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Alan Snel Gaming Guru - Page 7National Finals Rodeo to leave Las Vegas16 December 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas lost the prized National Finals Rodeo when the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association board voted 6-3 Sunday to reject Sin City’s offer to keep the NFR past 2014 and to pursue a more lucrative offer to move the Super Bowl of rodeo to Central Florida near Disney World and Orlando. ... (read more)
Fill your palace with Caesars decor11 October 2013
LAS VEGAS -- If you’re looking for a chair from “The Price is Right,” statues of lounging Greek goddesses or tiki huts for your backyard, you just hit the jackpot. Caesars Entertainment is unloading more than 14,000 chairs, lamp shades, metal bed frames and many other items online and at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino this weekend. ... (read more)
Executives from Boyd Gaming, MGM and Caesars picked for UNLV stadium board11 September 2013
LAS VEGAS -- A University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) effort to build a new on-campus football stadium and entertainment center moved forward Tuesday with the naming of three resort-casino executives to a new 11-member stadium board. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board picked one of its own ... (read more)
World-famed architect announced for MGM arena19 June 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Populous, one of world’s powerhouse sports architectural firms, has won the job of designing MGM Resorts International’s proposed $350 million 20,000-seat arena slated for a site between New York-New York and Monte Carlo just off the Strip. MGM, which owns 10 Strip properties, is joining forces with Los Angeles-based AEG to privately build the sports and entertainment venue. ... (read more)
Bicycle-bound security forces keep parking lots safe25 March 2013
LAS VEGAS -- He’s the guy in the black cargo pants, neon green shirt and the Cannondale mountain bike as his vehicle and there’s a chance that Lino Haynes will be the first employee who greets you at Red Rock Resort in Summerlin. Haynes is among the hundreds of security officers at Las Vegas’ hotel-casinos ... (read more)
BMM Testlabs celebrates new location, plans hiring8 March 2013
LAS VEGAS -- BMM Testlabs, the international gaming product testing laboratory company, celebrated its new relocated Las Vegas headquarters with a ribbon-cutting Thursday and plans to hire about 100 workers in the next two years. BMM's space is 22,000 square feet at 815 Pilot Road, Suite G. The company plans further expansion in an adjacent building. ... (read more)
UNLV stadium project faces stiff opposition, loses key backer14 February 2013
LAS VEGAS -- The University of Nevada Las Vegas effort to build a 60,000-seat domed stadium has a $360 million commitment from Majestic Realty but is facing stiff opposition from one of Las Vegas' biggest resort companies. MGM Resorts International, which owns 10 major hotel-casinos on the Strip, earlier ... (read more)
NFL shows no interest in games at proposed UNLV stadium17 January 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Boosters of a proposed domed stadium project on the UNLV campus have mentioned an NFL Pro Bowl and NFL pre-season games as potential events that would help generate millions of dollars for the local economy. But there's only one problem. The NFL doesn't appear likely it would stage a Pro Bowl ... (read more)
UNLV plans to ask LVCVA, casinos for $125 million for stadium11 January 2013
LAS VEGAS -- UNLV will ask the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority and Las Vegas's biggest casinos for about $125 million to help pay for a new domed football stadium on campus, Don Snyder, UNLV's pointman for the project, said Thursday. In an interview at his campus office, Snyder said the request is ... (read more)
LVCVA starts new ad campaign with one-stop shopping website9 January 2013
LAS VEGAS -- The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has launched a new advertising campaign to drive traffic to a one-stop shopping website that will allow Las Vegas visitors to book air flights, hotel reservations and shows at a single point of purchase. The LasVegas.com website is designed to ... (read more)
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