A footwear magnate and a racetrack operator who want to build two new casinos worth billions of dollars in the northern part of the state have concluded that voters will reject the plan in a November referendum, and they’re ending their expensive lobbying push for it.
Representatives of two locals casino companies are counting on new opportunities now that the Nevada Gaming Commission has unanimously approved licenses to Red Rock Resorts for the Palms and to Boyd Gaming for the Aliante Hotel.
An early Thursday morning fire forced the evacuation of three floors of the Carson Tower at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas.
