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With the hotel-condominium units in Signature at MGM Grand nearly sold out, MGM Mirage is proceeding to look at developing the adjacent 15 acres.

All eyes -- and bets -- are on the Fox reality show "American Idol" to generate the most intense competition of the year, according to John Avello, director of race & sports operations for Wynn Las Vegas

Andy Beal matched $20 million against a rotating cast made up of the best high-stakes poker players in the world in the largest head-to-head poker game of all time.

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

For its first Valentine's Day, Wynn Las Vegas is taking the traditional flowers and chocolates to the next level with several romantic options for lovers.

Just across the Strip from Wynn's $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas -- and its mountain conveniently located to block views of the well-worn New Frontier -- property owner Phil Ruffin plans to erect a giant Ferris wheel.

Alex, the premier fine dining restaurant at Wynn Las Vegas is now internationally recognized by AAA as a Five Diamond restaurant.

Business at Wynn Las Vegas has been so strong that Steve Wynn says he'll begin building his next Las Vegas hotel in the spring.

Hotel developer Steve Wynn appeared in a courtroom Wednesday morning to pursue his lawsuit against the Golden Nugget over a Wynn Las Vegas executive hired away to work at the Golden Nugget Laughlin.

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

One day after Steve Wynn told Wall Street analysts "another major adjustment" in the work force at Wynn Las Vegas would occur next week, both he and a key resort executive stressed that employees need not worry about losing their jobs.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. will lay off more workers after reporting a third-quarter loss of nearly $14.2 million, company officials said Thursday.

Restaurant king Tilman Fertitta must be feeling some indigestion about one of his first moves in charge of the Golden Nuggets in Las Vegas and Laughlin.

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

Word around the Las Vegas art community is that Steve Wynn is closing the gallery at Wynn Las Vegas.

Two new contracts with Strip hotels helped Nevada's largest labor union increase its membership by almost 6,000 workers in the past couple of months.

Wynn Las Vegas and the Culinary Union have agreed to a unique 10-year contract that will keep wages of the property's maids, porters, food-service workers and bartenders at least as high as any other union hotel on the Strip.

News Brief: The sprawling new set of the NBC series 'Las Vegas' could be mistaken for an actual casino.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. Senior Vice President Arte Nathan says he has enjoyed the thrill of helping developer Steve Wynn open new hotels.

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