Großer Cyberangriff auf Las Vegas: Hacker verursachten bei MGM Resorts 100 Mio. $ Schaden. Alle Infos zur Attacke der Gruppe 'Scattered Spider' und der Festnahme.

Haute Cuisine, High Fashion Locations und das Who-is-Who der Musikszene bescheren einen unvergleichlichen Start ins neue Jahr. Der Puls von Las Vegas geht immer beschleunigt, doch zum Jahreswechsel legt er noch einmal an Tempo zu. Es ist nicht nur das Adrenalin an den Spieltischen, das an diesen Tagen durch die Venen Las Vegas' fließt

Das Imperial Palace wirft sich in Schale und tritt ab 21. Dezember 2012 unter dem Namen The Quad Resort & Casino auf. Dies gab Caesars Entertainment vor Kurzem bekannt. Besucher werden bereits ab November diesen Jahres die Transformation miterleben können, die offizielle Änderung erfolgt dann Ende Dezember. Die Renovierungen und Umbauarbeiten sollen Ende des Jahres 2013 fertiggestellt sein.

Jerusalem (Reuters) - The heads of a group seeking to build a multi-billion-dollar casino on the Las Vegas strip are turning to billionaire Sheldon Adelson for financial help, Israel's TheMarker financial news website said on Tuesday. Israeli businessmen Yitzhak Tshuva and Nochi Dankner plan to ask Adelson to become a partner in their project, it said. A spokeswoman for Dankner's IDB Development said Dankner and Tshuva are in New York...

Casino company Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. topped off a 23-story tower at Caesars Palace on Tuesday as part of a USD 1 billion expansion at its flagship Las Vegas Strip resort. The 665-room Octavius Tower is the sixth at Caesars. The 665-room Octavius Tower is the sixth at Caesars and is part of an expansion the company hopes will help the hotel-casino compete with planned neighboring luxury resorts.

Las Vegas (Reuters) - The biggest bet on the Las Vegas Strip has not paid off yet. Private equity firms Apollo Global Management and TPG Capital bought Harrah's Entertainment, which operates nearly 40 casinos across the United States, for USD 31 billion in January. It was the peak of a leveraged buyout bubble that moved companies like Hilton Hotels and Station Casinos into the hands of private investors.

Los Angeles (Reuters) - Elad Group, the owner of New York's iconic Plaza Hotel, confirmed Thursday it has postponed plans for a multibillion dollar Las Vegas Strip project as well as repayment of a loan used to purchase the site. The decision comes as a slumping U.S. economy and much tighter credit markets have caused other developers to reassess the need for more hotel capacity in the gambling corridor.

Las Vegas (AP) -- Shares in MGM Mirage Inc. surged Tuesday after the company said it secured commitments for USD 1.65 billion of the final USD 3 billion in financing for its next major casino project on the Las Vegas Strip. The company said last week that a deal was delayed because of tight financial markets. Company officials had expected the deal to be in place in June or July, but on Tuesday said it would be done in the third quarter.

The gambling action is moving north along the Las Vegas Strip with last week’s opening of the Palazzo, filling out a once-quiet intersection and promising more play for neighboring resorts run by Wynn Resorts and MGM Mirage. The USD 1.9 billion Palazzo, an extension of Las Vegas Sands Corp’s Venetian hotel-casino, is the Strip’s first new resort in nearly three years and has increased casino visitors along the northern portion of the gambling corridor, even though room rates have softened.

Las Vegas (AP) - A Goldman Sachs investment fund came closer to putting a USD 1.3 billion bet on the Las Vegas Strip, as it was approved Thursday to buy the iconic 1,149-foot-tall Stratosphere tower and casino-hotel, a mid-market property that caters to budget travelers. Managing director Jonathan Langer of Goldman Sachs & Co. told members of the Nevada Gaming Commission that the investment giant believed high-end developments on the north end of the Strip could leave some tourists out in the cold.