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MGM Mirage executives plan a transformation of Treasure Island's exterior, changing the megaresort's look to match its evolution from a pirate-themed property to a hip spot with allure to value-conscious adults.

A local gaming expert is convinced Steve Wynn's Le Reve project will spur new Strip development even though most gaming operators are still waiting to see if his $2 billion project will succeed.

Palace Station hotel-casino sued Scott Redd, a former slot worker, alleging he embezzled $263,000 by taking coins meant for refilling slot machines and converting them into cash for his own use.

A personnel move at Green Valley Ranch is a strong sign of a bidder's imminent plans to buy the bankrupt Aladdin, sources said Tuesday.

A light convention calendar, sparse headliner shows, travel disruptions and the war in Iraq are all clipping demand on the Strip heading into May, analysts said Tuesday.

On their way from Los Angeles to New York, Christian DiMarzio and Alycia Buck pulled off the highway Monday for what they hoped would be a leisurely lunch at Neonopolis.

Jitters over the Iraqi war and the SARS disease are continuing to hurt the nation's airlines, but Las Vegas is continuing to hold its own and will now be served by Delta Air Lines' new low-fare carrier Song Airlines.

A bill to allow time-share developments on the Las Vegas Strip to expand into a full-sized casinos died in the Senate Judiciary Committee today.

A time-share tower that would have become the tallest building on the Strip has been removed from the Clark County Commission agenda over opposition from MGM Mirage and concerns that the commission would nix the project.

Two busloads of Culinary workers left Las Vegas on Tuesday bound for Carson City with about 60,000 signatures petitioning lawmakers to adopt new broad-based business taxes.

During his 30-year tenure with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Rossi Ralenkotter has seen the city's tourism industry overcome one major challenge after another.

The chances are rising rapidly that the U.S. involvement in Iraq will slam Las Vegas' economy, community leaders who dealt with fallout from America's first Persian Gulf War are saying.

The end of the war with Iraq will usher in a new series of challenges for the resort destination, a Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority executive said Thursday.

News of an unsolicited bid for the Riviera Las Vegas this week has once again turned the spotlight on a money-losing casino in a prime Strip location.

Las Vegas reclaimed its position at the center of the poker universe Wednesday when the Five-Star World Poker Classic opened at Bellagio.

A fourth JAL flight has been cancelled. Recent cancellations of Japan Airlines flights to Las Vegas are most likely the result of Iraqi war jitters.

Sheldon Adelson's Venetian resort on the Las Vegas Strip and the Culinary Union are in another legal battle.

The outbreak of the mysterious strain of pneumonia in Asia has wreaked havoc on tourism as airlines scale back flights in Asia, hotel chains report cancellations and visitors hold off on trips over fears of infection.

Air seat capacity is putting the Las Vegas gaming industry's hotel occupancy rates in a "danger zone" a new Deutsche Bank report said Tuesday.

News Brief: Las Vegas makes it easy to tune out the rest of the world -- even in wartime.