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Richard N. Velotta Gaming Guru - Page 31Hard Rock, AG Closer to New Settlement30 July 2004
LAS VEGAS -- Attorneys for the Hard Rock hotel-casino and the state attorney general's office say they're close to a new settlement of a complaint over the resort's controversial advertising campaign.
But just in case negotiations collapse, both sides are preparing for a hearing ordered by the Nevada ... (read more)
'Slots for Tots' Slammed27 July 2004
LAS VEGAS --Slots for Tots.
One would think that even the greenest marketing employee would see red flags with a casino promotion under that name.
But one Las Vegas casino didn't last year and the result was a prime spot in Dennis Conrad's Hall of Shame.
Conrad, president and chief strategist of ... (read more)
Airline Check-In System to Start in Fall at Some Las Vegas Hotels20 July 2004
LAS VEGAS -- McCarran International Airport hopes to have its SpeedCheck computerized check-in kiosks on line in local hotel-casinos by fall.
Clark County Aviation Director Randy Walker said the $2 million high-tech system that prints boarding passes for the passengers of 13 airlines serving the ... (read more)
Second British Airline Launching Vegas Service16 July 2004
LAS VEGAS -- A British air carrier that has more than 2,000 flights a week to 37 destinations in Europe, the United States, Canada and the Caribbean will begin nonstop round trips between Manchester, England, and Las Vegas in October.
The airline, bmi, formerly known as British Midland, will fly ... (read more)
Tourists Not Wild about New Merger15 July 2004
LAS VEGAS -- For many Strip tourists who learned this morning of Harrah's Entertainment Inc.'s blockbuster acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Inc., bigger doesn't necessarily mean better.
While scores of visitors knew nothing about the deal formally approved Wednesday, many of those who did said they were leery about one or two companies owning so many Strip properties. ... (read more)
Venetian Contest Rigger Lectured by Regulators15 July 2004
LAS VEGAS -- The former Venetian hotel-casino employee who concocted the plan to rig drawings in a bid to appease high-rollers who had lost money in a February 2002 gambling trip apologized to gaming regulators Wednesday.
But all his apology earned was stern lectures and a one-year ban from applying for licensure as a key employee. ... (read more)
Nevadans Not Marketing Gambling in China21 June 2004
Nevada's opening of the first-ever U.S. tourism office in China comes at a price -- the office can't promote the state's No. 1 industry, gambling.
Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt and Nevada Commission on Tourism Executive Director Bruce Bommarito recently wrapped up a nine-day tourism-boosting mission, ... (read more)
Deal Draws Mixed Reaction From Tourists, Casino Workers16 June 2004
News of the biggest marriage Las Vegas has ever seen -- MGM MIRAGE's $7.9 billion buyout of Mandalay Resort Group -- drew mixed reactions from tourists and workers this morning.
While many anticipate bigger and better things in the future as the blended company takes hold, some expressed misgivings about one company having so much influence over Strip prices. ... (read more)
Minorities Not United on Merger Possibility15 June 2004
LAS VEGAS -- As the boards of directors of MGM MIRAGE and Mandalay Resort Group meet separately today to review details of the $7.9 billion deal that would form a dominating presence in the gaming industry, representatives of Las Vegas minority business communities began contemplating how the deal ... (read more)
Suits Demand Best Deal for Shareholders15 June 2004
Two Mandalay Resort Group shareholders filed separate suits last week in Clark County District Court accusing the company's executives and board of directors of failing to protect shareholders' interests during MGM MIRAGE's unsolicited takeover bid.
Both suits were filed prior to Mandalay's ... (read more)
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