Despite concerns about traffic on South Las Vegas Boulevard, Southern Highlands won approval Wednesday to build a 2,400-room resort hotel at St. Rose Parkway and Interstate 15. "I do have a real concern about ... this very large facility going in and everything else happening up and down Las Vegas Boulevard," Commissioner Bruce Woodbury said. "How are we going to handle traffic that is already very, very congested?"
Yorkton Mayor Phil DeVos is still looking to negotiate a deal with a First Nations-controlled casino that hasn't been following the city's smoking ban. The issue has been simmering since last year, when the Painted Hand Casino went back to having smoking areas after operating under a smoking ban for years.
Organizers of Global Gaming Expo (G2E), the world's largest trade show and conference for the gaming industry, announced today that they will partner with EventPro Forum, the annual confab for live event production professionals, to create the EventPro Forum Entertainment and Event Production Pavilion at G2E 2006, to be held November 14-16, 2006, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
MGM Grand announced that it is now accepting reservations for The Signature at MGM Grand, the luxurious suite hotel to debut in May 2006. A stylish addition to the MGM Grand portfolio, The Signature's suites are set within three beautiful and distinct towers.
About 120 jobs would be created if the plans go ahead at the Hilton Metropole, but residents have objected to potential noise and transport problems.
The UK's first gaming academy, to teach trainee croupiers the tricks of the trade, was officially opened in Lancashire on Wednesday.
The Gazette today exclusively reveals these stunning plans for a GBP 180m flagship casino and leisure complex on Middlesbrough's Middlehaven site. They have been drawn up by Aspers, today named as Tees Valley Regeneration's preferred developer for the north edge of Middlehaven Dock. It is hoped they will put Middlesbrough on the international map as a leading leisure and business destination.
San Francisco - The owner of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas said on Tuesday it would consider selling the popular property located off the Las Vegas Strip after receiving a number of proposals to buy it.
Revenue increase from EUR 670m to EUR 686m
Biloxi, Mississippi - Treasure Bay Casino should reopen by July or August after construction crews convert the first two floors of the company's hotel into a temporary casino and demolish the old gaming house, the company says. Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29 wiped out nearly all of the Mississippi Gulf Coast casinos.
Celine Dion and Elton John got on stage Monday night at Colosseum's Caesars Palace to sing together for the first time, in a benefit to raise money for Harrah's Entertainment workers hard hit by hurricanes. The pair were also joined by comedian Jerry Seinfeld to raise USD 2.1 million for some 8,000 casino workers in the Gulf Coast region.
Las Vegas - Police stormed a room at a Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino this morning and arrested a suspected gunman who authorities said killed another man and shot at police and paramedics.
