Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

Fitzgeralds Related Stories

  • Casino employee denied workers comp after falling out of office chair
    A casino worker injured when he fell out of his chair while trying to prop his feet on the desk has lost a round in his bid to collect worker's compensation insurance payments.
  • Stevens brothers get approval of Fitzgeralds purchase, say they're planning upgrades
    Gambling in downtown Las Vegas has been in a slump but brothers Derek and Gregory Stevens are betting business will pick up. The state Gaming Commission Thursday gave final approval to the brothers to buy Fitzgeralds Hotel and Casino.
  • Fitzgeralds seeks to shut down website over alleged trademark infringement
    The operator of the Fitzgeralds hotel-casinos in Las Vegas and around the country went to court Wednesday in hopes of shutting down a website it says is infringing on its trademarks.
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Kevin Burke, star of "Defending the Caveman" at the Golden Nugget, performs his own stand-up show at Fitzgeralds after "Caveman." In it, he relies on props, music, magic, card tricks and mind-reading as well as jokes. One recent night the Fitzergalds crowd was tough, but Burke won them over.
    Second show, tougher crowd
    Comedian Kevin Burke lumbers like an over-the-hill fullback, dodging taxi cabs and construction barriers on his one-block dash from the Golden Nugget to Fitzgeralds.
  • Fitzgeralds owner eyeing Strip, Detroit expansion
    The owner of the Fitzgeralds hotel and casino in downtown Las Vegas said he is hungrily eyeing the Strip to expand his gaming business but intends to wait several months before casino-shopping in the hope that skyrocketing prices stabilize.
  • Fitzgeralds' value cut by $10 million
    Majestic Star officials last year said spinning off the Las Vegas property would free it from the restrictive covenants on bank and bond loans and would allow the company to more easily pursue upgrades and other capital spending projects downtown.