News - Page 1106

Shellshocked from months of fruitless searching, job seekers showed up Monday with scrubbed faces and sharp suits at a large building behind the Mirage.

Organized in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), the exhibition will feature important paintings and sculpture by major contemporary artists with a focus on the 1960s and ’70s.

In a passionate speech, wine entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk captivated the Affiliate Summit crowd Monday with his charismatic style and unscripted remarks.

Harrah's Entertainment is delaying the opening of its Octavius Tower expansion at Caesars Palace until demand for hotel rooms improves, the company said today.

News brief: Ausaf "Omar" Umar Siddiqui is accused of laundering money from the electronics store to pay off massive gambling debts.

A flap over charitable donations leads the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to change policy.

A source says the casino operator is waiting for "better opportunities."

News brief: A Massachusetts state senator is proposing two resort-style casinos to bail out the state's troubling Turnpike Authority.

News brief: A study by Purdue University found that air in casinos contains 14 times more secondhand smoke than air outside.

News brief: Gov. Kathleen Sebelius doesn't have much hope of a casino being developed in the southeast part of the state.

Jordan Smith won a $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em event and will play in a WPT championship event tomorrow as part of the prize package.

Harrah's has halted the tower's completion as room demand dwindles.

News brief: Voters in the state have voted against gambling twice in four years, but proponents are hoping a $7 billion budget deficit could help their cause.

Increases in vehicle and sales taxes in California will cause South California residents to have about $1,500 less in disposable income, according to a UNLV economics professor.

Tilman Fertitta's second attempt to take Landry Restaurants private failed and the company's stock fell nearly 34 percent.

News brief: Casinos are planning for a boom this summer despite the economic recession due to the passage of Amendment 50.

News brief: December revenue at Greektown, MotorCity Casino and MGM Grand all dropped but yearly revenues were up by 1.84%.

Winnings at Strip casinos dropped to a five-year low in November as the resorts recorded their second straight month of double-digit declines.

The Shoshone-Paiute Tribe and the state are signing a compact to permit the tribe to operate in the Duck Valley.

The longtime MGM Mirage CEO left quietly without much more than a few exit interviews.