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Andrew Donner didn't provide reporters much in the way of details about his plans to revive the shuttered Lady Luck and 5.5 acres of city-owned land downtown.

Casino giant MGM Mirage said Friday that it has raised the estimated cost of its CityCenter project on the Strip to because of an increase in the overall size of the development.

Nevada gaming regulatory veteran Randall Sayre says the Control Board isn't about to begin enforcing the state's voter-approved smoking ban, which applies to food-serving bars and other small slot machine locations such as convenience stores, groceries and gas stations.

News Brief: John Ascuaga's Nugget and the citizens suing Red Hawk Land Co. to stop the proposed Lazy 8 casino on Pyramid Highway will have to wait until Friday to learn if District Judge Jerome Polaha will dismiss the case.

Owners of a shuttered Las Vegas casino raised the stakes on their pitch to revive the property in downtrodden downtown, with help from an internationally known hotel operator and 5.5 acres of city-owned land.

MGM Mirage has assembled the acreage to construct a similar and potentially larger development on the Strip's northern end.

For the grand opening of The Pearl, the Palms Casino Resort will be engulfed in 160 skytracker lights.

MGM Mirage has entered into agreements with two landowners to purchase several parcels of land located on the Las Vegas Strip, which, combined with existing holdings, will give the company a new, 78-acre site for future development.

With high-profile celebrities on hand and owners in high spirits, a Strip property dropped a name Tuesday and leapt into the future.

Planet Hollywood announces the arrival of the new Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the former site of the Aladdin, in the heart of the legendary Las Vegas Strip.

Australia's largest gaming operator announced late Monday it is buying almost 20 percent of the company building the $2.8 billion Fontainebleau on the Strip's north end.

The National Labor Relations Board is expected to quickly schedule an election at which Wynn Las Vegas dealers can decide if they support having the union negotiate a collective bargaining agreement.

Fontainebleau Resorts LLC, has entered into a definitive agreement with Publishing & Broadcasting Limited.

For Wynn Las Vegas dealers interested in joining a union as a way to reverse the property's tip-sharing policy, there was good news and bad news last week.

The Transport Workers Union has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for a secret-ballot election to represent Wynn Las Vegas dealers.

Imperial Palace, once the most virulently anti-union property on the Strip, will almost certainly become unionized if it is not imploded by its new owners.

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

The NBA All-Star Game attracted widespread media attention in February but Las Vegas saw just a small increase in new visitors to Southern Nevada for the month, visitation figures show.

With the roadwork outside its door completed, the Silverton is scheduled to begin a $500 million expansion this June that will include doubling its hotel occupancy.

As a part of the Week Vegas Goes Country, the Academy of Country Music announced their plans for the 1st Annual Charity Poker Tournament today.