 Newsletter Signup
Stay informed with the
NEW Casino City Times newsletter! Benjamin Spillman Archives
More Strategy Experts
|
Benjamin Spillman Gaming Guru - Page 26Limiting jet turns could hurt LV economy26 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – If Las Vegas City Hall wins its battle to restrict how jets fly into and out of McCarran International Airport, it could ultimately cost the Las Vegas economy more than $281 million annually by reducing the capacity of the airport.
Randall Walker, director of the Clark County ... (read more)
Zero gravity for 3.5 G's25 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Two dozen people are levitating over the Pacific Ocean, and the magician in the group has nothing to do with it.
In fact, a magician hovering peacefully in the cabin of a modified 727 isn't even the most surreal part of the latest -- and possibly most elaborate -- not-so-cheap thrill ... (read more)
Folks really come here to gamble?25 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Bet you can't guess what's on the rise in Las Vegas.
It's the number of people who say gambling is the primary reason they visit Southern Nevada.
So is the amount of money they budgeted for betting and spent eating and shopping.
But it's too early to lay odds on whether the ... (read more)
Lady Luck owners granted extension19 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Owners of a shuttered Las Vegas casino raised the stakes on their pitch to revive the property in downtrodden downtown, with help from an internationally known hotel operator and 5.5 acres of city-owned land.
Whether owners of Lady Luck casino are bluffing won't be known for ... (read more)
TOURISM: Hoop hype hot, visitation mild13 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – The NBA All-Star Game attracted widespread media attention in February but Las Vegas saw just a small increase in new visitors to Southern Nevada for the month, visitation figures show.
The number of Las Vegas visitors rose 1.3 percent for the month to about 3 million for a month ... (read more)
Convention Authority: Authority's slogan slog continues11 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- What happens in Vegas is getting reproduced all over the country, to the chagrin of Southern Nevada tourism boosters trying to protect Sin City's trademarked slogans.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority voted 11-0 Tuesday to oppose a trademark application by an Illinois ... (read more)
Hooking up Las Vegas10 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Airliners that touch down in front of Mitchell Gonzalez's front door are loaded with Las Vegas tourists ready to escape the daily grind and connect with Sin City's gambling, eating and partying opportunities.
Gonzalez, president of Cheetah Wireless Technologies, wants to make ... (read more)
Stray coins add up to big jingle10 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Lately, work for Chris McBeth and Sean Holden is a lot like digging change from the couch cushions -- albeit from a couch that countless guests stuffed with millions and millions of dollars during the past 18 years.
The duo is overseeing the breakdown of about 800 slot machines in the recently closed Nevada Landing casino. ... (read more)
Binion's hemorrhages cash3 April 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Losses at Binion's increased substantially in 2006, fueling talk that the owners should sell the historic Las Vegas property to a company better-suited to succeed in the stagnant downtown casino market.
MTR Gaming Group of Chester, W.Va., reported Monday that earnings before ... (read more)
Nevada not all about Las Vegas30 March 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – When big-spending Chinese gamblers visit Nevada, they often seek riches at high-limit betting tables on the Strip.
Don Newman thinks the gold mines of Elko - a small mining town about 450 miles north of Las Vegas -- could strengthen Nevada's Chinese connection.
Newman knows ... (read more)
< Previous 10 Articles | Next 10 Articles > |