SAHARA Las Vegas News - Page 17

Los Angeles-based SBE Entertainment on Wednesday said it partnered with William Hill to operate the race and sports book inside the reconfigured casino, which is rising from the remnants of the former Rat Pack-era Sahara.

The work was just a small part of the ongoing renovation project, which also calls for stripping down and remodeling two of the property’s three hotel towers and demolishing a low-rise hotel building.

Many of us long for the days when hotel-casino names on the Strip were Stardust, Sahara, Frontier, International, Barbary Coast, Aladdin, Dunes and Imperial Palace. OK, maybe not so much Imperial Palace.

The company plans to unveil the 1,620-room SLS Las Vegas in fall 2014.

Los Angeles-based SBE Entertainment has secured the last piece of the $415 million in financing needed to transform the Strip resort into the SLS Las Vegas.

SBE Entertainment will announce today a deal to give the Fred Segal chain an exclusive hold on the SLS retail business.

When the Sahara's doors close, it will mark the end of a long and storied history in Strip entertainment.

The Sahara's final guest checks out at around noon on Monday. The nearly 60-year-old Strip resort will cease operations two hours later, a victim of both the recession and of progress.

Former owner of the Sahara Paul Lowden reminisces about his time running the iconic Vegas strip casino, and plans one last dinner at its famous House of Lords steakhouse before the casino closes its doors for good.

Monday’s closing of the Sahara will put almost 400 employees out of work. SBE Entertainment is providing Sahara workers with severance pay based on years of service.

Casino City's Vin Narayanan, Aaron Todd and Dan Igo bid the Sahara in Las Vegas a fond farewell, dig into a PokerStars controversy and discuss their NCAA brackets.

The owner of the Sahara resort in Las Vegas announced Friday morning it was "no longer economically viable" to keep the nearly 60-year-old Moroccan-themed hotel-casino operating. The Strip resort will cease operations in May.

Sahara Hotel & Casino, considered no longer economically viable, will close May 16, 2011.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal's Matt Youmans hit 15 sports books in the five hours and gave a play-by-play blog from Super Bowl Sunday.

The Sahara in Las Vegas has closed two of its three hotel towers for the winter season because of low demand.

Federal agency alleges worker harrassed because of Egyptian heritage.

"Raw Talent Live," a 75-minute, high-energy experience featuring interactive live performances of the next generation of World Dance with live, original music and exclusive, high-tech video illusions, will make its debut on the Las Vegas Strip at the Sahara Hotel & Casino in August 2008.

Clark County commissioners this week approved remodeling plans for the Sahara, which include a new high-rise hotel tower.

Unlike its Rat Pack-era contemporaries, the Sahara has been spared a date with a demolition team.

Los Angeles-based SBE Entertainment on Wednesday officially took over ownership of the 1,720-room Sahara, completing an estimated $300 million to $400 million purchase of the 55-year-old Strip resort.