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Talk of sports/entertainment venues collides with reality of arena ground breaking

The staff at The Thomas & Mack Center has heard all the proposals for new arenas in Las Vegas come and go through the years. But on Thursday, mere talk of fancy sports/entertainment venues ends with the reality that MGM Resorts International and its arena partner AEGare breaking ground behind New York-New York for a $350 million, 20,000-seat arena.

Chinese business brings PANDA! to Las Vegas stage

PANDA! at The Palazzo has taken up longterm residency in Las Vegas and Chinese producers are hoping to provide cultural bonding.

Publicly traded Terra Tech looks to snag medical marijuana license

Las Vegas-based Medifarm LLC, a newly created subsidiary of the national agricultural company Terra Tech, is looking to become the first publicly traded company in the country to hold a medical marijuana license.

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Developer of Moapa tribe’s solar project to hold job fair Thursday

The company behind the nation’s first utility-scale solar power plant on tribal land will hold a job fair today to hire some of the workers needed to build and operate the facility 40 miles north of Las Vegas.

SEIU members complain about housing authority legal fee increase

Union employees at the Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority objected Thursday to the payment of nearly $1 million in legal fees, while the attorney blamed the union for driving his fees up.

Downtown Las Vegas unions show force as contract talks continue

In the past few weeks, the Culinary and Bartenders unions have authorized a strike, signed up thousands of workers for strike benefits and spent hours picketing in front of 10 downtown Las Vegas casinos.

AEG-MGM arena project to break ground May 1

Entertainment powerhouse company AEG and MGM Resorts International — partners on a $350 million, 19,500-seat arena behind New York-New York on the Strip — plan to move the first chunk of earth for the project at a groundbreaking ceremony set for May 1.

RNC to make convention site visit to Las Vegas on Thursday

The Republican National Committee will make a technical site visit to Las Vegas on Thursday to help determine whether the city will win the right to host the 2016 convention where the GOP will nominate its presidential candidate.

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