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One of two luxury hotels at the Resort at Summerlin, a $276 million development featuring two Regent International Hotels and a European-style casino, remains on schedule to open June 29.

Clark County building inspectors cleared another six floors of the Venetian for occupancy and will conduct more life-safety tests on the $1.5 billion resort later this week.

American Wagering Inc. said it has agreed to sell its Howard Johnson's hotel-casino to Gold Rush Casino & Hotel LLC and lease back the casino and bar at Tropicana and I-15 for two years.

Acres Gaming, a provider of products and services to casinos worldwide, announced Monday that it's moving its headquarters from Corvallis, Oregon to Las Vegas.

District Judge Stephen Huffaker dismissed a lawsuit Monday alleging building code violations at the Venetian may threaten the public's safety.

The Las Vegas City Council on Monday allowed casino developer Bob Stupak to keep anchored for two weeks a rezoning request for a Titanic-themed hotel, despite a flood of concern from neighbors of the planned project.

Don't panic, it's not because life on Earth will end when the new millennium arrives… At least we hope not.

The Rio Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas will welcome the millennium with the sounds of legendary rock star Rod Stewart.

Business trips to Las Vegas are typically mixed with a fair share of pleasure. Sandy Rudd, a computer software engineer from Chattanooga, Tennessee, got more than her fair share last week when she hit a $1,075,776 progressive jackpot at the Las Vegas Hilton-playing nickel slots, no less.

Mikohn Gaming Corp. has announced that it will provide new signage and lighting as part of the $50 million renovation and modernization project on the exterior of Boyd Gaming's Stardust Hotel & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

The fourth fiscal quarter of 1998 was dynamic, to say the least, for Mirage Resorts. Its newest Las Vegas property, Bellagio, achieved in only 77 days what is believed to be the highest quarterly revenues of any resort in Nevada history, yet the company reported an overall loss due the expenses involved in opening the luxurious new resort.

Las Vegas' Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino and Reno Air have cooked up a little deal that allows passengers to bypass baggage at McCarran International Airport and check their bags instead in the hotel's lobby.

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority reports that visitor volume to Las Vegas has increased by 6.7 percent in December 1998 compared with the same period a year ago, marking the largest monthly increase since 1995.

Looking for a change of pace? About an hour up the road from Las Vegas, the Mesquite Star Hotel Casino in Mesquite, Nevada will be playing host to The National Bluegrass Bash on February 20-21.

Gamers and vacationers will soon have a place to experience first-hand the magic behind the development of Las Vegas and a chance to learn about the legends who made the city what it is today.

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET) is relocating its corporate headquarters, along with approximately 50 senior corporate executives and staff, to Las Vegas.

A new 102,000 square-foot showroom complex is in the works at Rio Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Construction on the $35 million addition to the resort's entertainment venues has begun and is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2000.

Now that the Paris-Las Vegas Casino Resort, due to open in the fall of '99, has begun taking reservations, a taste of Paris with a Vegas twist is just a few months and a phone call away.

Weekly guidance from the heavens via our partners at the Las Vegas Sun.

Our partners at Las Vegas Showbiz take a look at what the Luxor has to offer in the post-holiday season.