New Vegas casino opens Friday

Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2003 | 11:09 a.m.

The Tuscany Hotel & Casino expects to open its 60,000-square-foot casino floor to the public on Friday at 10 p.m., becoming the second major casino to debut this year in the Las Vegas region.

The Tuscany, located at 255 W. Flamingo Road between Koval Lane and Paradise Road, opened its 716-room hotel about a year ago. The $100 million property added the casino to draw both tourists off the Strip as well as locals, owners say.

It follows the Jan. 2 opening of the Cannery in North Las Vegas, a $105 million themed property with 201 hotel rooms that expects to draw most of its customers from a five-mile radius -- an area that hadn't yet offered a major casino-hotel for locals.

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