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Sunday, Jan 4
Vegas beer pong competition gets (almost) serious
The Flamingo's owner, Harrah's Entertainment, says beer pong has helped it see the benefits of tapping into the 20-something market. An adjacent Harrah's casino, O'Sheas, even pulled out slot machines to set up several permanent beer pong tables.
Thursday, Jan 1
Slump means identity crisis for Las Vegas
It spurred a new wave of one-upmanship, a key impulse in the Las Vegas identity. MGM Mirage Inc. announced its $9.2 billion CityCenter project and billed it as the largest private construction project ever. Las Vegas Sands, owner of the Venetian, spent $1.9 billion on its Palazzo. Donald Trump...
Tuesday, Dec 23
Judge considering fate of links at Lake Las Vegas
The Lake Las Vegas community covers more than 5.6 square miles about 17 miles southeast of the Las Vegas Strip. It features two hotels, a casino and 1,600 completed residences. The company employs 260 workers, mostly at the Falls and Reflection Bay golf courses.
Wednesday, Dec 17
That's life: Wynn says Sinatra restaurant was fate
Wynn and Sinatra worked together and were friends in the early 80s, when Sinatra sang for Wynn at the Golden Nugget hotel-casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, N.J. Wynn was in his early 40s, Sinatra was in his 60s. Wynn said he and Sinatra weren't as close after Wynn sold the Atlantic City Gol...
Friday, Dec 5
Charges dropped against 'Suge' Knight in Vegas
Clark County Court spokesman Michael Sommermeyer says Justice of the Peace Abbi Silver dismissed the charges without prejudice in a morning hearing. Knight was charged with two counts of felony drug possession and one count of misdemeanor battery. Police say he arrested in August after...
Sunday, Nov 16
Penthouse seeking to buy Las Vegas Strip casino
The chief executive of Penthouse says the company is looking to buy a casino on the Las Vegas Strip and generate business by tying it to the adult magazine and Web site empire. I would to imagine at point we would be able to, as entertainment gets more risque on the Strip, as Vegas gets more back...
Saturday, Nov 15
Gay advocates in Las Vegas protest marriage ban
An upbeat crowd gathered in a parking lot outside a gay and lesbian community center just east of the Las Vegas Strip. Many carried brightly painted signs, including one reading "Inequality is soooo not kool" and another declaring "Love is love."
