Nevada News - Page 747

The Stratosphere's new 1,000-room hotel tower helped push the Las Vegas Strip property's revenues up in the quarter, despite a citywide slowdown in tourism.

It’s the first hotel-casino in the country to get the Five-Diamond Award, which is difficult for any hotel to earn when it has that many rooms.

Harrah's is sending 20 of its customers from around the country to the Nevada desert this morning, and one of them is slated to find a treasure chest worth $1 million.

Las Vegas officials plan to make a fireworks display an annual event that will help serve as a tool to market Las Vegas as the premier New Year's destination in the world.

Though the $265 million Palms is modest by Strip standards, many are awaiting the opening of the hotel-casino with the same kind of anticipation that preceded the opening of many of the megaresorts of the last three years.

Mandalay became the second casino operator to introduce a multi-property slot club card for its Las Vegas Strip-area casinos with its "One Club" card.

Nevada gaming regulators have steadily scaled back minimum bet requirements as they craft rules to implement a state law allowing private gambling areas for the world's biggest bettors.

Stratosphere representatives, realizing they had no council support, asked to have the application for a thrill ride withdrawn.

Governor Guinn said he hopes a $57 million relief package will help thousands of jobless people pay their bills during the coming months.

Long-time casino executive Bill Paulos is close to a deal to become the new manager of Regent Las Vegas' casino.

Transport Workers Union say there has been disagreements during negotiations with the Tropicana on such issues as dealer pay, grievance procedures and firing policies.

In its first gaming win report since the Sept. 11 attacks, the Nevada Gaming Control Board says that Nevada's casinos won $763.6 million from gamblers in September, down just 3.1 percent from September 2000.

Station receives approval to operate the Green Valley Ranch Station Casino. The property includes a casino with over 2500 slot and video poker machines, 53 gaming tables, and a 171-seat race and sports book.

A bankruptcy judge postponed until at least next week a decision on whether to approve a $50 million interim financing plan for the struggling Aladdin.

Third-quarter profits fell 71 percent for locals casino giant Station Casinos in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the December sale of the company's two Missouri casinos.

A bankruptcy judge has yet to decide whether a massive new nightclub and a show featuring actress Carmen Electra will make their home at the bankrupt Aladdin hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

The system is called `QuikPlay,' and it's being developed by Global Cash Access of Las Vegas.

Station Casinos Inc. is taking the first steps toward an expansion of Boulder Station.

Coast Resorts is fighting the Vancouver, British Columbia-based Coast Hotels chain over which company has rights to use the Coast trademark.

The Venetian megaresort on the Las Vegas Strip sued Clark County and the Rosewood Grille restaurant, in hopes of blocking Rosewood's planned expansion.