Nevada News - Page 597

Tennis star Andre Agassi showed Josie Roed how to play a bonus round on a new Agassi-themed video slot machine by Aristocrat Technologies during a launch party at the MGM Grand on Tuesday.

A delegation of Nevada government officials and business people hopes to leave the impression in China that Nevada is the only place to vacation when taking a trip to the United States.

The city's bid to attract the National Basketball Association All-Star Game in 2007 remains on track, one of the leaders of the effort said Tuesday.

The rapid growth in demand for rooms on the Strip came close to a shuddering stop in the first half of 2005, following the record increases of 2004 and in the wake of the Wynn Las Vegas opening, analysts said Tuesday.

The controversial neighborhood casino bill that pitted Station Casinos and Boyd Gaming against organized labor was declared dead by Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins, D-Henderson, Monday.

Recent developments indicate Las Vegas' push to land the National Basketball Association's next available All-Star Weekend is anything but a slam dunk.

The state Gaming Control Board on Wednesday will consider prohibiting wagering on the National Basketball Association All-Star Game in 2007 if the contest is played in Las Vegas.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, professor Hal Rothman said a class he took that melded literature and history inspired his career choice.

Casino bosses cashed out a large number of stock options last year, boosting their total compensation packages to historic highs and easily topping the list of highest-paid Las Vegas executives in 2004.

Global Payments Inc. reports that three additional Las Vegas casinos have signed agreements for various offerings in the VIP LightSpeed suite of products.

The Nevada Assembly on Wednesday voted not to concur with controversial Senate amendments to a gaming bill that would change regulations on neighborhood casinos.

Thousands of poker enthusiasts will begin descending on the Nevada desert today to compete in the 36th annual World Series of Poker.

Van Heffner has joined the Nevada Tourism Alliance as the group's chief executive.

Rick Tabish's attorney said Tuesday that $3,100, a Mercedes and other personal items seized by police officers when Tabish was arrested for looting Ted Binion's silver vault in Pahrump should be returned to Tabish.

A rapidly expanding ground services provider for corporate and private aircraft has agreed to buy the Las Vegas Executive Air Terminal for approximately $60.4 million.

The World Poker Tour's Mirage Poker Showdown was held last week. Gavin Smith won the championship event and a cash payout of more than $1.1 million by outlasting the tourney's 317 entrants.

A controversial bill dealing with neighborhood casinos has sparked battles between gaming companies in Southern Nevada and is a long way from final passage, a key assemblyman said today.

McCarran International Airport this morning said it will open two additional checkpoint lanes at the A and B gates in an effort to accommodate growth and speed passenger traffic during peak demand periods.

Harrah's Entertainment Inc. may expand its two Atlantic City resorts and renovate Bally's Las Vegas to take advantage of growing demand in both markets.

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