Nevada News - Page 490

Early-morning protest over worker deaths, safety gives way to deal

Las Vegas boosters hope an $18 million effort to attract more foreign visitors will offset an ongoing domestic tourism slump.

Construction workers ended a one-day strike and returned to work on two Strip resort projects Tuesday night.

MTR Gaming Group, Inc. has completed the sale of the gaming assets of the Speedway Casino to Lucky Lucy D, LLC.

Among the things we've learned at the World Series of Poker this year are there are no easy tables and not all poker players vote -- but they do rebuy.

The majority of union workers on MGM Mirage's CityCenter project went on strike late Monday after union negotiations with the developer and construction company regarding the construction site's safety broke down.

News Brief: Las Vegas authorities announced new criminal charges against onetime political fund-raiser Tony Rezko for failing to pay $450,000 in gambling debts.

The 1-ton chandelier looms above the Venetian’s Phantom Theatre, falls from the ceiling and almost crashes into the audience during each performance of 'Phantom, the Las Vegas Spectacular.'

The 2008 World Series of Poker rocketed out of the gates this weekend with a final table that must have had ESPN executives drooling.

Developer Daniel Kodsi said he is 'putting out feelers"'for possible buyers while continuing to look for investors who may be interested in developing a Paramount-branded hotel-casino on his 10.5-acre site on the south Las Vegas Strip.

Gaming lawyers and casino observers worry that potential budget cuts ordered by Gov. Jim Gibbons will have a negative effect on Nevada's gaming regulatory process, leaving the industry without adequate staffing in several divisions.

The development group led by locally based Olympia Group has filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the nation's largest home builder for a breach of contract.

Harrah's Entertainment must defend itself in a new criminal case alleging workers or contractors tampered with fire safety systems at three of its local hotels.

A California family has sued Las Vegas Sands, Venetian Casino Resort and Manpower Inc. following the theft of their moving truck from the Venetian's secured parking lot.

Las Vegas is on sale, with room rates below $100 a night at prominent Strip hotels.

Agreement makes Caesars Palace exclusive home to the National Heads-Up Poker Championship for the next four years.

Attention, Vegas tourists: During this economic slump, some hotels are pulling out all the stops on special offers and other promotions.

The 2008 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light will deliver a new set of historic firsts from the moment the cards are dealt this Friday.

On Monday night, the Nevada teachers union and three of the big gaming companies reached an agreement that would send about $180 million a year to the state in the form of higher hotel and motel room taxes.

Cuts to the number of flights to Las Vegas could outlast the nation's current economic dip, making it more costly and inconvenient to get to one of the world's top tourist destinations long after the next recovery.