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Station Casinos OKs more terminations

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Hurting from the economic slowdown, locals casino operator Station Casinos conducted another round of terminations on Friday, the company confirmed Monday.

Company spokeswoman Lori Nelson would not release the number of workers affected, saying "it was a very small percentage" across many properties.

The company wholly owns nine hotel-casinos and is a partner in another.

Nelson said the company is working with the displaced workers to find jobs at other properties and hopes to rehire many at the $675 million Aliante Station, which opens Nov. 11.

Station Casinos laid off nearly 70 corporate-level employees in April.

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TV studio, nightclub considered for mall

A television studio and a nightclub could provide a business boost for Neonopolis, a mostly vacant mall on Fremont Street at Las Vegas Boulevard.

On Thursday, the city of Las Vegas Planning Commission will consider special use requests that would allow Telemundo Las Vegas Inc., and Wet Ultra Lounge to do business in Neonopolis, which lately has been called Fremont Square by mall management.

The local Telemundo affiliate is asking the commission to allow it to install satellite dishes that exceed the current size limit of 10 feet in diameter at the location. Wet seeks a waiver to a rule that prohibits taverns within 1,500 feet of a religious facility or a school.

The planning commission is scheduled to consider the requests at 6 p.m. Thursday in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 400 Stewart Ave.

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