efficiency at the properties.

The continuing power outage at the Bellagio has left many of the megaresort's 8,000 workers out of work and without pay for at least a day.

The nation's second-largest shopping center owner on Monday stepped up to Las Vegas' brightest stage with its reported $1.5 billion acquisition of The Venetian's Grand Canal Shoppes and future considerations.

Winter's chill did little to cool off Las Vegas' white-hot tourism industry in recent months as the city enjoyed its third consecutive best-ever month in February.

A power outage paralyzed gambling operations at Bellagio on Easter Sunday, sending workers at the five-star hotel scrambling to accommodate more than 1,500 inconvenienced guests.