Gaming

Las Vegas tourism numbers continue steady climb

Tourists pose in front of the iconic Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign Tuesday, March 6, 2012.

Southern Nevada’s tourism numbers continued to climb in February, aided by the return of some conventions and trade shows, calendar shifts that landed shows in that month and an extra day courtesy of Leap Year.

10 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

Global gaming conference could help Vegas build its 'intellectual capital,' experts say

For Bo Bernhard, bringing one of the world's most important gaming conferences to Las Vegas is an important step toward preserving the city's future as an international headquarters for gambling.

9 April 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Gaming industry sees profitability making a comeback

A word seldom associated with Las Vegas casinos in recent years — profits — may be making a comeback.

8 April 2012
By Steve Green

Slot maker IGT seeks stake in future of online gaming via Facebook

Las Vegas casinos might not be the only ones betting on the legalization of online gaming, according to an article on The Wall Street Journal’s All Things D website. Social networking giant Facebook might also be playing a big hand.

7 April 2012
Las Vegas Sun

International gaming conference headed to Las Vegas

The University of Nevada and UNLV on Monday will announce details of a collaboration to bring one of the gaming industry’s most important international conferences to Las Vegas next year.

6 April 2012
By Richard N. Velotta

King Kong, fire and other Stratosphere facts

Michael and Jennifer Watkins, of Seattle, ride Insanity at the top of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas on Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Casino developer Bob Stupak had envisioned an 1,800-foot tower when he set off to build his Stratosphere, but the Federal Aviation Administration wouldn’t have it. Still, the tower is the tallest freestanding observation tower in the United States and the tallest building west of the Mississippi River, according to its owner.

6 April 2012
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Revamped look has the Stratosphere standing taller these days

A view of the Stratosphere Tower Thursday, April 5, 2012.

For years, the Stratosphere towered over the Las Vegas Strip as a monument to the past, like shag carpet under a chandelier. As casinos to the south spent billions to be the brightest, the Stratosphere’s best view in the city faded into the brown carpet of its rooms with an entrance that beckoned people away from the Strip and through a back door.

6 April 2012
By Ron Sylvester

New gaming operator approved for Westin Casuarina

The state Gaming Control Board has given preliminary approval to Carson City casino owner Rory Lee Bedore to run the gambling operations at the Westin Casuarina just off the Las Vegas Strip.

5 April 2012
By Cy Ryan

Limited-edition Scotch whiskey to be sampled at Riviera

Scotch whiskey enthusiasts will get a taste of some teenage Glenfiddich, including a special limited edition, during a seven-course meal at the Riviera.

5 April 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Financing details unveiled for Sahara renovation into 'SLS Las Vegas'

Monday, May 16, 2011 at 2:12 p.m. - Sam Nazarian, the CEO of SBE Enertainment, the company that owns the Sahara, waves goodbye to the crowd after locking the final door to the casino.

New details were made public Wednesday on hotelier Sam Nazarian’s plan to redevelop and reopen the closed Sahara hotel-casino on the lonely northern end of the Las Vegas Strip. Debt rating agency Moody’s Investors Service issued a report that confirmed the redeveloped property would be called ''SLS Las Vegas'' and that Nazarian was hoping to reopen it in 2014.

4 April 2012
By Steve Green

Cannery reports smaller 2011 loss, but warns of fragile recovery

The Cannery hotel-casino in North Las Vegas.

Las Vegas-based Cannery Casino Resorts posted a smaller loss in 2011 on higher revenue, a new regulatory filing shows.

3 April 2012
By Steve Green

Riviera sees losses widen in 2011, even as revenue up

A view of the Riviera on the Las Vegas Strip on Dec. 26, 2007.

The owner of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas has reported a higher annual loss, even as net revenue improved.

3 April 2012
By Steve Green

Aliante Station emerges profitable from bankruptcy

Aliante Station Casino and Hotel in North Las Vegas.

Aliante Station hotel-casino in North Las Vegas posted a $573,000 profit during the final two months of 2011 after emerging from bankruptcy, its owner says.

3 April 2012
By Steve Green

Commission: As Vegas knows, betting on elections just isn't right

Betting on the presidential election isn’t good public policy, a commission said in declining to make it part of the futures commodity market.

3 April 2012
By Ron Sylvester

Why Nevada offers just about every type of gambling possible — except a lottery

People line up to buy Mega Millions lottery tickets at the Primm Valley Lotto Store across the state line at Primm Thursday, March 29, 2012.

Watching Nevadans form long lines across the California border last week, hoping to strike it rich gambling, would seem akin to Idahoans emigrating for potatoes or Wisconsinites taking a road trip for cheese. Gambling is, more than anything else, supposed to be Nevada’s franchise.

3 April 2012
By David McGrath Schwartz
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