Nevada News - Page 567

International News Brief: For months, a U.S. casino company has been busy creating a replica of Las Vegas on Macau and a patchwork of other islands just south of China between Hong Kong and Hanoi.

The Las Vegas Convention Center's long-awaited face-lift will become a reality after Tuesday's unanimous approval of a proposed $737 million upgrade.

Las Vegas nightclubs and casinos will be inundated with card-carrying astronauts, neurosurgeons and bounty hunters in the coming months, thanks to a new turn in tourism marketing.

The suites, which have been open since December, are part of the still-under-construction, $250 million, 40-story Fantasy Tower.

Boyd Gaming will spend $35 million to purchase a 40-acre parcel in North Las Vegas, an indication of the company's belief that the area may house the next wave of casino development.

News Brief: Development along the Las Vegas Strip has been in high gear for several years, with more resorts on the way, but demand is likely to keep pace, at least for the next several years, according to industry experts.

While other older casinos have discussed potential or imminent redevelopment plans, the Sahara - the northernmost hotel on the Las Vegas Strip - has been relatively silent.

Tens of thousands of Nevadans routinely break state gaming laws by illegally playing online poker, but the state's gaming cops don't seem to care.

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

Gaming win in Nevada, ignited by the opening of Wynn Las Vegas and thriving locals casinos, set a record in 2005 by raking in $11.6 billion -- up 10.3 percent from $10.6 billion the previous year, officials said Friday.

On Friday morning, some 36 hours before it officially closes for a yearlong remodeling, the Lady Luck already appeared shuttered.

The Las Vegas Convention Center has for decades drawn visitors at a rhythmic clip, producing cash so steadily it's easy to forget how hard the place actually works.

Boyd Gaming Corporation reports that the company is acquiring a 40-acre, fully-entitled casino site to grow its presence in the Las Vegas locals gaming market.

The trademark dispute over the "What happens here, stays here" slogan is heading to U.S. District Court in Reno, Nevada.

MGM Mirage raised the price tag on its Project CityCenter by $2 billion Thursday as part of its plans to upgrade and expand what was already the largest privately financed development project in the U.S. hospitality industry's history.

U.S. trade shows are poised to grow in 2006, with key executives projecting increased revenue and hiring, a new survey shows.

Nevada gaming regulators have reminded the Strip's major casino operators that responsibility for any illegal activity at their popular late-night clubs and entertainment venues fa

MGM Mirage’s Board of Directors has approved the design and budget for Project CityCenter, the Company's previously announced urban development project at the heart of the Las Vegas Strip.

About 3,000 compulsive gamblers in Nevada are expected to soon get help in battling the addiction with an infusion of taxpayer money that will be doled out over the next year and a half.

Carson Nugget, the biggest casino in Carson City, has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine to the state for repeated violations in reporting its revenue from the slot machines since 1992.