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Palazzo sues Texas company in clothing trademark dispute

The Palazzo on the Las Vegas Strip.

Another trademark dispute is brewing on the Las Vegas Strip, this one over the sale of “Palazzo” clothing items such as T-shirts at the Palazzo hotel-casino. Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Palazzo hotel-casino sued Palazzo Design Corp. of Houston on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.

15 July 2009
By Steve Green

Next to gaming board, other enforcers look like pushovers

The recent fine levied against Planet Hollywood for nightclub violations was eye-popping — especially when compared with fines from other state regulatory agencies.

15 July 2009
By Alexandra Berzon

Another lawsuit alleges unpaid work at Fontainebleau

A lawsuit was filed Tuesday over allegedly unpaid Fontainebleau construction costs, this one naming resort developer Jeffrey Soffer personally. Subcontractors claiming to be owed money by Turnberry West have been filing lawsuits in Clark County along with claims against a Turnberry West bonding company.

14 July 2009
By Steve Green

Las Vegas Sands exec gets promotion, $535,000 raise

Las Vegas Sands has promoted and extended the contract of longtime executive Rob Goldstein, the company announced today. He will have a base salary of $1.5 million compared to the $965,000 base salary he was earning before.

14 July 2009
By Amanda Finnegan

Encore nightclub's name at center of trademark lawsuit

A dispute has erupted over rights to the trademark "XS" -- the name of a nightclub at Steve Wynn's Encore resort. Wynn Resorts Holdings LLC filed suit against NYLO Hotels of Atlanta after NYLO asserted rights to the trademark and offered to let Wynn pay a licensing fee for use of the XS name.

14 July 2009
By Steve Green

Fontainebleau builder says it's protected from paying severance

Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino-resort builder Turnberry West Construction has not filed for bankruptcy protection -- but it's claiming to be protected from creditors anyway. That's what one Turnberry executive has told a creditor, according to documents in a newly filed lawsuit. Court papers show construction superintendent Carl Sheets was hired at a salary of $160,000 per year in March 2007 and left Turnberry West's employment in February 2009. Under the separation agreement, he was to be paid $4,394 biweekly for one year.

14 July 2009
By Steve Green

Landlords allege Four Queens owner behind on rent

Downtown Las Vegas casino owner TLC Casino Enterprises has been sued by another group of landlords alleging it's behind on rent payments for its Four Queens hotel-casino.

13 July 2009
By Steve Green

Analysts issue first report, name MGM a top pick

Analysis group Union Gaming Research on Monday began coverage of 17 gaming companies, naming MGM Mirage as a top pick in Las Vegas.

A new gaming industry analysis group issued its first public research today, with Las Vegas-based MGM Mirage and Bally Technologies among its top picks. Union Gaming Research, a subsidiary of Union Gaming Group of Las Vegas, announced today the formal launch of coverage on 17 gaming companies. Union said it will not use traditional ratings and price targets, focusing instead on client-specific information.

13 July 2009
By Steve Green

Wynn dealers persist in fight to topple tip-sharing policy

Nearly three years after Steve Wynn implemented a policy requiring that dealers share tips with their immediate supervisors, what he thought would be a short-lived skirmish has turned into an all-out war.

13 July 2009
By Liz Benston

Harrah’s plans new ‘street’ of bars, eateries near Strip

Harrah's Entertainment decided more than two years ago not to implode any of its resorts on the east side of the Strip.

More than two years ago, executives at Harrah’s Entertainment made a momentous decision: They wouldn’t tear down any of their Las Vegas casinos to build new ones.

12 July 2009
By Liz Benston

IGT lays off workers as Bally expands

International Game Technology said it's laying off another 55 workers at its Reno headquarters this week as it continues to adjust during the recession. Meanwhile, its main competitor says it’s looking to grow.

10 July 2009
By Amanda Finnegan

Casino dealers bring tip-sharing case to federal court

Even as Nevada's labor commissioner heard testimony this week in the long-running dispute over tip sharing at Wynn Las Vegas, attorneys for casino dealers pressed the issue in a different forum: federal court.

10 July 2009
By Steve Green

Strip casinos see 6.3 percent drop in winnings

Casinos along the Las Vegas Strip won $480.8 million in May, making it the 17th straight month of a fall in revenues. That dropped by 6.3 percent at the 41 casinos on the Strip compared to May 2008. But it ended a seven-month string of double-digit declines.

9 July 2009
By Cy Ryan

Gauging casino buyouts’ role in misfortune

Private equity firms made offers to acquire Harrah’s Entertainment and Station Casinos in 2006 and early 2007, when capital was cheap and business was booming.

9 July 2009
By Liz Benston

Riviera skips another interest payment

The owner of the Riviera hotel-casino in Las Vegas said today it missed another interest payment on its debt -- but continues to talk with its lender as it looks for a way out of its financial predicament.

8 July 2009
By Steve Green
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