Nevada News - Page 496

It may be the most Vegas show — and most un-Vegas — show in town.

Jeff Simpson on the shakedown for tips at Las Vegas nightclubs.

Jonathon Galaviz is a partner in Las Vegas-based Globalysis Ltd., a research and consulting firm that advises tourism and travel companies on doing business internationally.

The Morse Arberry Jr. Telecommunications Building at the College of Southern Nevada helps students advance their slot machine knowledge through lessons on theory, electronics, computer technology and mathematics.

The best way to grasp the magnitude of the biggest convention in Las Vegas,the ConExpo-Con/Agg show, is to look down at it from the sky.

Clark County, Nevada, building and fire inspectors have been 'derelict' in their duty to keep commercial buildings safe, according to a scathing outside audit released by the county Wednesday.

Companies like MG, which offer environmentally friendly trade show exhibits, is part of the convention and trade show industry's nascent green trend.

High rollers are helping the Strip weather the economic downturn but lower rollers might just be keeping Nevada’s entire economy afloat.

Las Vegas boosters will spend as much as $12 million to keep tourists and conventioneers coming despite high gasoline prices, sagging consumer confidence and a global credit crisis.

Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel is back under local ownership after the close of a deal that netted more than $28 million for the Fremont Street property's former owners.

MGM Mirage is unveiling initial plans for CityCenter's $40 million Fine Art Program.

Wall Street was looking for a clear indication Friday into whether Nevada's casino industry is facing an economic slowdown in 2008.

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

Casino companies should have known about the huge amounts of cash washing through nightclubs on their properties long before the IRS began investigations of two of Las Vegas’ most popular clubs, say former gaming executives and others familiar with the industry.

MTR Gaming Group, Inc.has completed the sale of the stock of Speakeasy Gaming of Fremont, Inc., which owns and operates Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel to TLC Casino Enterprises, Inc. for cash.

The teachers union’s petition for a ballot initiative to raise the tax on big casinos would remove some of the Legislature’s powers in deciding school funding.

Forbes magazine's list of the world's billionaires shows 2007 wasn't a vintage year for Southern Nevada's richest residents and visitors.

More than three decades after he lost his gaming license for taking part in a scam to cheat Caesars Palace, Jerry's Nugget Assistant General Manager Angelo Stamis moved one step closer to restoring his place in the casino industry.

Early evidence of Las Vegas visitation levels in 2008 shows fewer people coming to Las Vegas, at least by air.

Crown Ltd. is the latest in a handful of gaming companies that have purchased or leased office space along the Las Vegas Beltway in the southwestern Las Vegas Valley, creating a core development totaling about 1 million square feet.