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Benjamin Spillman Gaming Guru - Page 14A break in the clouds30 April 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Las Vegas-based Allegiant Travel Co. overcame woes facing much of the airline industry by raking in more than $133 million in revenue during the first quarter, an increase of 58 percent.
The low-cost airline and vacation-seller successfully raised airfares, squeezed an extra $7 in ... (read more)
McCarran count continues to slide28 April 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Even one of the biggest-ever trade shows in Las Vegas couldn't lift passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport out of a five-month slump.
The number of air passengers going to and from Las Vegas fell 1.7 percent to 4.1 million in March, despite whatever boost a massive ... (read more)
GES plans cutbacks despite profit gains28 April 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Trade show and convention contractor GES Exposition Services will pare its Las Vegas work force and increase fuel surcharges despite posting first-quarter revenue of $285.7 million, an increase of nearly 17 percent from the same period last year.
Company officials wouldn't quantify ... (read more)
Grand plans for big hotel24 April 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Developers want city approval for a hotel in downtown Las Vegas that would be as big as anything Steve Wynn or Sheldon Adelson owns on the Strip, but they haven't yet said who would pay for the resort.
The Las Vegas Planning Commission today will consider a request for a ... (read more)
Gambling beyond Nevada: No more licenses in Macau23 April 2008
MACAU -- Chinese officials said they won't approve new casino licenses in the booming gambling enclave of Macau, a move akin to slapping table limits on resort operators who want to raise their bets on a region producing twice as much revenue as Strip casinos.
News reports Tuesday from Hong Kong quoted ... (read more)
Downtown gambling: Rootin' tootin' revival22 April 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- From a hotel room no bigger than a bathroom in a swanky Strip megaresort, Mark Burstein pried open a trap door and peered through a peephole to the casino floor at Binion's Hotel and Gambling Hall.
The trap door led to a glorified crawl space with catwalks and portals the ... (read more)
New take on tag-team tactics21 April 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Casino managers use high-tech eyes-in-the-sky to spot card cheats but mostly favor boots on the ground to count chips, bust thieves and monitor hotel linens and uniforms worth millions of dollars.
Advances that can put tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in ... (read more)
Leap day saves February visitation from decline16 April 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- An extra day on the calendar -- not five-star dining nor gilded new hotels --is what brought more people to Las Vegas in February.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Monday reported that more than 3.1 million people visited Sin City in February, a 3 percent increase ... (read more)
Airline industry: Allegiant flies clear of fiscal woes14 April 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- With most airlines about as appealing to investors as an in-flight movie, Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air continues to defy the industry's downward economic spiral.
Although high fuel prices will almost certainly drag on Allegiant's first-quarter earnings, the discount leisure carrier ... (read more)
Airline crisis: Feels like the sky is falling11 April 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Sky-high jet fuel costs and a recession won't necessarily make flying to Las Vegas a bigger pain.
It could be more like a dull ache that gets progressively worse.
Las Vegas passengers will still have relatively low fares, myriad flight times and airlines to choose from, and a ... (read more)
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