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Alan Snel Gaming Guru - Page 5Businessman launches ticket sales push for NHL franchise16 January 2015
If a friendly, white-haired businessman in a blue suit asks you to fork over $150 for a season ticket down payment for a possible NHL franchise in Las Vegas, odds are good that the man is Bill Foley. Foley, the public face of an ownership group seeking to create an NHL team in Las Vegas, arrived in Las ... (read more)
New roster of brand restaurants makes Strip debut13 January 2015
LAS VEGAS -- Caesars Palace President Gary Selesner had business in India recently, so he could have flown through any major city to make the connection. But he picked New York for a singular reason: It allowed him to visit his favorite pizzeria, DiFara Pizza, in Brooklyn. “I almost missed my flight,” Selesner said. ... (read more)
MGM employees probably get healthier perks than you do29 December 2014
LAS VEGAS -- There’s a workout room with elliptical machines, free weights and medicine balls; a lunchroom with free entrées, soups and salad bar; and a fun room with a pingpong table where tables and chairs are sometimes removed for free yoga sessions. It’s not a Las Vegas resort or hotel on the Strip. ... (read more)
MGM-AEG arena to offer booking flexibility, open in April 20164 December 2014
LAS VEGAS -- The new MGM Resorts International-AEG arena being built on the Strip will offer venue booking flexibility to MGM Resorts, which also owns the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Events Center and the MGM Grand Garden arena within a few blocks of the arena site, an MGM Resorts executive said Wednesday. ... (read more)
Does Las Vegas have what it takes for a pro sports franchise?1 December 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas is back in the national pro sports headlines. This time, it’s about the National Hockey League expanding to the valley. “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon used talk of the NHL move in a recent bit on pros and cons of major-league hockey in Las Vegas: “Pro: Buying a souvenir jersey. ... (read more)
Las Vegas officials to make pitch for MLS team20 November 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and City Manager Betsy Fretwell are joining soccer stadium backer Justin Findlay today to pitch Major League Soccer officials on the merits of the city hosting an MLS team. They will confer with MLS officials in New York City. Goodman is the chief political ... (read more)
Noise, traffic from events rankle residents near The Linq17 November 2014
LAS VEGAS -- It looks like an innocuous request — Caesars Entertainment Corporation asking Clark County to expand the Strip’s Gaming Enterprise District to include a 38-acre parking lot behind The Linq Hotel & Casino. But the request has generated more than 50 emails from irate residents, who argue Caesars’ ... (read more)
Forget the AC, Las Vegas embraces the great outdoors for entertainment10 November 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas Boulevard’s newest entertainment venues are using one of Nevada’s greatest resources — the great outdoors. Whether it’s a beer festival, country music concert or truck race on a dirt lot across from the Luxor on the Strip’s south end, or a pop-up rallycross car track behind the High ... (read more)
Ground breaking near for $1.4 billion Strip arena complex23 October 2014
A white Chevrolet Suburban pulled into the vacant 27-acre site off Paradise Road between the SLS Las Vegas and Turnberry Towers, and a 6-foot, 6-inch man dressed in a gray pinstripe suit, white shirt and pink tie eased out of the long SUV and strolled along the gray pavement. Jackie Robinson, the former ... (read more)
Westgate Resorts CEO says minimum pay to be $10 an hour16 October 2014
LAS VEGAS -- David Siegel, Westgate Resorts founder and CEO, said Wednesday that a companywide increase in minimum pay for its workers, including those at Westgate’s Las Vegas resorts, would go to $10 per hour starting Jan. 1. All Westgate employees currently earning less than $10 per hour will receive a ... (read more)
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