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April 16, 2024

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An artist's rendering of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's planned expansion and renovation of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Dueling polls show public support for convention center, stadium
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Debate about whether public money should support an expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center or the construction of a new football stadium on land owned by ...
Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen is shown during a courtroom break at the Regional Justice Center Thursday, April 4, 2013. Suen is suing the Las Vegas Sands saying he is owed millions of dollars in an agreement in which he helped Sands secure its gaming license in Macau a decade ago.
Nevada high court orders new trial in $100 million Las Vegas Sands case
Monday, March 14, 2016
With more than $100 million at stake, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson's company has been granted a do-over in a Las Vegas courtroom on the contested amount owed to a Hong Kong businessman for helping ...
A look at an empty lot Tuesday, March 1, 2016, near Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane. UNLV closed on a $50 million deal to buy 42 acres of land that may be used to build a stadium.
Debating the merits of a new stadium for Las Vegas
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
If a plan supported by Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Majestic Realty Co. moves forward this year. The companies want to build a stadium on land owned by UNLV that would likely be domed, seat about 65,000 people, cost at least $1 billion and rely to some extent on tourism-based taxes. Supporters of the stadium say it would ...
In this May 4, 2015, file photo, Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson testifies in court in Las Vegas. Adelson has pulled out of a deal to build a $1.9 billion stadium for the Oakland Raiders in Las Vegas.
Casino magnate Adelson facing 49 hours of pretrial questions
Thursday, February 18, 2016
A judge said Thursday that billionaire casino magnate and Las Vegas newspaper owner Sheldon Adelson can be questioned for up to 49 hours beginning ...
In this file photo from Friday, May 22, 2009, patrons pass under the entrance marquis to the Sands Casino Bethlehem when it opened its doors to the public for the first time, in Bethlehem, Pa.
Pennsylvania casino tax would hit Sands the hardest
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
For the past six years, Sands Casino in Bethlehem has developed a reputation for giving away thousands of little plastic cards loaded with free slot-machine money each day ...
Former Adelson casino exec takes dismissal case to U.S. court
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
A former executive in billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson's empire is asking a federal court in Nevada to rule on a continuing legal fight over his 2010 dismissal as ...
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, laughs as Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis talks to the media after an NFL owners meeting Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in Houston.
Sheldon Adelson, the NFL and Las Vegas: A perfect match?
Friday, February 5, 2016
Although it hasn't been said that Sheldon Adelson would end up with an ownership state in the Raiders, no one would claim that he doesn't fit ...
In this file photo from Friday, May 22, 2009, patrons pass under the entrance marquis to the Sands Casino Bethlehem when it opened its doors to the public for the first time, in Bethlehem, Pa.
Sands Bethlehem posts records while Asia falls
Gaming:
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
While the gambling giant's casinos in Macau caused its 2015 net income fall 31 percent to $2 billion, its casino in south Bethlehem posted a record year in which its net income increased …
Jim Murren, chairman and CEO of MGM Resorts International, addresses the crowd during the Metro Chamber of Commerce annual Preview Las Vegas event Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, at Cox Pavilion.
MGM chief: Don’t divert room taxes from convention center to UNLV stadium
Friday, January 29, 2016
MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren said today he’s not opposed to a stadium plan backed by one of his competitors, as long as it doesn’t use hotel room tax revenue that would otherwise support an expansion of ...
UNLV closed a $50 million deal to buy 42 acres of empty land along Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane that could be used to build a stadium on campus. The sale was announced Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016.
UNLV likes Sands-backed stadium for NFL team but isn’t married to it yet
Thursday, January 28, 2016
UNLV is receptive to plans being pushed by Las Vegas Sands Corp. for construction of a $1 billion, 65,000-seat stadium on land recently bought by the university ...
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, laughs as Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis talks to the media after an NFL owners meeting Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in Houston.
Las Vegas Sands wants stadium for UNLV, possibly Raiders
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson wants to help build a domed stadium on the UNLV campus and is meeting with the owner of the Oakland Raiders ...
In this photo taken Nov. 23, 2014, visitors walk across the road in front of the Venetian Macao casino resort in Macau.
Las Vegas Sands revenue takes hit from Macau for 4th quarter, full year
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Las Vegas Sands, the casino company that runs the Venetian and Palazzo on the Strip in addition to properties in Macau and elsewhere, reported its fourth-quarter and ...
Exterior view of the NV Energy building Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, in Las Vegas.
Regulators propose $125 million fee for casino companies to leave NV Energy
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
A draft order of the state Public Utilities Commission says three Las Vegas Strip casino companies must pay a combined $125.6 million to ...
Sands Cotai Central, which sits just across from Venetian Macau.
Group asks federal officials to investigate Adelson, Las Vegas Sands
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
A self-described watchdog organization wants federal leaders to investigate Las Vegas Sands Corp. and its CEO Sheldon Adelson over alleged connections to ...
Exterior view of the NV Energy building Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, in Las Vegas.
Estimates are in for NV Energy exit fees for MGM, Sands, Wynn
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Three casino companies looking to purchase and create power without NV Energy will have to pay millions to do so, according to filings with the Public Utilities Commission. The PUC’s regulatory operations staff submitted its exit fee estimates Tuesday for ...