Nevada News - Page 478

Three of the 10 workers observed by the Las Vegas Review-Journal drinking at area bars before entering the CityCenter job site have been fired, an executive for Perini Corp. said Thursday

Get Gold Cash announces a special charity fundraiser to be held the weekend of August 22-24 from 10 am to 10 pm at Circus Circus Reno in the Circus Reno Casino Ballroom.

Marnell Corrao Associates topped-off the $1 billion M Resort, Spa and Casino on Friday, August 8 at the resort site located on South Las Vegas Boulevard and St. Rose Parkway.

As Steve Wynn prepares to staff his new Encore, his reputation, at least among casino dealers, is still suffering nearly two years after he instituted a policy at Wynn Las Vegas that requires dealers share their tips with supervisors.

Enjoy the Beijing Games, but forget about betting on them in Nevada sports books.

Several construction workers recently were observed drinking alcohol at nearby bars before they entered the CityCenter job site, a violation of company rules set by the general contractor.

The financing is in place and construction on the Hard Rock Hotel's $760 million expansion is proceeding, Morgans Chief Executive Officer Fred Kleisner told investors during Wednesday conference call on the company's earnings.

The sudden halt of the $4.8 billion Echelon resort on the Strip isn't the only major Las Vegas delay facing mall developer General Growth Properties.

Wall Street's concerns about MGM Mirage's delay in completing financing for its massive CityCenter development are overblown, MGM Mirage executives said Tuesday.

Bankruptcy Judge Linda Riegle said she will sign an order today approving $127 million in post-bankruptcy financing for Lake Las Vegas.

The announcement by Boyd Gaming Corp. on Friday morning that the casino operator will delay construction of its $4.8 billion Echelon project on the Strip for up to a year was met with applause on Wall Street.

With provocative shows to set the mood and an intimate nightlife to titillate your senses, the odds of getting lucky in Las Vegas have never been better.

Aristocrat Technologies has recently announced that the OASIS 360 Casino Management System has been selected for the M Resort, Spa and Casino, a $1 billion resort scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2009 on South Las Vegas Boulevard.

Echelon's plight, combined with Tuesday's revelation of more than $3 billion in financing hurdles for MGM Mirage's CityCenter, threw off analyst projections of a local housing recovery set for mid-2009.

The union campaigns were both conceived several years ago, when Las Vegas and other Western cities were in the midst of a housing boom.

Parking fees at McCarran International Airport -- along with charges for cabs, limousines and buses -- are about to go up, as much as 50 percent in some cases.

Shuffle Master, Inc. reports that the progressive jackpot on its Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive table game hit twice during July.

Gov. Jim Gibbons wants to continue the state’s $142 million battle with casinos over “comped” meals.

A new study found that some of America's -- and Nevada's -- best jobs have decamped to the People's Republic of China..

Sparse foot traffic this week in the Las Vegas Convention Center suggests fewer people than usual made tracks to town for one of the shoe industry's biggest conventions.