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Howard Stutz Gaming Guru - Page 314Station Casinos Spends Millions on Upgrades3 October 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Station Casinos executives found a way to fill time in between building new hotel-casinos -- upgrade their older properties.
Since 2005, the company has spent $542 million on expansion projects at its Las Vegas casinos, a process that began in 2005 and will carry over into 2007. ... (read more)
Applied Analysis Index: Gaming Stocks Head Up3 October 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Gaming stocks ended a three-month downturn in their average daily prices during September, mainly due to greater consumer confidence nationally and a record-breaking gaming win by Nevada casinos in July.
Analysts pointed to falling oil prices and an overall rebound in the assuredness ... (read more)
Wynn Human Resources Exec Announces He Plans to Retire3 October 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Arte Nathan, who has spent more than two decades overseeing human resources for Steve Wynn's casino companies, said Friday he was retiring.
The 56-year-old Nathan, who developed and implemented the hiring practices for some of the Strip's largest hotel-casinos, said he wanted to pass ... (read more)
World Market Center Names CEO28 September 2006
LAS VEGAS -- On the day the World Market Center officially announced construction on the largest of its planned eight buildings, operators of the home furniture convention complex named a furniture industry veteran with a strong connection to the local community as its chief executive officer.
Harvey ... (read more)
Sands Progresses With Cotai Plans27 September 2006
MACAU -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. has begun construction on its last two resort locations on the Cotai Strip in Macau that will ultimately bring to the Chinese community 10 different hotel brands with a combined 9,400 rooms.
Included in the Cotai mix is the Venetian Macau, a 3,000-room version of Las Vegas Sands' Venetian on the Strip. ... (read more)
Suing Dealers Welcome at Jobs25 September 2006
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Wynn Las Vegas' president said Friday that the dealers who filed a lawsuit seeking to end the casino's 3-week-old tip pooling program are welcome at their jobs.
Andrew Pascal said Friday the Strip resort had not been formally served with the lawsuit, in which Wynn Las Vegas ... (read more)
Nevada At Work: One Address, Many Duties: Lionel, Sawyer & Collins Attorney Blooms as Firm Grows25 September 2006
Paul Hejmanowski defies today's job-hopping work force.
He moved to Las Vegas in 1972 to become the 13th attorney at the expanding Lionel Sawyer & Collins law firm, which was founded by former two-term Nevada Gov. Grant Sawyer, litigator Sam Lionel, and former Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Jon ... (read more)
Wynn Dealers Sue Over Tip Policy22 September 2006
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LAS VEGAS -- While a tip matter involving Nevada casino workers may have been resolved in Washington, D.C., the controversy over Wynn Las Vegas splitting the tokes earned by its dealers with casino supervisors has landed in Clark County District Court.
Two Wynn Las Vegas dealers ... (read more)
Nevada Gaming Regulators Kill Money Laundering Rule22 September 2006
NEVADA -- Nevada gaming regulators took less than 10 minutes Thursday to eliminate the state's money laundering regulation, saying the rule became obsolete because the federal government had taken over tracking large cash transactions.
In the second and final public hearing on removing Regulation 6A ... (read more)
Traffic Concerns Delay Fontainebleau Vote21 September 2006
LAS VEGAS -- Clark County commissioners Wednesday postponed a vote on the zoning for the proposed $1.5 billion Fontainebleau, saying they wanted the hotel-casino's developers to address traffic concerns raised by residents of the neighboring Turnberry Place.
The developers of Turnberry, along with ... (read more)
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