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Las Vegas Sands Weighs On Gaming Fund
There’s an exchange-traded fund for casino and gaming stocks, and it’s seeing heavy trading volume after Las Vegas Sands’ (LVS) first-quarter earnings report. Shares in the proprietor of The Venetian are selling off despite a pretty...
Car Wash Show leaving Vegas for Chicago
The Car Wash Show will abandon Las Vegas for Chicago in 2014, thanks to labor reforms that cut costs for McCormick Place exhibitors. A news release distributed Wednesday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office described the Car Wash Show as the “world’s...
Mike Tyson bares soul in one-man Vegas act
The ex-fighter with the famously tattooed face, battered reputation and tortured self-esteem approaches the proscenium of the MGM Grand’s Hollywood Theater. In the darkened showroom, Mike Tyson shifts uncomfortably on a stage, a lonely figure...
Mike Tyson wants to take Vegas show to Broadway
Mike Tyson on Broadway? New York theater critics had better keep their ears protected if they’re thinking of panning the athlete who once took a bite out of Evander Holyfield’s right ear.
Pac-12 moving men’s basketball tourney
The Pac-12 men’s basketball tournament is moving to Sin City for the next three years. Commissioner Larry Scott announced the deal on Tuesday at the MGM Grand hotel-casino in Las Vegas, standing poolside near a site known for boxing, not...
Wheldon’s death looms as racing returns to Vegas
Racing returns to Las Vegas Motor Speedway for the first time since IndyCar star Dan Wheldon was killed in a fiery crash last fall. NASCAR doesn’t plan to have any memorials at the track, but the two-time Indy 500 champion will likely...
Las Vegas brings legitimacy to Truck Series
The 400-mile Sprint Cup race on Sunday will draw the biggest crowd this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. But it wasn’t that long ago that NASCAR’s Vegas headliners were driving pickup trucks.
The Truck Series hit the Strip two...
David Haye arrives at Heathrow airport en route to Vegas
David Haye has arrived at Heathrow airport following his brawl with Dereck Chisora in Munich on Saturday evening.
Stars Gather In Vegas For Ali’s 70th Birthday
Dozens of celebrities from the sports, film and TV realms plan to fete boxing icon Muhammad Ali and raise money for brain research during a tribute in Las Vegas to be aired later on ABC.
Vegas Sands Leads Gaming Stocks With Strong Q4
China’s weeklong Lunar New Year holiday spurred a big month for gambling destination Macau, extending a recent run by gambling-industry stocks.
