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Source: MGM offered aid on UNLV stadium

Before UNLV ditched billionaire Ed Roski’s Majestic Realty as its private partner for a proposed stadium, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas received an offer from a powerful hotel-casino company to help build the 60,000-seat venue, the Las Vegas Review-Journal learned Thursday.

Unionized Southwest workers distribute leaflets at McCarran

Union members of Southwest Airlines ground crews handed out leaflets at McCarran International Airport on Thursday to protest the company’s proposals to outsource some jobs.

UNLV drops private partner for stadium project

UNLV made a radical move Wednesday in its bid to build a 60,000-seat domed stadium by dumping its deep-pocket private partner, Majestic Realty.

Wynn Resorts unveils Wynn Everett resort in Boston

Wynn Resorts Ltd. on Wednesday unveiled plans for Wynn Everett, a
roughly $1.5 billion resort it hopes to build next to the Mystic River in Massachusetts, as the Las Vegas-based gaming company looks to capture the sole Boston-area casino license.

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Las Vegas gasoline prices down slightly from month ago

While Las Vegas gasoline prices have dropped slightly in the past month and pumps nationwide reflect a 22-cents-per-gallon drop over this time last year, crude oil climbed to almost $95 a barrel Monday, fueled mainly by financial tensions in Cyprus.

Harmon Hotel to again ring with construction sounds as part of upcoming trial

CityCenter’s unfinished Harmon Hotel will once again come alive, perhaps this week, to the sound of construction workers armed with hammers and chisels chipping away structural concrete as legal teams gather evidence for an upcoming trial.

Bicycle-bound security forces keep parking lots safe

He’s the guy in the black cargo pants, neon green shirt and the Cannondale mountain bike as his vehicle and there’s a chance that Lino Haynes will be the first employee who greets you at Red Rock Resort in Summerlin.

Hoosier woman lives the hoops dream, betting – and winning

Inside the March Madness Man Cave known as Lagasse’s Stadium sports bar on the Strip sits Jen Wilfong, a 48-year-old Indiana Hoosier hoops woman who honed her laser-perfect outside shot on five basketball rims mounted by her daddy on the family farm in Indiana.

March Madness fans flock to Las Vegas, including Lagasse’s

Tim Husted has spent his entire adult life making a yearly March Madness pilgrimage from the Midwest to Las Vegas to park himself in front of a wall of TV screens for 14 hours on the first full day of NCAA basketball tournament games.

Bill to ease tourist visa hassles introduced

WASHINGTON — A travel industry-endorsed plan to make it easier for foreign tourists to obtain visas to visit the United States was reintroduced Thursday in Congress.

Las Vegas hotel-casino operators told to stamp out illegal activities

Two high-profile incidents and the fast-approaching summer months led state gaming regulators and Las Vegas police to issue a stern warning Thursday to hotel-casino operators: Keep a close watch on your nightclubs and pool parties or face disciplinary action for any illegal activity.

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