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Hard Rock International court filing cites 'shocking acts' in Las Vegas

The valet entrance for the new HRH Tower at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas Monday, December 28, 2009.

Wrongdoings by Las Vegas Hard Rock hotel-casino employees are one more reason the casino should lose its rights to the Hard Rock brand, the owner of the international Hard Rock brand says.

7 January 2011
By Steve Green

MGM strikes marketing deal with L.A. nightclub operator

MGM Resorts International is finalizing a marketing deal with Los Angeles-based SBE that will allow loyalty club members to redeem rewards at MGM-owned properties based on expenditures at select SBE venues, and vice versa, an MGM Resorts executive said Wednesday.

6 January 2011
By Liz Benston

MGM loyalty program will reward customers with perks not imagined previously

The Fountains of the Bellagio erupt in this Jan. 1, 2000 photo. Upon its opening, the Bellagio became the largest and most expensive hotel in the world, once again upping the ante for Las Vegas casinos.

For decades, gamblers could count on a free drink at the slot machine or, after an evening of gambling, dinner or a hotel room on the house. This is how the joints kept their customers: Seduce them with perks. But the recession has forced Las Vegas’ largest casinos to be more imaginative.

6 January 2011
By Liz Benston

George Maloof, Michael Morton reach settlement, part ways

Palms hotel-casino owner George Maloof Jr. in Las Vegas is parting ways with restaurant and nightclub operator Michael Morton and the parties have settled their litigation.

4 January 2011
By Steve Green

Nongaming revenue a shaky leg for Strip to stand on

A private terrace of a Cosmopolitan guest room offers a view of the Bellagio Fountains and other properties along The Strip.

Nongambling attractions fueled Las Vegas’ rapid rise as a world-class resort and convention destination but are proving to be a double-edged sword in the Great Recession.

4 January 2011
By Liz Benston

MGM Resorts names new VP of human resources

Michelle DiTondo today was named senior vice president of human resources for MGM Resorts International of Las Vegas.

3 January 2011
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Las Vegas Sands exec steps into new role managing global operations

Rob Goldstein, Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s No. 3 executive, is assuming a newly-created position managing worldwide casino operations.

3 January 2011
By Steve Green

Las Vegas Strip looks to adapt to a changing market

The Strip, with more rooms to fill and recession-weary customers spending less, is finding ways to lure in younger people, who will be casinos' new customer base as Baby Boomers retire.

It’s easy to fret that the glory days are over for the Strip — the wellspring of our economy and icon of our global identity. After all, so much is going wrong. The slow, semistagnant recovery from the recession. Intense competition in the U.S. and abroad for gambling dollars. Aging Baby Boomers spending less. People seeking gaming venues closer to home. And, if only symbolically, the likelihood no casinos will be built for years.

2 January 2011
By Liz Benston

Aiming to avoid irritating guests, Cosmo won’t charge resort fees

The Cosmopolitan.

The Strip’s newest resort has a provocative ad campaign and artsy attractions to distinguish it from some of its competitors. But there’s a post-recession element behind the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas’ glam rock facade: A contrarian decision to not charge hotel guests resort fees.

1 January 2011
By Liz Benston

Failed plans for Strip casino drag second company into bankruptcy

Investors and creditors face millions of dollars in losses as Indian casino figure R. Shawn Ellis of Las Vegas put another company into Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation Thursday.

31 December 2010
By Steve Green

Court reinstates suit against Laughlin's Riverside casino

CARSON CITY – The Nevada Supreme Court has reinstated a civil suit against the Riverside Resort & Casino in Laughlin and six of its security guards accused of roughing up a former house cleaner.

31 December 2010
By Cy Ryan

Hard Rock Hotel to pay $650,000 in settlement over drugs

The main entrance to Vanity nightclub inside the Hard Rock Hotel's HRH Tower Thursday, February 25, 2010.

Even after Nevada casinos were warned that drug use and other illegal activity wouldn't be tolerated in nightclubs and other venues, Las Vegas Hard Rock hotel-casino employees and supervisors sold drugs and provided private restrooms so patrons could have sex and take drugs, gaming officials allege.

30 December 2010
By Steve Green,
Cy Ryan

Details emerge on firing of Sands China executive

Casino-resort operator Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s top executive in China was told in August he had been fired for working on unauthorized deals and multiple violations of company policy, a recent court filing shows.

30 December 2010
By Steve Green

Las Vegas Sands exec plans to sell 1.7 million shares of stock

Las Vegas Sands President and Chief Operating Officer Michael A. Leven intends to sell up to 1,758,349 shares of Las Vegas Sands stock next year as part of a pre-arranged stock trading plan, the company said today.

29 December 2010
By Liz Benston

Bellagio nixing $25,000 chip after heist

Surveillance video images of an armed man who police believe robbed the Bellagio and Suncoast casinos. The Suncoast robbery is at the left and right, and Bellagio is in the center.

Las Vegas casino bosses are serving notice to the Bellagio bandit who made off with $1.5 million in chips: Try to redeem those worth $25,000 soon or they'll become worthless.

29 December 2010
Oskar Garcia, Associated Press
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