Supporters of LV maglev see chance to re-enter game
Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal As the XpressWest and X Train passenger rail projects look to regroup, supporters of Southern Nevada’s original high-speed plan — the maglev — are seeing an opportunity to re-enter the game. Bruce Aguilera, an…
Las Vegas: County could ban glass drink containers on Strip
By BEN BOTKIN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL The Strip is famous for allowing what often isn’t allowed elsewhere — strolling with a glass drink in hand among them. It’s the one piece of real estate where oversized margarita drinks don’t raise…
Las Vegas: A history of landmarks never built
(UNLV Special Collections) A rendering by architect Martin Stern Jr. of the Xanadu proposed in 1975 for the corner of Tropicana Avenue and The Strip, where the Excalibur stands today. Stern had designed the International, now Westgate Las Vegas, and…
United States Commercial Casino Gaming: Monthly Revenues
You hae to visit the site, it’s a pdf report that I could not import. Report from UNLV Gaming Reaserch http://cdcgamingreports.com/wp-content/uploads/filebase/United%20States%20Commercial%20Casino%20Gaming%20-%20Monthly%20Revenues%20-%20August%202014.pdf Replies: Posted by: Dr Crapology on August 31, 2014, 10:44 pm So many ploppies losing so much money makes…
Las Vegas: After OK’ing booze restictions on Fremont Street, Las Vegas turns attention to street performers
“Las Vegas Gold Statue” Steve McDonald stands behind a sign at Fremont Street Experience on Sunday, July 27, 2014, in downtown Las Vegas. By Joe Schoenmann Friday, Aug. 29, 2014 | 2 a.m. On a recent summer night along Fremont…
Commentaries Las Vegas: Taking Sales To The Streets
By Christopher G. Axelrod Las Vegas Boulevard now can be seen as a classic carnival midway. The increase of street pedestrians is obvious and the street-accessible opportunities to spend are widely evident. This is no accident. If you drove the…
Las Vegas on record tourism pace with 3.5M July visitors
Las Vegas had the weakest monthly percentage increase of visitors of the year in July, but still had the third-best month by total numbers, attracting 3.5 million people. Las Vegas had the third-highest number of tourists in a month in…
Firm: Atlantic City losing 3 casinos, not business
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – A Wall Street firm predicts much of the revenue generated by three Atlantic City casinos that are closing will remain in the city after they’re gone. Fitch Ratings predicts the city’s casino revenues will decline…
Revel closing, but property fight goes on
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – The three-story brick house on a mostly deserted street in the shadow of the failed $2.4 billion Revel Hotel Casino was Charlie Birnbaum’s father’s livelihood. It allowed him to reside a couple of blocks from…
Slot Machines in Taverns Turn Into Hangover for Illinois Casinos
Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) — The Sweet Pop Fizz Candy Bar in East Dundee, Illinois, offers gelato, hand-painted chocolates — and slot machines, two of them, ready to play between sips of a craft beer. Since the state authorized bars and…