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News Brief: Robert Brooks, chairman of Hooters, was found dead at his home Sunday at 69.

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

With the scheduled opening tonight of the first Hooters Hotel, a $130 million transformation of the former Hotel San Remo, the inevitable comparison will be made with other restaur

Players Network is covering the Hooters Casino Hotel Las Vegas grand opening from a most unique perspective: through the eyes of Hooters girls.

The founders of the Hooters restaurant chain won a unanimous Gaming Control Board recommendation Thursday for a gaming license as majority owners of the San Remo Hotel just east of the Strip.

News Brief: Several founders of the Hooters restaurant chain are betting that beautiful women in tank tops and tight-fitting shorts attract affluent gamblers to a Las Vegas casino.

Neil Kiefer, chief executive of Hooters Casino Hotel and Michael Hessling, chief operating officer, were at a groundbreaking ceremony for the $130 million renovation of the Hotel San Remo.

Richard Langlois summed up the $130 million renovation that will turn the aging Hotel San Remo into the Hooters Casino Hotel by February with a comparison that could make a teenage boy chuckle.

The owner of the Hotel San Remo in Las Vegas has issued $125 million in senior secured bonds to finance the renovation and transformation of the property into the Hooters Casino Hotel.

Just when it seemed as if every brand imaginable had made it to the Strip, along comes Hooters -- billing itself as delightfully tacky, yet unrefined -- with plans to plant its high-profile brand on one of the quietest little hotels in town.