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Tim O'Reiley Gaming Guru - Page 6News media cameras will record Adelson on witness stand3 April 2013
LAS VEGAS -- In a closed-door conclusion to a largely closed-door proceeding, Clark County District Judge Rob Bare on Tuesday cleared the way for news media cameras to record Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson’s appearance on the witness stand. The ruling came with the unusual twist of ... (read more)
Adelson asks to bar cameras from court because of "security threat"1 April 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson wants a judge to bar cameras during his trip to the witness stand at a civil trial next week, saying that video and still images of his testimony would threaten his security. To drive home the point, the billionaire on Friday brought in ... (read more)
Harmon Hotel will come alive with construction sounds as part of upcoming trial26 March 2013
LAS VEGAS -- CityCenter’s unfinished Harmon Hotel will once again come alive, perhaps this week, to the sound of construction workers armed with hammers and chisels chipping away structural concrete as legal teams gather evidence for an upcoming trial. But in doing so, CityCenter Holdings LLC and former general contractor Tutor Perini Building Corp. ... (read more)
Architectural, engineering firm drawn into Harmon Hotel12 February 2013
LAS VEGAS -- CityCenter Holdings LLC's new legal team recast the massive construction defects litigation surrounding the unfinished Harmon Hotel by pulling an architectural and an engineering firm into the case for the first time. Court papers filed late Friday in Clark County District Court contended that ... (read more)
McCarran traffic down in December, slightly up for 201230 January 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Continuing the trend that emerged last spring, passenger traffic at McCarran International Airport dropped slightly to finish the year. During December, the 3.2 million passengers who passed through the two terminals marked a 0.8 percent decline from the same month in 2011. The 5.9 percent gain ... (read more)
Three contractors release liens on Skyvue project26 January 2013
LAS VEGAS -- The Skyvue giant Ferris wheel project gained breathing room on Thursday as three contractors released their liens for unpaid bills with the promise that others will follow suit. However, a statement by developer Skyvue Las Vegas LLC noted that it could still take several months to line up the loans to finish construction of the 500-foot-tall wheel and the retail center at the base. ... (read more)
Okada tries to block special shareholders meeting26 January 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Kazuo Okada opened a new front in the sprawling legal war with Wynn Resorts, Limited by raising questions of financial impropriety by company chairman and CEO Steve Wynn. In the latest lawsuit between the two sides filed late Thursday, Okada requested that the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas stop the Feb. ... (read more)
Skyvue project pays off contractors that filed liens26 January 2013
LAS VEGAS -- All of the contractors that slapped liens on the Skyvue giant Ferris wheel project now show up on county recorder records as being paid off. Skyvue announced on Thursday it had covered all the claims and obtained releases on the liens. But they were not all posted in the county's computer records until Friday morning. ... (read more)
Skyvue's financial troubles mount16 January 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Skyvue, the 500-foot Ferris wheel under construction on the south end of the Strip, has run into more financial problems. MMC Inc., the contractor that has been building the foundations, filed a lawsuit in Clark County District Court late Monday to collect on $1.1 million in unpaid bills by foreclosing on the project. ... (read more)
Old ties could hurt Wynn lawsuit16 January 2013
Personal and business ties that date back more than a decade between Steve Wynn and Japanese gaming magnate Kazuo Okada could come to hurt the lawsuit brought by Wynn Resorts, Limited to validate the forced redemption of Okada's stake in February. Clark County District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez rejected Okada's move to have the case dismissed at a Monday hearing. ... (read more)
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