North America News - Page 951

News Brief: American gamblers, who are expected to make up 80 per cent of the visitors to Caesars Windsor, have started cutting back this year after spending more in 2007 than the year before.

News Brief: Gamblers and gourmands have only a month more to wait for the opening of the new casino at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

News Brief: Construction has begun on the Navajo Nation’s first casino and tribal officials celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony Monday.

By a 123-110 vote, Mandalay Bay guards rejected the International Union of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America.

Virgin America has partnered with Match.com to bring singles aboard the airline's "SuperFly" Wednesday night series for an evening of social networking and fun at The Venetian Las Vegas.

News Brief: Foxwoods Resort Casino and MGM Grand at Foxwoods posted slot revenue of $72.5 million in May, nearly 8 percent higher than the net slot win a year ago.

The death toll at Strip construction sites continued to rise Monday, this time at Boyd Gaming Corp.'s Echelon project site with the death of a 49-year-old carpenter who fell about 15 feet and suffered fatal head injuries after landing on his head.

Pin-up star, Cindy Margolis, will make a guest appearance at Casbah Nightclub at Trump Taj Mahal on Saturday, June 21 at 10:30 pm.

Ameristar Casinos, Inc. will hold an Investment Community Field Trip at the Ameristar Casino Resort Spa in St. Charles, Missouri on June 19, 2008.

Cox Business/Hospitality Network has launched its high-definition Video On Demand platform and wireless internet in the new Encore at Wynn Las Vegas.

Top amateur boxers from the U.S. and Canada will get in the ring at Spotlight 29 Casino to show their best abilities just before the Olympics at the 7th annual Desert Showdown Invitational Amateur Boxing Championship.

Owners and operators of Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel and Circling Raven Golf Club in Idaho Panhandle continue to fulfill investment promises.

News Brief: The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians will open its new $114 million Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel along M-72 to the public on Tuesday, in advance of a June 24 grand opening.

An unstable construction crane at the $9.2 billion CityCenter shut down traffic on a one-third-mile stretch of the Strip and stalled work on a portion of the 76-acre site for nearly 11/2 hours Friday afternoon.

Mount Airy Casino Resort reopened for business today after a severe thunderstorm Saturday evening interrupted power to the non-casino areas of the facility and led to the evacuation of the entire facility including the casino floor.

News Brief: Federal officials must immediately withdraw the final study for the Cowlitz casino and issue a revised document that reflects current conditions, an attorney representing La Center's four cardrooms demanded Thursday.

News Brief: The first local payout of slot machine revenues from Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino will be staying in Albany for the foreseeable future because the city and county cannot agree on a formula to split it up.

Harrah's installed six wireless touch-screen computer tables that will let bar customers perform a number of functions, including viewing and sending messages to customers at one of the other Microsoft Surface tables.

The Blue Man Group has been ordered to the bargaining table after an appeals court sided with federal labor officials and the Las Vegas union local that has been seeking a contract for stagehands at The Venetian show.

Leading Hollywood Casino Bay St. Louis cast members and supervisors of the second quarter for 2008 were recognized for their outstanding service.