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Chris Jones Gaming Guru - Page 3Authority Grants Chief Salary Increase9 August 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Rossi Ralenkotter's raise is now a reality.
On Tuesday, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board unanimously awarded a 5 percent salary increase and $60,000 performance bonus to its third-year president and chief executive officer.
The 59-year-old leader's 2006-07 base ... (read more)
Convention Authority Seeking to Halt Drug Ads9 August 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board said Tuesday it will formally oppose a local drug company's quest to trademark the phrase "What happens in Vegas does not always stay in Vegas."
Samaritan Pharmaceuticals last summer applied to federally register the phrase to ... (read more)
Consumers Still Spending3 August 2006
LAS VEGAS -- Consumers will continue to say otherwise, but rising gasoline prices aren't keeping Americans from shopping normally, a prominent retailing consultant said Wednesday in Las Vegas.
In recent months, worries surrounding fuel prices' negative effects on the economy have led more U.S. ... (read more)
Las Vegas Gears Up for NBA Event3 August 2006
LAS VEGAS -- Representatives of some of the world's best-known brands will huddle here next month to discuss ways to link their products with February's NBA All-Star events in Las Vegas.
The National Basketball Association's 21 official marketing partners are a who's who of commercial giants, from the Coca-Cola Co. ... (read more)
Center Strives to Keep Rolling26 July 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- In the 14 months since it welcomed its first tenants, World Market Center has steadily increased its momentum.
And with 50,000 or so people and 1,500 exhibitors again gathered this week in downtown Las Vegas, executives with the planned $3 billion furniture market are doing all they can to keep things rolling hard into 2007 and beyond.
... (read more)
Panel Members Question Their Ability to Resolve Fuel Problem24 July 2006
SOUTHERN NEVADA -- Trains and trucks aren't the solution to Southern Nevada's worsening fuel supply.
Beyond that consensus, members of a Clark County fuel commission spent much of their July meeting struggling to determine how much pull they possess to resolve one of the community's most pressing ... (read more)
Nevadan at Work: If The Job Fits, Do It: Ex-Gymnast Bends Neatly Into Role As 'Ka' Dancer17 July 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- One could scour the earth and never find someone who is better suited to her work than Sarah Harding Traverso.
The 28-year-old Hawaii native has spent nearly three years developing and performing in "Ka," the Cirque du Soleil production at MGM Grand.
Working as an ... (read more)
Las Vegas Tourism: Fewer Visitors; Don't Blame Fuel17 July 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Recent visitor data show that Southern Nevada's once white-hot travel industry has cooled this year.
And while it would be easy to lay the blame on soaring fuel prices, the real culprit -- at least in May -- was an absence of conventioneers.
The Las Vegas Valley hosted more than ... (read more)
A Pool and His Money10 July 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- At first glance, the razor-thin bikini strings that strained to hold things together seemed to be the only things working hard around the Palms' new pools on Friday afternoon.
And no one loved that illusion more than George Maloof, who's again quietly at work raking in cash ... (read more)
Terror On The Strip10 July 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Masked gunmen fire rifles into a crowded Las Vegas casino as pixelized images of spraying bullets reflect from a spinning roulette wheel.
Gamblers scatter amid the chaos, and a terrorist shouts, "Everybody down!"
The scene abruptly shifts outside, where an explosion blasts through the front of the Monte Carlo. ... (read more)
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