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Harrah's Gets Injunction Against Stratosphere for Marketing Patent Infringement

24 January 2002

Harrah's sys the U.S. District Court in Nevada issued an injunction prohibiting Stratosphere Corp. and others from infringing on one of Harrah’s marketing patents.

Park Place Eliminates Six Sales Positions

23 January 2002

Park Place Entertainment has eliminated its corporate hotel group sales department. The move resulted in the elimination of six positions, four of them executive-level.

Olympic Spin-Off a No Show

22 January 2002

Casino operators aren’t seeing the increases in reservations they were hoping for from the Olympics.

Convention Authority Doesn't Make Projections for King Holiday

21 January 2002

The Martin Luther King holiday is a three-day weekend for much of the country, but for Las Vegas convention officials, it’s not big enough to merit projections of visitor counts.

Station Casinos Sues over 'Fiesta' Domain Name

21 January 2002

Station Casinos, which owns two Fiesta casinos in the Las Vegas area, filed trademark infringement lawsuits over the name fiestacasinos.com. One defendant is International Thunderbird Gaming.

Vegas Hopes to Bring Back Asians in Year of the Horse

18 January 2002

News Brief: Las Vegas casinos are hoping that the Year of the Horse brings better luck than the Year of the Snake, following a year that saw Asian travel to the city virtually vanish after Sept. 11.

Heightened Casino Security Continues

17 January 2002

Casino companies throughout Las Vegas have continued their heightened level of security following the jetliner attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

Harrah's Reveals Strong Fourth-Quarter Earnings

16 January 2002

The news that Harrah's Entertainment expects it will handily beat analyst expectations for the last quarter sent Harrah's stock up more than 4 percent this morning to a 52-week high.

Commission Approves Timeshares Complex

15 January 2002

A project to convert the Lady Luck hotel-casino's west hotel tower into a timeshare complex has been approved by the Las Vegas Planning Commission.

Petition Proposed For Hiking Gaming Taxes

14 January 2002

Barry Michaels is following in the footsteps of state Sen. Joe Neal, in an effort to boost taxes on the gambling industry.

Nevada Senator Denounces Yucca Comments by Sununu

12 January 2002

Nevada political leaders, long opposed to the plan to store nuclear wastes at Yucca Mountain, 100 miles from Las Vegas, were angered by John Sununu’s comment that the state should “do its part” for homeland security.

Casino Industry Role Debated in Yucca Nuclear Waste Issue

11 January 2002

The casino industry has either been a leading voice in the battle to defeat the plan to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain or has played a relatively benign role in the debate depending on the person delivering the analysis.

Casino Robbery Mastermind Tried for Killings, Heists

11 January 2002

Jose Vigoa, the alleged mastermind behind a series of casino robberies and a double homicide, will be tried on a consolidated slate of charges.

Nevada Gaming Revenue Declines

11 January 2002

Winnings by Nevada casinos dropped in November, the third consecutive month of declines blamed on the terrorism in September.

Wynn Says Financing Nearly Complete for Le Reve

11 January 2002

His new water-themed resort, on the site of the old Desert Inn, will cost $1.63 billion. It should open by September 2004.

UNLV Group to Hold Casino Stocks

10 January 2002

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas' fund-raising organization will soon have a small stake in Jackie Gaughan's three downtown Las Vegas casinos and, as a result, those casinos will no longer accept bets on UNLV.

Gaming Regulators React to Harrah's Executive Criticism

10 January 2002

Gary Loveman took some flak from Control Board members, who were concerned by Loveman's public criticism of the gaming regulatory process last August.

Capital One Considers Expanding Vacation Village

10 January 2002

Capital One , which acquired the Vacation Village hotel-casino out of bankruptcy for $17.8 million, said it's now talking with two gaming operators about a possible joint venture to redevelop the 315-room property.

Contract Talks Will Test Union, Casino Relationship

10 January 2002

With many Culinary Union members still out of work and the union’s contracts with all Las Vegas Strip hotels soon to expire, the union and casinos’ generally warm relationship is facing its greatest test.

Aladdin Business Improves; Court OK's Financial Package for Execs

9 January 2002

The bankrupt Aladdin megaresort improved its recent results, performing significantly better than property bosses had earlier forecast, an Aladdin lawyer told a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge Tuesday.

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