Michael McClendon, a poker room supervisor at the Sahara, wasn’t surprised when he was called into a meeting at 7:30 a.m. with other employees and was told the nearly 60-year-old Strip resort would cease operations in May.
McClendon, who recently celebrated 25 years at the casino, said the announcement Friday shouldn’t have been unexpected.
At least once a month, Wyleaner Springfield makes the rocky, winding drive up Black Mountain to dump programming into the server attached to the television transmitter she leases.
Basic-cable rates through local provider Cox Communications are set to rise 24 percent by Tuesday, to nearly $20, according to a sample invoice the Review-Journal studied. Satellite provider Dish Network boosted its monthly service fees in February by 16.6 percent, to $34.99, for its least-expensive package. At satellite competitor DirecTV, monthly invoices are up an average of 4 percent, or $2 to $3 a month, in 2011, a spokesman said.
12:40 A.M. UPDATE: Phil Ivey was eliminated in seventh place in the World Series of Poker’s Main Event, winning $1.4 million.
Ivey was knocked out just after midnight.
The WSOP’s final table started on Saturday in the Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio. Click here for more coverage of the WSOP including live blogging from the Main Event.
• World Series of Poker chip leader shies from the spotlight
Privé nightclub and its ultralounge, the Living Room, closed since last month, will reopen this weekend inside Planet Hollywood Resort under a 30-day temporary liquor license with more than a dozen conditions barring activity that caused the clubs to run afoul of Clark County officials.
