Nevada News - Page 682

News Brief: Only 14 Nevada hotel-casinos have complied with a new homeland security law requiring major resorts to file an emergency response plan with the state and police.

AirTran Airways, a discount passenger carrier that currently offers 12 nonstop round trips a week between McCarran International Airport and Atlanta, will link Las Vegas and Dallas with a pair of nonstop round trips early next year.

In 3 ½ years, Icahn Gaming Chief Executive Officer Rich Brown has seen a handful of smaller casinos more than quadruple their cash flow.

Las Vegas has replaced Columbus, Ohio, as the best city in the United States to conduct market research, an executive for NBC said Wednesday.

More than 260 of the nation's best slot players will gather at Harrah's Las Vegas on Nov. 3 to compete for $1 million and the title of National Champion of Slots at the finals of the ninth annual Harrah's Millionaire Maker.

The raging fires in Southern California that blew smoke and ash over Las Vegas Wednesday don't appear to be keeping tourists away from the city, Strip resorts say.

News Brief: Park Place has put the Reno Hilton, northern Nevada's largest hotel-casino, up for sale.

Station Casinos, Inc. today announced a $110 million expansion of Green Valley Ranch Station.

Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. reports net income increased 5.7% to $3,665,814, or $0.39 per share (diluted), for Q3 2003, compared to $3,467,460, or $0.36 per share (diluted), for Q3 2002.

News Brief: Some of Claude Monet's greatest masterpieces will be on display in a new exhibition at the Bellagio hotel-casino beginning early next year.

Boomtown Casino and Hotel Reno has paid out a $50,000 jackpot to Double Lucky winner Arnold Goldberg.

News Brief: Injured illusionist Roy Horn was transferred from the University Medical Center Trauma Center to another medical facility Tuesday.

The Culinary got a taste of its own picketing medicine Tuesday as a group of about 20 disaffected workers carried signs and protested the recent decision by the union health plan to drop several dozen doctors from its coverage network.

The owners of the Hacienda Hotel & Casino have recently approached Lake Mead officials about possibly selling the property, an action that has triggered a government-funded appraisal and hazardous materials review of the site that is expected by March, National Park Service spokeswoman Roxanne Dey said.

The owner of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas said third-quarter profit was flat at $1.9 million compared to the same quarter the previous year.

Southwest Airlines, the No. 1 carrier of tourists and gamblers to Las Vegas, today said it will add Philadelphia International Airport to its route map.

A 55-year-old Las Vegas man pleaded guilty in Federal Court on Monday to operating an illegal sports betting business in Las Vegas.

News Brief: Vegas.com provides the Las Vegas visitor with a kind of virtual concierge, able to get into a restaurant that's turning away customers or a nightclub show that's supposedly sold out.

Caesars Palace broke ground for its new tower Monday, hoping to entice enough added guests to return casino play to historic standards.