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Carol O’Hare, executive director of the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling

Community collaborator: Carol O'Hare, executive director of the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling, is shown after a July 15 interview.

Carol O’Hare, who considers herself a recovering compulsive gambler, was named executive director of the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling in April 1996.

4 September 2009

Lenders want study on Station's rejection of Boyd, other issues

Minority lenders in the Station Casinos Inc. bankruptcy case asserted new allegations Tuesday, charging conflicts of interest and asking why Station continues to reject Boyd Gaming Corp.'s bid to buy certain assets.

2 September 2009
By Steve Green

CityCenter's Aria resort to hire 350 workers

The Aria hotel is shown on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009.

Hospitality management firm The Light Group said today it will be hiring 350 people for its three food and beverage locations at CityCenter’s Aria Casino and Resort. The company will begin its hiring process with a two-day job. The Light Group is looking fill positions for hosts, promoters, security, bartenders, cooks, food runners, buspersons and pantry workers at its Union Restaurant, Haze Nightclub and Deuce Lounge.

2 September 2009
By Amanda Finnegan

Las Vegas Sands to sell $600 million in bonds

Las Vegas Sands Corp. announced Wednesday plans to take on up to $600 million of debt that it can convert into equity once it completes a public stock offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company said the bond offering would improve its liquidity position.

2 September 2009
By Steve Green

Bellagio: Indicted billionaire owes $258,480 gambling debt

One month before his financial empire was shut down by regulators, Texas billionaire Robert Allen Stanford was running up a quarter-million-dollar gambling debt in Las Vegas, a lawsuit filed by a casino shows. The Bellagio resort on the Las Vegas Strip sued Stanford in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas on Tuesday, claiming he owes $258,480 in unpaid gambling markers.

1 September 2009
By Steve Green

Judge delays key part in Station bankruptcy case

A key portion of a plan to spend cash by Station Casinos Inc. during its bankruptcy proceedings won't be decided at a hearing Wednesday, so parties have more time to assess, adjust and reply to the complex proposal.

1 September 2009
By Steve Green

Details released on CityCenter restaurants, entertainment

Hospitality management firm The Light Group says it plans to run four venues inside the main hotel-casino of the $8.5 billion CityCenter complex on the Las Vegas Strip.

1 September 2009
By Amanda Finnegan

Light Group to run nightclub, pool in CityCenter

Hospitality management firm The Light Group says it plans to run four venues inside the main hotel-casino of CityCenter, the $8.5 billion complex on the Las Vegas Strip

31 August 2009
Associated Press

Travel site sued by several casinos files for bankruptcy

A Las Vegas company that books hotel rooms and sells vacation packages online has filed for bankruptcy reorganization in a case involving numerous Southern Nevada hotel-casinos.

31 August 2009
By Steve Green

Fertitta remembered for 'kindness, generosity, integrity' at funeral

Victoria Fertitta, in glasses, leads her family and the casket at the funeral for her husband and Station Casinos founder Frank Fertitta Jr. Saturday at the Shrine of the Most Holy Redeemer.

Station Casinos founder Frank Fertitta Jr. was remembered at a funeral Saturday as a loving man who had a great deal of faith. The funeral attracted a large gathering of Las Vegans and notables from the arenas of business, sports and government.

29 August 2009
By Kyle B. Hansen

Sheldon Adelson sues contractor over alleged home mold

Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Adelson is suing a house-building contractor, claiming mold has been growing in one of his luxury homes because of construction defects.

28 August 2009
By Steve Green

Tropicana names new leadership amid rebranding

Tropicana Las Vegas has put a new executive team in place under the leadership of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alex Yemenijian, the company announced today.

28 August 2009
By Amanda Finnegan

California doctor joins MGM Mirage board

MGM Mirage on Friday announced that California physician Joseph H. Sugerman is joining its board of directors.

28 August 2009
By Las Vegas Sun Staff

Prospects are grim for job growth in Las Vegas

Las Vegas’ economy is going to need more than CityCenter’s opening — and massive hiring — to rebound to pre-recession employment levels, a local economist said. Prospects for job growth in the next six months are few.

28 August 2009
By Nicole Lucht

Commission adds slot cheat to Black Book

A convicted slot cheat has been added to Nevada’s Black Book of people excluded from casinos in the state.

28 August 2009
By Richard N. Velotta
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