Casino operators have told the investment community that business levels along the Strip have stabilized in recent months.
HARRAH’S BOSS SPEAKS: Harrah’s Entertainment CEO and Chairman Gary Loveman sits down with Review-Journal writer Arnold Knightly to discuss his company, the economy and the gaming industry.
It would seem the Nevada Legislature is finally finished taking a scouring pad to the state’s shiny image as the Southwest’s friendliest place to do business. Indeed, the 2009 biennial session of the state Assembly and Senate is over, its patchwork of cuts in services and taxes on businesses passed to prop up the skeletal remains of a once booming landscape. The tax increases were pushed through over the very vocal objections of the state’s beleaguered governor; the cuts were orchestrated to make the wounds less deep for businesses, which appear to have meekly gone along with the program.
It was a symbol of Las Vegas largesse during the good times. Now it’s an emblem of recession blues.
Five words to say thanks. That’s all the winners get. Most complied with the rule. A handful used additional verbiage. They should forfeit their prizes. But that’s just my opinion. Heck, they had preparation time. What makes them so special?
If everybody followed the rules, David Stone would be out of business.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood nursed another big weekend hangover. The Warner Bros. comedy “The Hangover,” which was filmed in Las Vegas last year, hauled in $33.4 million to remain the top box-office draw for a second-straight weekend, according to studio estimates today.
The tale of a Las Vegas bachelor party gone to extremes raised its total to $105.4 million after 10 days in theaters. It was the summer’s first movie to finish at No. 1 for two weekends in a row.