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Vegas building tied to casino players, vagrants, vandals gets new look

Gamblers Book Shop, also known as Gambler’s Book Club, was based for 30-plus years in a small building near the corner of Charleston Boulevard and Maryland Parkway, drawing such customers as casino owners, gamblers, federal agents and others.

Former Gambler’s Book Shop gets a Major Revamp
 
Former Gambler’s Book Shop gets a Major Revamp

Owner of Dapper Companies J Dapper and vice president Henriksen/Butler Heather Bressler discuss the former Gambler’s Book Shop near Charleston Boulevard and Maryland Parkway that is being renovated and will be occupied by Henriksen/Butler, an office-furniture firm in Las Vegas, Thursday, July 27, 2017. Elizabeth Brumley Las Vegas Review-Journal

Out Of State Cash Funding Local Nevada Construction Projects
 
Out Of State Cash Funding Local Nevada Construction Projects

There’s a good chance that new shopping center or office project you see popping up was funded with out of state cash.
Still traumatized by the recession, several local lenders aren’t doling out cash for new construction for new local commercial real estate projects as much their non-local peers. ((Nicole Raz/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

 
Woman claims she had sexual relationship with Pete Rose as a teen

A woman said she had a sexual relationship with Pete Rose in the 1970s, starting when she was 14 or 15 years old, according to her sworn testimony submitted to a court Monday.