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Arnold M. Knightly Gaming Guru - Page 28Tropicana execs will face regulators28 July 2008
CARSON CITY, Nevada -- Tropicana Entertainment executives will go before state gaming regulators next month to discuss issues related to the company's pending bankruptcy settlement and restructuring, the company said Friday.
The Aug. 6 hearing in Carson City before the state Gaming Control Board is not a ... (read more)
Bonuses for execs28 July 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Tropicana Entertainment executives still collected bonuses in 2007 while the company began to run into financial and regulatory trouble around the country.
The company was being investigated in various jurisdictions, including Nevada, and lost operations of two of the company's three largest casinos. ... (read more)
At last, Durango Station details21 July 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Jackie Guinn is tired of looking at the big sign promising a Station Casinos project near her home.
Since moving into the Rhodes Ranch master-planned community in 2003, Guinn has wondered when 70 vacant acres on Durango Drive just south of the Las Vegas Beltway would become the promised hotel and casino.
... (read more)
Even as economy lags, hopes high for South Point tower21 July 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- South Point owner Michael Gaughan admits his timing could be better.
"When I started doing this thing, things were still going pretty good," Gaughan said about the opening of a new 830-room hotel tower at his South Point hotel-casino. "When I started this tower, it never dawned on me ... (read more)
Workers' rights: Union leaders vow to keep fighting21 July 2008
Last weekend's defeat for the Las Vegas Dealers Local 721 at the Rio could be read one of two ways: It was a bump in the road in what will ultimately be successful organizing efforts in area casinos or it could be the beginning of the end.
Despite the setback, union director Joseph Carbon said the defeat ... (read more)
Dealers at Rio reject union14 July 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A union organizing effort at the Rio fell short Saturday when 60 percent of the casino dealers voted against representation.
National Labor Relations Board officials counted 247 dealers opposed to forming a union, with 162 in favor of union representation by Las Vegas ... (read more)
Nevadan at work: Exec helps Golden Gaming forge into future14 July 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Steve Arcana has made his bones in the locals gaming industry working for the extended family that owns Station Casinos and, now, Golden Gaming.
The energetic 43-year-old came West in 1995 after being recruited by then-Station Casinos executive Blake Sartini, who is married to ... (read more)
Eastside Cannery opens in August14 July 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The $250 million Eastside Cannery will be the first of three new hotel-casino projects opening this year while the economy is struggling with falling home values, $4 gasoline prices and a shrinking job market.
Cannery Casino Resorts co-owner William Wortman isn't concerned, though.
... (read more)
She holds all the cards8 July 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Lori Jensen's name will not ring out with even the most hard-core of poker aficionados, but she has used the professional poker circuit to pay her way through school and travel the country.
Jensen has sat at the same table with champions, hopefuls and characters -- but as a ... (read more)
Lawsuit reveals another unpaid bill for charity event2 July 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- A second Strip resort has still not been paid for a charity event held during NBA's All-Star Weekend.
The MGM Grand's attorneys filed a lawsuit against New York-based event planner Standards and Behind the Bench: The National Basketball Wives Association, a nonprofit formed ... (read more)
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