The Cromwell News - Page 8

Other than the shape of the building and some of the outside architectural enhancements, the Gansevoort Las Vegas will little resemble its past.

Gansevoort Hotel Group is joining Caesars in renovating the small, now-closed Bill's Gamblin' Hall at the corner of the Strip and Flamingo Road.

Caesars, Gansevoort Hotel Group and Victor Drai to launch an intimate urban resort at the location of Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon.

The hotel-casino, which was built by Michael Gaughan and opened in 1979, will be reopened in early 2014 under a new name and theme, Caesars Entertainment said in statement.

Caesars plans to remodel the 198 hotel rooms and the 17,200-square-foot casino at Bill's.

The $550 million outdoor retail, dining and entertainment project will feature a major Ferris wheel, but will also lead to the renovation of the Imperial Palace and the destruction of O'Sheas casino.

The Whopper Bar, an enhanced version of the Burger King fast-food chain, has been a major success at the Rio in Las Vegas.

A report from Bloomberg says Harrah's Entertainment is attempting to sell the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon on Tuesday spent its fifth day with guest rooms on fire watch, as repair services combed the guest tower for malfunctioning fire safety components.

The world's largest casino company officially got a little larger Thursday.

Harrah's Entertainment is paying what amounts to $84.8 million an acre to pick up the 4.3 acre site at the corner of the Strip and Flamingo Road, the last piece of a 350-acre land parcel.

When Barbary Coast General Manager Ronnie Highsmith talks about working his way up from the bottom, he truly means it.

A quarter-century after it opened, the Barbary Coast is sitting on a prized piece of real estate with perhaps the most potential for Strip redevelopment, analysts agreed Friday.