New LEED certifications cement CityCenter's green status

Nov. 27, 2009

By Nicole Lucht

All eyes are turned toward CityCenter as the green giant prepares to open next month.

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G2E trots out server-based games (yawn), and little new content

Nov. 27, 2009

By Richard N. Velotta

How appropriate it was for this year’s Global Gaming Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center to be parked next door to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.

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Hint of hope

Nov. 27, 2009

Nevada’s unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of a percentage point in October from the previous month, which is the first monthly decline in four years.

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Fontainebleau retail component seeks bankruptcy protection

Nov. 27, 2009

By Steve Green

The retail portion of the idled Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino resort filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday -- introducing a new set of creditors and controversies to the massive case.

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Contractors make another bid for Fontainebleau

Nov. 26, 2009

By Steve Green

Contractors owed hundreds of millions of dollars for work on the Las Vegas Fontainebleau casino-resort moved again Wednesday for the right to take over the project by making a bid for what they're owed, known as a credit bid. Their attorneys filed a motion for credit bidding in Miami's bankruptcy court the same day that Judge A. Jay Cristol signed paperwork approving investor Carl Icahn as Fontainebleau's stalking horse bidder.

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Las Vegas expecting more visitors this Thanksgiving

Nov. 26, 2009

By Amanda Finnegan

The Las Vegas Valley is expected to see an increase in Thanksgiving visitors this year, local tourism officials said. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is projecting 278,000 visitors will be in town for the holiday weekend, up 3 percent from 2008.

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Harrah's working on plan to take over Planet Hollywood

Nov. 25, 2009

By Steve Green

Harrah's Entertainment Inc.'s chief executive officer confirmed to employees Wednesday that the company is interested in acquiring the Planet Hollywood resort on the Las Vegas Strip. In an internal e-mail, CEO Gary Loveman told employees of the company's interest, Harrah's spokeswoman Jacqueline Peterson said.

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Kellogg Media Group files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy

Nov. 25, 2009

By Steve Green

Facing stacks of lawsuits over unpaid bills and allegations it deceived advertisers by inflating circulation numbers, Las Vegas tourist magazine publisher Kellogg Media Group LLC voluntarily filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation Tuesday.

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Developer General Growth moving subsidiaries out of bankruptcy protection

Nov. 25, 2009

By Steve Green

Shopping mall and land development giant General Growth Properties Inc. is working to quickly move hundreds of its subsidiaries out of bankruptcy protection, including several in Las Vegas. The Chicago company, weighed down by $27 billion in debt and hurt by the recession, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on April 16.

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Golden Nugget opens $150 million, 500-room tower

Nov. 23, 2009

By Amanda Finnegan

The Golden Nugget celebrated a milestone Monday for downtown Las Vegas. The hotel-casino had a grand opening celebration for its Rush Tower, the first new hotel tower to be added to the downtown area since Golden Nugget’s Carson Tower opened in 1989.

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Carl Icahn offers $156 million for Fontainebleau, outbids Penn National

Nov. 23, 2009

By Steve Green

Investor Carl Icahn will be the stalking horse bidder for the mothballed Fontainebleau Las Vegas casino resort, offering $156 million in cash and financing Monday and outbidding Penn National Gaming. During a hearing in Miami's bankruptcy court, Penn National Gaming initially competed with Icahn but then dropped out of the bidding after going as high as $145 million.

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Vegas-based Majestic Star Casino seeks bankruptcy

Nov. 23, 2009

By Steve Green

Las Vegas-based Majestic Star Casino LLC filed for bankruptcy protection today in Delaware after defaulting on debt obligations covering its properties in Colorado, Indiana and Mississippi.

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CityCenter hotel welcomes new employees with gala

Nov. 22, 2009

By Kyle Hansen

One of CityCenter’s properties held a special event Saturday to welcome its 400 new employees. Mandarin Oriental’s Day of Delight included performances by local entertainers and a parade to show fans from all of the properties in the worldwide hotel group.

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Judge in Station Casinos case refuses creditors' request

Nov. 20, 2009

By Cy Ryan

RENO – A federal bankruptcy judge has refused, for the time being, a request by the unsecured creditors of Station Casinos to hire another firm to aid in seeing whether there was any fraud or unsavory dealings in the handling of its finances.

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Joint venture will acquire Hughes Center owner

Nov. 20, 2009

By Steve Green

A big nationwide real estate deal announced today includes the high-end, 115-acre Hughes Center office and business complex in Las Vegas. Its owner, Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership of Fort Worth, Texas, has been taken over by Barclays Capital, part of London-based banking giant Barclays Bank Plc.

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