Nevada News - Page 539

About 300,000 people are expected to pour into the Las Vegas area for the holiday weekend, which would project to a sellout for the destination.

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman had city marshals escort a man away from the podium during last week's City Council meeting after the man referred to the frequent mayoral companions as 'bimbos.'

As we move into the New Year, we took a moment to look at the progress of the TUNICA CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU in 2006 and under the aggressive leadership of WEBSTER FRANKLIN; the accomplishments of the CVB were nothing less than phenomenal.

No, the editorial staff didn't select "You" as the Casino City Person of the Year, but our selection may be just as controversial.

Standing in a carnival of cowboys, country music and casinos, Tim Molloy looked like a personification of Vegas Vic.

For the money Station Casinos has spent buying and remodeling the Santa Fe since it acquired the northwest Las Vegas property in 2000, the company could have built an entirely new

Digital technology still can't transport a shrimp cocktail or a beer in a football cup to television viewers across the nation.

For now, it's unclear how aggressively Harrah's will pursue dozens of potential growth opportunities in Las Vegas and beyond.

Last week's hearing on statewide smoking restrictions exposed a rift in relationship between slot bars and casinos.

In the complaint, state attorneys ask the Gaming Control Board to take disciplinary action against the owners of the club, licensed for no more than 15 slots.

Jeff Haney on a new book about gambling in Las Vegas that ultimately folds because of its use of fictitious names.

News Brief: Nevada casinos set an October record with $1.062 billion in total winnings.

District Judge Douglas Herndon on Thursday upheld the state's anti-smoking law but threw out any criminal penalties associated with lighting up in the wrong places.

he supply of rooms in Las Vegas available for Dec. 31 is rapidly dwindling and likely to sell out.

Progressive Gaming International Corporation reports that the Nevada Gaming Control Board's Technology Division has approved Rapid Bet Live Wireless.

Two years after Sandy Murphy and Rick Tabish were acquitted in their retrial of killing casino boss Ted Binion, one of the most publicized criminal cases in Las Vegas history is back in the news.

The Nevada Resort Association, the lobbying arm of the largest and most powerful casino companies, filed court papers Monday opposing the bar and tavern owners' lawsuit that seeks to throw out the smoking ban.

South Point owner Michael Gaughan is a straight shooter. He doesn't waste a lot of words, and what he says, he means.

Morgans Hotel Group signed an agreement in May to buy the Hard Rock Hotel from Peter Morton and will forfeit $50 million if the $770 million deal doesn't close by Feb. 11.

Rod Smith's final column offering a selection of news and views from inside the industry this week.