Topic: Las Vegas
1. Passenger on Las Vegas flight accused of making threat. No arrest has been made in connection with the threat allegedly made after the plane was forced to return to McCarran because of a mechanical problem. 2. Motorcyclist injured in hit, run ...
With so many Nevadans terrified of becoming part of the highest unemployment rate in the nation, the rumbling among the rank and file at some Las Vegas resorts is that management by intimidation is running rampant in the Great Recession. But in ...
Gaming giant Harrahs Entertainments ability to steer clear of bankruptcy while carrying massive debt through the Great Recession has many people wanting to know its secret.But when two key executives gave a Las Vegas business organization an inside look at what Harrahs ...
The pitch was right out of a travel brochure for Tuscany.The development was conceived more than 40 years ago by actor and hotel investor J. Carlton Adair, who bought the land and the water rights to develop what he would call Lake ...
Optimism takes a back seat as project managers look for answers Neil Opfer can see the recession from his window.Opfer is a professor of engineering and construction management at UNLV and lives in Summerlin, not far from the half-finished construction site of ...
Whatever your taste in entertainment, the Sun has your info in our comprehensive guide: Theres a buzz around CityCenter,generating discussion about everything from its unique interiors to its economic impact on Las Vegas. Watch videos including the grand opening of Aria, Murren ...
States economy worse off than any other For so long Nevada was like the Globetrotters of the American economy a fun, twirling circus act always winning the race in growth of employment, wages and property values.But now were the Washington Generals hapless, ...
Bad timing has perfect symbol in Fontainebleau, but other notable victims Of all the buildings under construction nationwide left unfinished because of the recession, the Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort, which analysts say may be nations largest and most expensive stalled construction job, ...
Industries need to bolster their images Anyone who thinks the Brookings Institution is a lefty think tank need only talk to Clifford Winston, a senior fellow in economic studies. Winston was in town this week to deliver a lecture at Brookings-partner UNLV. ...
In some of Las Vegas grittiest dive bars, stale cigarette smoke hangs in the air, fixtures are coated with 70s-era grime and the clientele often includes sex and drug peddlers.The Gold Spike used to be something close a dive casino.Before we bought ...