Nevada News - Page 645

Delta Air Lines plans to begin nonstop service between Reno and Atlanta, a link area tourism and economic development officials said will bolster Northern Nevada's economy.

McCarran International Airport hopes to have its SpeedCheck computerized check-in kiosks on line in local hotel-casinos by fall.

A new MRC Group Research Institute survey suggests visitors are growing warier about Las Vegas as a travel destination.

Harrah's Entertainment included an escape clause in its final merger agreement to buy Caesars Entertainment for about $9.4 billion, documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission showed.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Clear Channel Entertainment Properties announce the first Vegas Rock Star Poker Tournament and Sweepstakes.

Caesars Entertainment Inc. Chief Executive Wally Barr stands to receive at least $17 million under an employment contract if he resigns from Caesars as anticipated after a pending acquisition by Harrah's Entertainment Inc. is consummated.

Aladdin President Bill Timmins ordered security guards to escort pop diva Linda Ronstadt off the property following a concert Saturday night during which she expressed support for controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.

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

The recent spate of mergers, merger agreements and rumors about mergers is beginning to turn the real estate on the Strip into a giant Monopoly board with fewer and fewer players who have larger and larger stakes in the game.

BMI, a British air carrier that has more than 2,000 flights a week to 37 destinations in Europe, the United States, Canada and the Caribbean will begin nonstop round trips between Manchester, England, and Las Vegas in October.

Operations for Southwest Airlines at McCarran International Airport shouldn't be affected by the sudden departure of the airline's chief executive.

Employees of Caesars Entertainment offered mixed opinions Thursday on whether Harrah's Entertainment's pending $9.4 billion buyout would help bury Caesars or praise it.

The new Las Vegas monorail opened to a steady stream of curiosity-seekers who generally raved about the high-tech trains.

The former Venetian hotel-casino employee who concocted the plan to rig drawings in a bid to appease high-rollers who had lost money in a February 2002 gambling trip apologized to gaming regulators Wednesday.

For many Strip tourists who learned this morning of Harrah's Entertainment Inc.'s blockbuster acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Inc., bigger doesn't necessarily mean better.

Minority small business people attending the MBE Showcase 2004 had mixed opinions about how the proposed mergers of major gaming companies will affect their chances of doing business with those companies.

Bill Thompson, a public administration professor at UNLV, said the increased concentration of Harrah's and Caesars employees would enhance political power.

Nevada gaming regulators have approved Station Casinos' request to take over management at Henderson's Gold Rush and Magic Star casinos.

Station Casino’s ongoing strategy of buying up any and every prime locals gaming site it can obtain in Southern Nevada has paid off richly in recent months.

This morning Gov. Kenny Guinn and other dignitaries arrived at the MGM Grand for a VIP ride on Las Vegas' long-awaited new public transportation system.