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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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From theaters to bars, Las Vegas rolls out a new gimmick: Class.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; Byline: Robert Cross LAS VEGAS _ At The Venetian Hotel taxi stand one evening, the dispatcher _ wearing a gondolier-style red striped jersey and boater straw hat _ opened cab doors to the accompaniment of operatic airs coming from an overhead loudspeaker. I stood in line, listening with pleasure to
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Casinos don't promote it, but Las Vegas can be a family jackpot.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ... Circus, Circus Hotel-Casino-Theme Park. ``It's a figment of someone's imagination,'' says Mike Donahue, editor of the Las Vegas News Bureau, an arm of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. ``It's all because someone from the press saw all the family ...
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From Maverick to Mafia to MBA: gaming industry leadership in Las Vegas from 1931 through 2007.
Cornell Hospitality Quarterly
; This article presents a historical analysis of three eras in the history of Las Vegas gaming industry leadership: a maverick era, a mafia era, and an MBA era. Within each period, the article highlights the roles of key figures that shaped the industry's evolving landscape. The second section
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 "Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)")
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Las Vegas in luxury
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)
; Think Las Vegas. Think gambling, glamour and the Mob. Think fastest-growing 24-hour city on the planet. And then think of the 10- hour flight to get there from Britain, arriving there bedraggled and ready for bed rather than the roulette table. Not any more. The East Anglia countryside might seem
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Ads Provide Las Vegas with Free Exposure, Marketing Executives Say.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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Learning From Globalization-Era Las Vegas
Southern Quarterly
; OSCAR GOODMAN, a former lawyer to such mob clients as Meyer Lansky and Anthony Spilotro and current mayor of Las Vegas has said of his city, "Las Vegas is either the most unreal place in the world or the most real place." Trite as the statement is, maybe because it is so trite, the mayor's
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First-time, must-see Vegas // Celebrating the Las Vegas legacy
Chicago Sun-Times
; LAS VEGAS Barney Vinson, a veteran Las Vegas dealer and pit boss, sees 'em coming every day. "You see them standing kind of befuddled, trying to figure out what to see," says Vinson, author of four books on Las Vegas who now teaches gaming classes for beginners at Caesars Palace. Las Vegas is
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Las Vegas can still be a good spot for families
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; ... designed for and most completely enjoyed by adult audiences," said Erika Yowell, senior manager, media relations for the Las Vegas News Bureau/ Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. "However, there are plenty of things for people of all ages to enjoy." Family-wi ...
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Las Vegas making room for classy hotels on its strip
The Journal Record
; LAS VEGAS -- The newest way to make an impression on the garish Las Vegas Strip is through Impressionism itself. The Bellagio, a luxury hotel being built in a city known for its girlie shows, clanging slot machines and the Liberace Museum, will have its hallways graced by about $130 million worth
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The addition of 16,000 rooms may set off a resort rate war in Las Vegas.
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; LAS VEGAS _ If you haven't been to Las Vegas lately and you're thinking about visiting before the coming of the millennium, be prepared for some big changes. Make that colossal changes. During the next 18 months, more than $6 billion is being spent for developing or expanding casino resorts in
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