Wall Street Journal reporter Christine Binkley’s just-published book, “Winner Takes All: Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, Gary Loveman and the Race to Own Las Vegas,” is yet another sign that the gaming business has arrived.
18 March 2008
By Liz Benston
In New York, developers commonly shoehorn buildings into odd places, erecting them atop or in front of existing structures. Las Vegas is cultivating its own shoehorn specialist in Las Vegas Sands, which continues building its casino empire on the Strip even though it has only a few acres of land.
14 March 2008
By Liz Benston
In an avowed effort to become pure in mind, body and spirit, Manny Pacquiao gave up gambling during his preparation for Saturday night’s world title fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.
14 March 2008
By Jeff Haney
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Some Metro cops, DEA agents, Gaming Control officers and Strip nightclub owners walk into a room.
10 March 2008
By Abigail Goldman
Attorneys and two former state budget officials suggest that a vague wording in a teachers union’s petition for a ballot initiative could cause havoc — even closing schools for lack of money.
8 March 2008
By Cy Ryan
High rollers are helping the Strip weather the economic downturn but lower rollers might just be keeping Nevada’s entire economy afloat.
7 March 2008
By Liz Benston
These are tough times for Herbst Gaming. A smoking ban in slot bars has lost them revenue from customers who now must step outside for a smoke. Worse, the company's three casinos in Primm have suffered as gasoline prices have risen.
4 March 2008
By Liz Benston
The burgeoning nightclub scene has brought a new kind of money to Las Vegas — and an old kind of trouble. The scene is awash in cash to an extent reminiscent of Las Vegas’ early days.
28 February 2008
By Liz Benston,
Jeff German,
Michael Mishak
The Seminole Tribe, which operates seven casinos in Florida and purchased the Hard Rock restaurant chain in 2006 for nearly $1 billion, has become the envy of Las Vegas casino operators.
27 February 2008
By Liz Benston
Wynn Las Vegas recently posted a notice acknowledging it can’t threaten workers with discharge if they go on strike, it can’t discipline workers for engaging in legal union organizing activities and it may not threaten employees by saying it is futile to join a union.
27 February 2008
By Liz Benston
Small groups are held dear by Las Vegas hotels because they keep the town afloat much of the year, filling midweek gaps between the big shows and the hordes of weekend tourists.
26 February 2008
By Liz Benston
Sheldon Adelson’s newest tactic to rake in gambling revenue — by ferrying high rollers between his Venetian resorts in Macau and Las Vegas and breaking out the baccarat tables at 30,000 feet — raises the question: Why hasn’t someone else already done it?
23 February 2008
By Liz Benston
Because of the souring economy, the media seem to be latching on as never before to reports of layoffs, including along the Strip. But seasonal dips in business in Las Vegas is one nuance being missed.
23 February 2008
By Liz Benston
Though many customers think the cell phone ban is an annoyance, some casinos entrusted with enforcing it see it as a bigger problem and are pressing for the change.
18 February 2008
By Liz Benston
Nevada casinos are moving toward new technology that will allow managers to change the look, price and take of slot machines from a central computer.
17 February 2008
By Richard N. Velotta
