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Chris Jones Gaming Guru - Page 36Makeover Part of MGM Grand's Plan11 March 2004
LAS VEGAS -- In the ultracompetitive game of "Here, here! Look at me!" that helps dictate
success or failure for properties up and down the Strip, it never pays to come across
as too old or outdated.
That's why the nation's largest hotel is getting a face lift at the ripe old age of
10, a ... (read more)
Official Fights Playboy-Linked Event Funding10 March 2004
Las Vegas' sometimes uneasy relationship with sexually themed marketing renewed again Tuesday when Clark County Commissioner Yvonne Atkinson Gates challenged a plan to spend local tourism funds to promote a pair of events linked with Playboy magazine.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority board ... (read more)
Longtime MGM Executive Fred Benninger, 86, Dies2 March 2004
LAS VEGAS -- Fred Benninger, who with longtime friend and business partner Kirk Kerkorian developed notable Nevada resorts including the International and a pair of MGM Grand properties, died Sunday at his Las Vegas home. He was 86.
A successful businessman whose professional history included stints with the U.S. ... (read more)
Airport Efforts Appear to Work1 March 2004
Sometimes people's fondest dreams come true -- and sometimes their worst nightmares never materialize. So far this weekend, both such scenarios have applied to the operators of McCarran International Airport.
Faced with Thursday's conclusion of a 90,000-delegate Men's Apparel Guild in California ... (read more)
Clothes-Minded Told to Open Eyes25 February 2004
Despite the bling-bling diamond rings, model-studded parties and celebrity posses on display in abundance, most of the nearly 90,000 people in town for this week's Men's Apparel Guild in California trade show came to Las Vegas seeking new ways to grow and improve their businesses.
And those who ... (read more)
Mess At McCarran: Airport Cures Also Have to Wait18 February 2004
LAS VEGAS -- On Monday, a sea of frustrated travelers unwittingly discovered a new contender for life's least-wanted crown: trying to escape Las Vegas after a busy weekend.
Thanks in large part to an exodus of visitors leaving town on the heels of two 30,000-plus attendee conventions, Valentine's ... (read more)
Goodman's Desire to Sue NFL Renewed After 'Serious Attacks'11 February 2004
LAS VEGAS -- Angered by his opponent's latest plays in a heated game that never seems to end, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman has renewed his call for local tourism officials to take legal action against the National Football League over its perceived anti-Las Vegas policies.
During Tuesday's Las ... (read more)
Tourism: New 'Stories,' Same Old Dispute11 February 2004
LAS VEGAS -- Local tourism officials are confident their latest round of television advertisements will effectively cross cultural lines thanks largely to a message told in black, white and varying shades of gray.
Following up on last year's attention-grabbing but controversial debut of four "Vegas ... (read more)
Convention Authority Board Votes Unanimously to Raise Top Exec's Pay11 February 2004
LAS VEGAS -- The top executive of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday quietly received a $9,360 annual pay raise and $23,400 bonus for his role in leading the city's tourism industry through a struggling U.S. economy and the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, ... (read more)
Convention Authority Goal: 3.5 Million More Visitors11 February 2004
LAS VEGAS -- In an effort to aggressively pursue new and underserved travel markets, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on Tuesday unveiled a new five-year marketing plan it hopes will help lure more than 39 million annual visitors to Southern Nevada by 2008.
Last year, Las Vegas hosted approximately 35.5 million visitors, its second-best yearly total ever. ... (read more)
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