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Benjamin Spillman Gaming Guru - Page 24Amateurs take crack at Vegas ad campaign14 June 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- What happens here in Las Vegas could look artsy and authentic on television if a contest for aspiring filmmakers is successful.
A Web site that offers Las Vegas hotel rooms, show tickets and other Sin City deals says it will hire the winner of a filmmaking contest to direct a ... (read more)
Construction: Road plan may spur changes13 June 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- An agreement that provided $1 billion to alleviate traffic congestion in Nevada may also give Las Vegas tourism boosters unprecedented influence over funding for new road projects.
That's how leaders of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority described a recent deal inspired by Gov. ... (read more)
How about visiting Vegas, eh?12 June 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- After 26 years as a Las Vegas visitor, Canadian James Dixon is familiar with Sin City's hard-sell recruiting tactics. The 55-year-old Toronto-area resident gets monthly mailers from Las Vegas hotels and weekly sales pitches in his workplace e-mail, in addition to ... (read more)
Downtown casinos: Race was pits11 June 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The Vegas Grand Prix attracted tens of thousands of fans and a global television audience to downtown, but it didn't do much to revive the stagnant Fremont Street-based gambling market.
According to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, downtown win was up 8 percent to $56.5 million, which would mark the end of 10 consecutive months of decline. ... (read more)
TOURISM: Disease deemed Las Vegas threat7 June 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Andrew Speaker's jet-setting itinerary didn't include Las Vegas. But the Atlanta lawyer who made headlines traveling despite a tuberculosis diagnosis exposed public safety risks that could cost Southern Nevada's economy billions of dollars.
Speaker, 31, traveled between Europe, ... (read more)
Rumors around Binion's sale1 June 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The place that made poker famous is awash in rumors of a possible sale, but its owners still aren't showing their hand.
Binion's in downtown Las Vegas has been the subject of sale speculation for months and a recent remark by the chief executive officer of the West Virginia ... (read more)
TOURISM: Holiday arrives; Vegas hotels full25 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- It's a good thing Las Vegas sells dreams because the reality of holiday travel isn't pretty.
Gasoline costs more than $3.20 per gallon, taxicabs increased fuel charges this week and McCarran International Airport could run out of parking spaces this weekend.
But neither driving ... (read more)
LAS VEGAS TOURISM: $285 million budget approved18 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Facing scrutiny from a group that wants to divert Las Vegas room taxes toward road projects, the people in charge of attracting tourists and conventions to Southern Nevada approved a budget with $285 million in revenue and 37 new positions.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors ... (read more)
Binion's negative cash flow widens16 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- First-quarter losses widened at one of the most recognizable casinos in downtown Las Vegas.
Binion's posted a negative cash flow of $682,000 for the quarter, an increase from first-quarter losses of $609,000 in 2006.
Operators MTR Gaming of Chester W.Va., blamed "softness in ... (read more)
Las Vegas visitor count up 1.4 percent in March14 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The number of people who visited Las Vegas in March went up 1.4 percent to nearly 3.5 million even though gambling revenue for the month was down in every Clark County market.
The totals are the latest estimate of visitor traffic for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, ... (read more)
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