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Mandalay Resort Group has signed leases with many of the 40 or so boutique retailers and restaurants set to open this fall in the skyway mall linking the company's Mandalay Bay and Luxor casinos.

The power of Station Casinos' Sacramento, Calif.-area tribal casino isn't lost on the Nevada Gaming Commission, which held its monthly meeting Thursday in Las Vegas.

Unhappy that a broad-based business tax wasn't approved by the Nevada Legislature while casino taxes were increased, gambling company MGM Mirage Inc. quit the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and two other business groups.

The bankrupt Castaways hotel-casino on Wednesday received a financial boost from Vestin Mortgage.

Aztar Corp. executives say they are on track with a plan that will allow them to make a definitive decision on whether to redevelop the Tropicana resort in Las Vegas.

News Brief: The Reverend Jesse Jackson and a sea of workers rallied in front of the Aladdin megaresort Wednesday to try to force casino management to recognize its recently formed union.

In Las Vegas, most major casinos offer Gideon Bibles in rooms but don't have other holy texts available.

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said Thursday a deal has been struck with the consortium of downtown casinos that permits a total of 25 slots in Neonopolis' restaurants and bars.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has for the first time developed original Spanish-language spots to lure more drive-in traffic from nearby areas with large Hispanic populations.

Two senior executives and two board members at bankrupt Mego Financial Corp./Leisure Industries of Las Vegas have resigned.

A Castaways hotel-casino executive on Wednesday detailed problems at the struggling Las Vegas property, saying it was denied its best shot at raising funds to convert into a Holiday Inn franchise.

The number of passengers flying in and out of Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport increased by 2.3 percent in June over the same month a year ago, the airport reported today.

Park Place Entertainment Corp. has resurrected plans to build a $350 million room tower at Caesars Palace, a company official said today.

Steve Wynn's added a Rembrandt self-portrait to his art collection, and the Strip developer is happy about the $11.3 million purchase.

The city's primary economic engine remained largely in neutral through the first five months of 2003, a new survey shows.

A Rembrandt self-portrait that went unrecognized for more than three centuries was bought at auction today for $11.3 million by casino developer, Steve Wynn.

Two airlines new to the Las Vegas market are adding round-trip flights to and from McCarran International Airport from six cities.

Casino industry executives and insiders with knowledge of the Castaways said the property is plagued by problems. The property recently filed for bankruptcy.

News Brief: Coast Casinos Chairman Michael Gaughan is planning to build the city's most expensive locals casino at the southern end of the Strip, according to a company executive.

Celebrity chef Bobby Flay has reached an agreement with Caesars Palace to bring his vibrant Southwestern cuisine to the famed Las Vegas resort.