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Vegas Casinos Eye Last-Minute New Year's Eve Business
30 December 2002
News Brief: Big-name concerts and a $500,000 fireworks show are expected to attract 270,000 people over the holiday.
Conventions Fuel Strip Room-Rate Rise30 December 2002
Las Vegas looks like it will be hot, hot, hot in January, thanks to booming convention business and the opening of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center Jan. 3.
Seven Strip Spots Get Conde Nast Kudos30 December 2002
Seven of the world's 500 best hotels are in Las Vegas, a survey published in January's edition of Travel + Leisure magazine reports.
The Strip: Room Raise Projected in January26 December 2002
Christmas dawned with the gaming industry getting its wishes for the New Year, data collected by Bear, Stearns & Co. suggests.
Casino Workers: 2002 Xmas Different From Past Holidays26 December 2002
Las Vegas casino industry employees working Wednesday shifts acknowledged that Christmas 2002 - and 2002 itself - was different.
Las Vegas Leads as Host of Events24 December 2002
Las Vegas will play host to more trade shows than any other city in the United States and Canada in 2003, an industry trade publication says.
Wynn, Others Recall Bennett24 December 2002
William G. Bennett was remembered Monday as part of a pantheon of gaming visionaries in Las Vegas' post-Howard Hughes corporate era who helped change the town's outlaw image by operating resorts that attracted families and a value-conscious crowd.
Source: Planet and Starwood Team up for Aladdin Bid24 December 2002
Planet Hollywood and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide are emerging as the front-runners to buy the bankrupt Aladdin hotel-casino, said an inside source.
Gaming Pioneer Bennett Dies23 December 2002
Bill Bennett had the Midas Touch in gaming. Whether turning several money-losing casinos into winners or building megaresorts such as the Excalibur or Luxor, Bennett struck gold during a career that touched five decades.
Judge Slaps Las Vegas Gambling Figure with Longer Term23 December 2002
Former penny stock promoter and Las Vegas gambling figure Robert Brennan, already serving a nine-year prison term for fraud and money laundering, was sentenced in New York to three more years Thursday for violating a judge's order freezing his assets.
Licenses Approved for Cannery Casino Hotel19 December 2002
The North Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved liquor and gaming licenses for the coming Cannery Casino Hotel.
Green Valley Turns One on Wednesday18 December 2002
Green Valley Ranch Station Casino turns one year old Wednesday, and for owners Station Casinos and the Greenspun family, it'll be a very happy birthday.
Greenspun: Casino Interests Secondary18 December 2002
Brian Greenspun doesn't think of himself as a casino executive even though a family company owns half of Green Valley Ranch Station Casino, one of the valley's most profitable locals casinos that opened exactly one year ago.
Off-Strip Gambling: Downtown Blues16 December 2002
Heading into 2003, downtown Las Vegas is being left in the dust by the glitz of a new generation of tribal casinos in Southern California.
Vegas Visitor Count Seesaws16 December 2002
The tourism industry's seesaw performance continued in October with the visitor head count up 4.2 percent compared with last year, but down 4 percent compared with pre-Sept. 11 October numbers.
Rising Room Rates Leave Doubts16 December 2002
After hefty holiday discounting to hold the line on hotel occupancy, casino operators are raising room rates for the post-New Year's weekend.
Sands Celebrates 50th16 December 2002
Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Sands, the legendary Strip casino imploded to make way for Sheldon Adelson's The Venetian.
Binion's Plans Internet Casino13 December 2002
Binion's Horseshoe introduced a `play for fun’ website this week that is intended to serve as a first step to launching a real-money Internet casino for foreign bettors.
Las Vegas Plans for New Year's Eve Fireworks12 December 2002
News Brief: For the third consecutive year, New Year's Eve in Las Vegas will include a large-scale fireworks display over the Strip.
Vegas Gaming Win Still Weak Compared to 200012 December 2002
Casinos along the Las Vegas Strip won $395.3 million in October, up 10.4 percent from a year ago and the third straight month of increased revenues. But the amount won was still down .5 percent compared to October 2000.
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