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Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has renewed his call for local tourism officials to take legal action against the National Football League over its perceived anti-Las Vegas policies.

Terrible's Casino & Hotel celebrated its third anniversary by offering gamblers a pair of sweet six-hour deals that most gamblers can only dream about.

What happens here, may stay here. But unfortunately for many local businesses, it seems a growing number of visitors' dollars didn't even make the trip this past year.

Las Vegas ranks No. 3 on Inc. Magazine's new list of the Top 25 Cities to Do Business in America. The city trails Atlanta and Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif.

News Brief: A group of black business owners has purchased the long-closed Moulin Rouge property and plans to build a $200 million locals' casino resurrecting and celebrating the historic hotel.

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

Workers on Friday completed asbestos removal and demolition of the Vagabond Inn and Tam O'Shanter Motel on the Strip and Sands Avenue, Las Vegas Sands officials said.

A one-stop job search center will be set up to help laid-off workers from the Castaways hotel-casino.

Las Vegas' current convention boom will power it past obstacles such as the proliferation of domestic gaming, Indian casinos and offshore Internet betting sites, according to casino executives.

After years of discussion about moving into Nevada, Donald Trump easily won support from state regulators Wednesday for his licensing as a gaming operator.

At a gaming conference, Harrah’s CEO, Gary Loveman, unwisely compared comments by Nevada Gaming Commission Chairman Peter Bernhard to those of 1950s commie-basher Sen. Joe McCarthy.

The explosion of tribal casinos in California continues to hurt Nevada's second-tier markets but does not appear to be significantly cutting into business in Las Vegas, a panel of experts said at a conference.

CBS won't broadcast the Super Bowl again for at least another three years, but the NFL still intends to talk to the network about why Las Vegas ads ran on some of its affiliates during Sunday's Super Bowl.

About 200 people attending the 10th annual American Gaming Summit Tuesday in Las Vegas paid tribute to William Boyd, chairman and chief executive of Boyd Gaming Corp., Las Vegas.

News Brief: Handing out photos of topless women to strangers on the Strip for $4 an hour is not Jorge Amador's ideal job.

Despite strong growth in 2003 at the Las Vegas Sands, owner and operator of The Venetian, Grand Canal Shops and Sands Macau, net income faltered in the fourth quarter on weak table play, depreciation and interest expenses, officials said Tuesday.

A national emergency program that has been used to help hundreds of former Binion's Horseshoe employees is ending, but another 400 out-of-work casino workers will still be eligible for help, a Nevada Partners official said.

It looks like Janet Jackson's breast isn't the only thing that won't be making a return appearance on next year's television broadcast of Super Bowl XXXIX.

News Brief: Football fans bet a record $81.2 million in Nevada on the Feb. 1 Super Bowl, and casinos won a hefty $12.4 million, state gambling regulators reported on Wednesday.

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino owner Peter Morton has signed a deal to partner with Hollywood nightlife developer Brent Bolthouse on the opening of a new yet-to-be named nightclub at his Las Vegas hotel.