Rio Hotel & Casino News - Page 57

Casino Marketing: The 2005 Conference gets under way Sunday at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Among the highlights are two very special awards presentations.

With a first place prize jackpot of roughly $7.5 million awaiting the winner, the World Series of Poker kicked off its nine-day championship run Thursday at the Rio with the first of three preliminary rounds.

Casino Marketing: The 2005 Conference has grown into a global affair, with attendees coming from the United States, Canada, Austria, South Africa, Russia, Ukraine, Australia and Costa Rica.

As a record number of poker enthusiasts from around the globe gears up for the main event of the 36th annual World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, some of the game's brightest minds are putting together lesson plans designed to raise the level of play at this year's tournament.

Casino Marketing: The 2005 Conference returns for its second big year July 17-19 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

Thousands of poker enthusiasts will begin descending on the Nevada desert today to compete in the 36th annual World Series of Poker.

News Brief: The World Series of Poker tournament will hold all but the final two days of the championship event in a new 60,000-square foot convention center at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, just off the Strip on Flamingo Avenue.

The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino's $39 million meeting space expansion is open.

When Mandalay Resort Group released its latest quarterly profit report this month, it was room rates -- not gambling revenue -- that did most to boost earnings by about 65 percent.

News Brief: A freak accident at the roulette tables in Las Vegas has a plumber demanding a payoff.

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

Ten poker legends gathered at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and squared off in the 1st annual World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions.

Harrah's Entertainment kicked off a 60,000-square-foot expansion of the Rio Pavilion Convention Center on Wednesday with a ceremonial pouring of concrete.

Voyager Entertainment International Inc. today said it and The Rio hotel-casino discontinued talks for development of a large ferris wheel-like tourist attraction at The Rio in Las Vegas.

The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has entered into an alliance with Greektown Casino to develop a casino marketing program for Greektown players seeking to travel to Las Vegas as an alternative gaming destination.

The Rio Tuesday announced plans to build the world's tallest observation wheel, part of an $86 million project that it promised would change Las Vegas' skyline and bring millions of new visitors to the off-Strip property each year.

Las Vegas’ Rio hotel-casino is expected to announce today a major construction project that will involve a joint-venture partner.