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Rudi reports that while overall traffic may be down in Tunica, you would never know by the quality of entertainment events that are on the upcoming calendar.

The new $700-million resort and casino drew a heavy dose of celebrities this weekend as the MGM celebrated its arrival in Connecticut by opening the doors to its lavish casino, hotel, restaurants, ballroom and 4,000-seat theater.

MGM Mirage involves companies owned by minorities, women and disabled people in CityCenter.

CityCenter has revealed that its stunning resort casino, scheduled to open in late 2009, will be named Aria.

While there may be one heck of a grand opening for the $9.2 billion CityCenter on the Strip, actual opening dates for the various buildings will differ.

Sunstone Spa, part of the newly opened resort at Agua Caliente Casino • Resort • Spa in Rancho Mirage, is offering a grand opening treatment special

Spa Resorts Casinos releases the June entertainment at the Cascade Lounge.

Veteran casino executive and long-time Agua Caliente team member Jeffrey Pepple has been appointed General Manager at Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs.

Wynn Las Vegas filed a lawsuit in District Court on Wednesday to force former National Basketball Association star Charles Barkley to pay back $400,000 in gambling markers the casino alleges it extended him last year.

While Las Vegas miniaturizes landmarks — the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty — the CityCenter skyline towering above the 76-acre site seems larger than life.

Seneca Gaming Corp. is drafting a development plan for Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in Niagara Falls.

News Brief: The 7th Street Casino on Thursday made its first quarterly payment, in the amount of $152,416.24, to the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.

The Las Vegas-based HIV/AIDS charity Golden Rainbow will present its 22nd annual "Ribbon of Life" fundraising production show on June 14 and 15 in Le Theatre des Arts at Paris Las Vegas.

News Brief: As travel costs continue to rise, some analysts say closer-to-home regional casinos might attract gamblers away from 'destination' gaming centers like Las Vegas and Atlantic City.

Three off-Strip properties are addressing the economic pinch by increasing promotional spending, although they are taking separate approaches to cost-cutting efforts.

With the nation's economy in a tailspin and spending and confidence levels of consumers reaching all-time lows, the nation's casino companies are feeling squeezed.

The cost to build MGM Mirage's massive CityCenter development has cracked the $9 billion mark.

CityCenter today commemorated the 'topping out' of its 57-story Vdara Condo Hotel, the first of six distinctive high-rise towers that will be topped within the coming months.

MGM Mirage officials will top out CityCenter's 57-story Vdara Condo Hotel today.

Operators of Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton might soon be telling Sin City, "Qapla'."