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• Western Hotel owners seek to maintain gambling rights (2 December 2013)
• Downtown Project buys Gold Spike, casino to close on Sunday (12 April 2013)
• Hsieh makes $45 million in property deals downtown (20 December 2012)
• City leaders fear union pickets will ruin downtown celebration (11 October 2012)
• Record jackpot fuels lottery craze at Nevada border (30 March 2012)
• Lady Luck casino to be remade in Las Vegas (27 October 2011)
• Nevada bill would allow mobile gaming in hotel rooms (6 April 2011)
• Obama takes another shot at Vegas (3 February 2010)
• CityCenter hoping for a presidential cameo (30 November 2009)
• Prive liquor license appeal denied (29 July 2009)
• LVCVA votes to continue R&R pact (15 July 2009)
• LVCVA to consider pact for union staff (14 July 2009)
• Boulder Dam Hotel forced to close doors (13 July 2009)
• Mayor calls Lady Luck casino 'carcass' (6 July 2009)
• Gaming index reveals industry still suffering (2 July 2009)
• Vegas casinos offering bargains all over (29 June 2009)
• Clark County approves Rent-A-Car slot machine (17 June 2009)
• Lawsuit accuses strip clubs, taxis of scam (3 June 2009)
• Dispute leaves Neonopolis on broil (2 June 2009)
• Vegas supplying low rates this weekend (22 May 2009)
• LVCVA approves reduced budget (22 May 2009)
• Vegas sees smallest decline in seven months (8 May 2009)
• Danger signs for Binion's (6 May 2009)
• Vegas entrepreneur sees plenty of opportunities (4 May 2009)
• Swine flu could affect Vegas (28 April 2009)
• Tropicana officials shut down 560 hotel rooms (24 April 2009)
• Profits rise for Nevada airline (21 April 2009)
• Ad agency wins three-year contract with Vegas (15 April 2009)
• Creator of popular Vegas ad seeks new deal (13 April 2009)
• Vegas visitation drops 8 percent (8 April 2009)
• MGM Mirage has month to make play (31 March 2009)
• McCarran traffic falls again (20 March 2009)
• Smaller March Madness crowd expected in Vegas (18 March 2009)
• Aide says Obama not anti-Vegas (13 March 2009)
• Expect a boomer boom in Vegas (5 March 2009)
• Vegas looks to boost Japanese tourism (3 March 2009)
• McCarran passenger traffic continues to plummet (26 February 2009)
• Stimulus could hurt Las Vegas (16 February 2009)
• Vegas still smarting over Obama comments (12 February 2009)
• Vegas tourism fall accelerated towards end of year (11 February 2009)
• Obama criticized over Vegas comments (11 February 2009)
• Wynn to cut employee hours and bonuses (4 February 2009)
• Vegas Convention Center exec resigns (3 February 2009)
• Vegas gearing up for Chinese New Year (26 January 2009)
• LVCVA takes steps to tighten oversight (14 January 2009)
• Golden Nugget owner fails in private bid (13 January 2009)
• Fewer hands at Vegas' CES (9 January 2009)
• Las Vegas airport official outlines cutbacks (6 January 2009)
• Hundreds brave weather to enter Encore (29 December 2008)
• Vegas hotel rooms at discounts for New Year's (29 December 2008)
• Progressive Gaming might sell off assets (29 December 2008)
• Traffic at McCarran tumbles again (29 December 2008)
• Vegas tourism continues to slide (11 December 2008)
• LVCVA spending under microscope (10 December 2008)
• Report cites LVCVA for lax oversight (5 December 2008)
• Hedge fund buys $9.3 million stake in General Growth (26 November 2008)
• McCarren to add 1,000 parking spots (21 November 2008)
• Wall Street says casinos are bad gamble (20 November 2008)
• Vegas boosters see dark times ahead (19 November 2008)
• Runway work could delay flights at McCarran (17 November 2008)
• September brings fewer visitors to Las Vegas (13 November 2008)
• Hurricane and economy take toll on Landry's (11 November 2008)
• Recession not limited to Vegas casinos (11 November 2008)
• General Growth Properties reports wider loss (6 November 2008)
• Travel group predicts fewer trips (31 October 2008)
• McCarren traveler numbers continue to fall (28 October 2008)
• Allegiant revenue rises as profit falls in third quarter, beating Street estimates (23 October 2008)
• Vintage-feeling Plaza to aim for newer look (22 October 2008)
• Landry's chief executive makes another attempt to buy up remaining shares of company (22 October 2008)
• These shows don't go on (20 October 2008)
• Laughlin: It's like you own the place (15 September 2008)
• Court gets trademark fight over Plaza name (11 September 2008)
• A tack to lay down tracks (10 September 2008)
• Tivoli beats odds (9 September 2008)
• Moulin Rouge buyouts stalled (8 September 2008)
• You can believe it! Gold Spike is getting spiffy (2 September 2008)
• Labor day weekend: Take our rooms, please (29 August 2008)
• Authority votes to freeze executives' pay (27 August 2008)
• Traffic consultant aims to help improve local byways (25 August 2008)
• Recurring currency (22 August 2008)
• Campaign 2008: Tourism gets push in election (22 August 2008)
• McCarran sees largest traffic decline since 2002 (22 August 2008)
• Officials trim airport plans (20 August 2008)
• Security experts meet in LV to discuss threats (11 August 2008)
• General Growth faces financial shortfall (11 August 2008)
• Summerlin Centre mall to be delayed by one year (6 August 2008)
• Airport parking fees to increase (1 August 2008)
• Losing their very soles (31 July 2008)
• Unhappy partners, creditors sue Moulin Rouge developers (31 July 2008)
• McCarran flier count dips 7 percent in June (28 July 2008)
• Allegiant revenue up as fuel costs eat at profit (24 July 2008)
• A pause for World Market Center (23 July 2008)
• Lights to aid airport safety (17 July 2008)
• Clark County approves third terminal (17 July 2008)
• Owner of Fitz under attack (16 July 2008)
• Controllers say low staffing won't fly (14 July 2008)
• Las Vegas tourism numbers hold firm (14 July 2008)
• Fitz off the market for now (14 July 2008)
• Land-value raise may lift Lady Luck (8 July 2008)
• Southern Nevada economy: Wondering where the tourists are (8 July 2008)
• Nevada at work: Exec aims to keep people loving Las Vegas (8 July 2008)
• Vanishing at warp speed (2 July 2008)
• Gambling stocks tumble on economic woes (2 July 2008)
• Laughlin: Expanding horizons (23 June 2008)
• Ex-Mirage exec awarded $4.5 million judgment (19 June 2008)
• Las Vegas nudging visitors outdoors (16 June 2008)
• Boosters retool overseas effort (11 June 2008)
• Dubai firm sets sights on LV hospitality (9 June 2008)
• Convention authority lays out plans to attract more foreign visitors to Las Vegas (4 June 2008)
• Tourism: If not by air, then how? (27 May 2008)
• Las Vegas tourism: Holiday blues foreseen (23 May 2008)
• Airline industry: Another fee for fliers (22 May 2008)
• Developers find retail haven in Las Vegas (21 May 2008)
• Development: M Resort reveals big retail plans (20 May 2008)
• Tips to skip trip traps (19 May 2008)
• Authority foresees drop in hotel room-tax revenue (16 May 2008)
• Hilton Star Trek attraction may seek out new life elsewhere (14 May 2008)
• Profits plunge for Golden Nugget parent (12 May 2008)
• Las Vegas visitation numbers tumble (12 May 2008)
• El Cortez owner sells stake in downtown casino (8 May 2008)
• 'For sale' sign could be headed for Fitzgeralds (7 May 2008)
• For tourism, outback to the future (6 May 2008)
• Conventions: Wynn plans ritzy meeting complex (5 May 2008)
• April cruel to gaming stocks (1 May 2008)
• A break in the clouds (30 April 2008)
• McCarran count continues to slide (28 April 2008)
• GES plans cutbacks despite profit gains (28 April 2008)
• Grand plans for big hotel (24 April 2008)
• Gambling beyond Nevada: No more licenses in Macau (23 April 2008)
• Downtown gambling: Rootin' tootin' revival (22 April 2008)
• New take on tag-team tactics (21 April 2008)
• Leap day saves February visitation from decline (16 April 2008)
• Airline industry: Allegiant flies clear of fiscal woes (14 April 2008)
• Airline crisis: Feels like the sky is falling (11 April 2008)
• Sands plans new center (10 April 2008)
• Authority projects revenue increase in face of downturn (9 April 2008)
• Golden Gate owners celebrate (7 April 2008)
• ATA Airlines pulls the plug (4 April 2008)
• Moulin Rouge developers get council boost (3 April 2008)
• Aloha Airlines' shutdown leaves little impact (1 April 2008)
• Vegas.com partners with Mexico.com (31 March 2008)
• Initial payment for Palazzo falls short (31 March 2008)
• U.S. hospitality leaders call for plan to attract more overseas visitors (31 March 2008)
• Start the Madness (25 March 2008)
• Study suggests more taxes for road upgrades (17 March 2008)
• ConExpo-Con/Agg the biggest of the big (17 March 2008)
• Back to school, major in slots (17 March 2008)
• Expo examines how trade shows can get a little greener (14 March 2008)
• Authority pushes impulse in ad blitz (12 March 2008)
• Deal puts Binion's in local hands (11 March 2008)
• Travel and tourism: Monthly airport traffic decreases (5 March 2008)
• Airports facing rising costs see no relief ahead (4 March 2008)
• Las Vegas downtown snaps long slide (3 March 2008)
• Backers pitch redevelopment of neglected Moulin Rouge (26 February 2008)
• Big Las Vegas expo loses clients (26 February 2008)
• Conventions find focus off the Strip (19 February 2008)
• Investor urged to help with mob museum (18 February 2008)
• Talk is cheap, but togs aren't (14 February 2008)
• Moulin Rouge gets help (8 February 2008)
• World Market Center's new chief extols rival mart in ad (1 February 2008)
• Allegiant revenue soars despite fuel costs (31 January 2008)
• Las Vegas show deals with real estate fallout (29 January 2008)
• Las Vegas show endures housing slump (28 January 2008)
• Tourism slump may be afoot (28 January 2008)
• License OK'd for Binion's owner (25 January 2008)
• Officials want more new roads to airport (24 January 2008)
• Gadget group official accuses furniture mart of poaching buyers (21 January 2008)
• Shiny new Shoppes at Palazzo (18 January 2008)
• Visitor tally flat for Las Vegas (16 January 2008)
• Las Vegas trade show reveals new technology (8 January 2008)
• Obstacles gone for Crown Resort tower (6 December 2007)
• Is that really the Gold Spike? (5 December 2007)
• Parking gobbled up fast (19 November 2007)
• Culinary workers approve deal with Mission (14 November 2007)
• LV visitor count inches lower in September (13 November 2007)
• September passenger count increases at McCarran (6 November 2007)
• AIRLINES: Southwest crews get local base (6 November 2007)
• Leaving Las Vegas: Snow show makes tracks for Denver (2 November 2007)
• Computer glitch slows MGM Mirage check-ins (24 October 2007)
• Pacts offer job security (22 October 2007)
• Six downtown casinos strike deal with unions (19 October 2007)
• Nugget, workers reach accord (18 October 2007)
• LABOR: 'Big deal' for two casinos (16 October 2007)
• Little room at the inn: Vacancy flat as hotel occupancy high (15 October 2007)
• More polish for Golden Nugget (12 October 2007)
• Moulin Rouge gets another go (5 October 2007)
• LV airport traffic surges in August (2 October 2007)
• Tourism group pushes for bills to lift foreign visitation (27 September 2007)
• Survey: Las Vegas will be furniture king (25 September 2007)
• Paths toward progress (24 September 2007)
• Luck be a lady: Revival of Third Street planned (19 September 2007)
• Convention parking deal may displace short-term renters (17 September 2007)
• Las Vegas boosting efforts to lure visitors (14 September 2007)
• Shuffle Master's quarterly profits miss Street forecast (14 September 2007)
• Union members vote for strike (13 September 2007)
• Lady Luck moves towards opening (7 September 2007)
• Jay-Z to open $20 million party lair (7 September 2007)
• Looking for bang with Labor Day buzz (4 September 2007)
• Low-fare airlines lift flier count at McCarran (30 August 2007)
• Interest in downtown continues as investors pay $5 million for Travel Inn (29 August 2007)
• In life's many walks, togs talk (28 August 2007)
• Nevadan at work: Promises in the dark: Blush nightclub boss offers patrons night of energy, enjoyment (27 August 2007)
• Vegas airport power outage planned (24 August 2007)
• Downtown workers facing tighter pay (23 August 2007)
• Ruling boosts Riviera suitor (14 August 2007)
• Tax discrepancy led to wider losses at Binion's (10 August 2007)
• Lawsuit filed against Elad Group (10 August 2007)
• Collectors of Las Vegas past gather for convention (9 August 2007)
• DEVELOPMENT: Panel upholds plan for downtown arena (26 July 2007)
• Make way for bags (23 July 2007)
• Development: Downtown dream (23 July 2007)
• Lady Luck put on 'fast track' (20 July 2007)
• Lady Luck gets closer to getting some relief (17 July 2007)
• Foreigners, air travelers help May visitation rise 1.2 percent (16 July 2007)
• Strip tourists undeterred by casino shooting (9 July 2007)
• Traffic at McCarran increases (29 June 2007)
• DOWNTOWN DEALING: Binion's gets new boss (28 June 2007)
• Report: Traffic woes will mount as LV tourist count grows (27 June 2007)
• Lady Luck gains suitor (22 June 2007)
• Las Vegas promoters patent new catchphrase (22 June 2007)
• Las Vegas unplugged (21 June 2007)
• Neonopolis takes another hit as Poker Dome opts to fold (18 June 2007)
• Golden Nugget reports first-quarter profit rise (15 June 2007)
• April Las Vegas visitor tally shows slight increase (14 June 2007)
• Amateurs take crack at Vegas ad campaign (14 June 2007)
• Construction: Road plan may spur changes (13 June 2007)
• How about visiting Vegas, eh? (12 June 2007)
• Downtown casinos: Race was pits (11 June 2007)
• TOURISM: Disease deemed Las Vegas threat (7 June 2007)
• Rumors around Binion's sale (1 June 2007)
• TOURISM: Holiday arrives; Vegas hotels full (25 May 2007)
• LAS VEGAS TOURISM: $285 million budget approved (18 May 2007)
• Binion's negative cash flow widens (16 May 2007)
• Las Vegas visitor count up 1.4 percent in March (14 May 2007)
• Manager of downtown LV casinos leaving (11 May 2007)
• Las Vegas Convention Center: Authority approves upgrades (9 May 2007)
• TV show explore beyond Nevada's casinos (8 May 2007)
• Prize fight packs economic punch for Las Vegas (7 May 2007)
• Gold Spike could fetch $15 million (4 May 2007)
• Developer wants to re-brand Neonopolis (3 May 2007)
• Orlando flights help Allegiant boost revenue (3 May 2007)
• McCarran passenger tally up 4 percent for quarter (3 May 2007)
• Locals to run airport shop (2 May 2007)
• LV still a great place to show (1 May 2007)
• Limiting jet turns could hurt LV economy (26 April 2007)
• Zero gravity for 3.5 G's (25 April 2007)
• Folks really come here to gamble? (25 April 2007)
• Lady Luck owners granted extension (19 April 2007)
• TOURISM: Hoop hype hot, visitation mild (13 April 2007)
• Convention Authority: Authority's slogan slog continues (11 April 2007)
• Hooking up Las Vegas (10 April 2007)
• Stray coins add up to big jingle (10 April 2007)
• Binion's hemorrhages cash (3 April 2007)
• Nevada not all about Las Vegas (30 March 2007)
• Survey aims to gather data on rural Nevada tourism (28 March 2007)
• L.A. Olympics bidders bet on Vegas glitz (28 March 2007)
• Las Vegas part of L.A.'s bid for 2016 Olympics (27 March 2007)
• Flu could hit Nevada economy hard (23 March 2007)
• McCarran slips in national passenger traffic list (16 March 2007)
• Lights out for Strip icon (13 March 2007)
• Fray develops over phrase in video game (11 March 2007)
• Airport traffic rises 6 percent in January (5 March 2007)
• Nothing to these flights (5 March 2007)
• Fight brewing over aviation administration's funding (5 March 2007)
• Wynn reports whale of year (28 February 2007)
• In lawsuit, Wynn dealers accuse chief of losing temper (28 February 2007)
• Tourism officials' concern expands (26 February 2007)
• Loosened travel restrictions could pay off for Vegas (23 February 2007)
• Event an All-Star gain -- or pain (21 February 2007)
• Massive lines at McCarran leave travelers frustrated (20 February 2007)
• Chinese New Year even bigger than All-Star Game (15 February 2007)
• Limo companies get big assist from All-Star Game (15 February 2007)
• Las Vegas sets record for visitors (14 February 2007)
• Officials say Union Park will change face of Las Vegas (14 February 2007)
• NBA All-Star weekend: Spanning the globe (12 February 2007)
• Lady Luck remains shuttered (8 February 2007)
• McCarran passenger traffic rises to 46.2 million in 2006 (7 February 2007)
• Allegiant flying ever higher (1 February 2007)
• Winter Las Vegas trade market: Market keeps on growing (31 January 2007)
• Expanding market (29 January 2007)
• Hotel chain exec sees tourism, travel as foreign policy (25 January 2007)
• No glitz or glitter for Loews (25 January 2007)
• Wynn dealers talking union (23 January 2007)
• Travel and Tourism: Leaders of the packed (22 January 2007)
• Wynn dealer says filing led to firing (17 January 2007)
• Landry's bids for Smith & Wollensky (17 January 2007)
• Best-ever November sends occupancy rates soaring (15 January 2007)
• Survey: Google, Las Vegas top brands (11 January 2007)
• CES by bus, limo and foot (10 January 2007)
• NLRB files complaint against Wynn Las Vegas (4 January 2007)
• New Year's hotel rates slide, Web site suggests (3 January 2007)
• Wynn tip rules draw another protest (2 January 2007)
• New Year's eve: Ready to celebrate (29 December 2006)
• Downtown will be backdrop for nationally broadcast night of concerts (28 December 2006)
• Casino owners invest millions to reverse long slump for old Vegas (28 December 2006)
• Few rooms left for Vegas New Year's Eve (22 December 2006)
• Leadership: Officials to discuss exec's pay (18 December 2006)
• Las Vegas draws record visitor count in October (13 December 2006)
• Allegiant is going public (8 December 2006)
• Hold 'em tables adding a wrinkle (7 December 2006)
• National Finals Rodeo brings out cowboy shopper in many visitors (6 December 2006)
• Study: Airport can't deliver on tourism demands (4 December 2006)
• Nevadan at work: Orleans executive works to keep casino experience fresh for visitors (4 December 2006)
• Global Gaming Expo 2006: Hey, where did everybody go? (20 November 2006)
• Nevadan at work: Tourism official works to show Chinese that Nevada is more than Las Vegas (20 November 2006)
• Global Gaming Expo 2006: Take my game, please (20 November 2006)
• Online betting sites wary of G2E (14 November 2006)
• New look for Nugget (9 November 2006)
• Trump, Wynn silent about possible casino (3 November 2006)
• Gaming heavyweights heading to G2E (3 November 2006)
• Riviera shifts tactics, aims for customers (2 November 2006)