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The Stratosphere hotel-casino today released an image of its "Project X Sky," a new floorless teeter-totter thrill ride planned at the resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

News Brief: On July 3, the Tropicana will raise the curtain on V - The Ultimate Variety Show, which debuted last year at the Venetian in Las Vegas.

The lure of discounts is Las Vegas' No. 1 means of attracting all-important first-time visitors, a survey by MRC Group Research Institute found last week.

Silverton executives are hoping a $30 million outdoor megastore and $70 million in casino and hotel renovations will transform the south Las Vegas property into a regional dynamo.

The world-famous Kirov Ballet from Russia with perform an exclusive engagement at the Aladdin Theatre Sept. 6 and 7.

The Sahara is moving to evict the NASCAR Cafe from its Strip-front property, but the roller-coaster operator is fighting back.

Passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport was flat in May, though year-to-date traffic numbers remained ahead of 2002's pace, the Clark County Department of Aviation said Monday.

Mandalay Resort Group notified the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Friday it may quit the business group if it continues to lobby legislators against the gaming industry's tax position.

One casino company's falling out with the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce has spread to one of gaming's biggest vendors, linen supplier Mission Industries.

With the planned sale of the bankrupt Aladdin close, bidding for the megaresort is shaping up as a two-horse race, sources said.

Sightseeing, spending time at the pool and shopping rank above gambling in drawing visitors to Las Vegas, a new MRC Group Research Institute survey released Thursday showed.

The El Cortez has agreed to pay a $15,000 fine to Nevada regulators for allegedly allowing one of its own managers to gamble at the casino and rack up significant gambling debts at the property, both violations of state law.

Executives of Las Vegas' largest casino companies dominated a list of Southern Nevada's highest paid local executives last year.

Station is identifying which Station vendors are also chamber members, a step Station President Lorenzo Fertitta said Thursday could result in the locals gaming giant transferring its business to companies that aren't fighting the casino business.

News Brief: Sightseeing, spending time at the pool and shopping rank above gambling in drawing visitors to Las Vegas, a new MRC Group Research Institute survey released Thursday showed.

A Montreal-based discount air carrier plans nonstop round-trip flights between Montreal and Las Vegas beginning in the fall.

A weak dollar, recent tax cuts and pent-up demand for Las Vegas vacations are heating interest in the Strip as summer approaches, Wall Street and industry analysts said Wednesday.

News Brief: The gaming industry in Las Vegas could prove prey for terrorists because of its visibility and dependence on leisure travel, security professionals said this week.

News Brief: A well-known New York publishing company has settled a simmering dispute with Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman over a book that alleged he attended a coffee shop meeting in which the assassination of a federal judge was plotted.

Pressures caused by the war in Iraq and a depressed U.S. travel industry continued to plague Las Vegas tourism in April, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority said Tuesday.