Read more Las Vegas Strip stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/21014/las-vegas-strip.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:18:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74028/complaints-curb-vegas-stripper-mobile.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Las Vegas strip club has agreed to stop an advertising promotion that involved hauling bikini-clad exotic dancers around in a truck. Larry Beard, marketing director of Déjà Vu Showgirls, said today he's taking his lawyer's advice and parking the truck. "We're going to respect the opinion of the folks...http://www.newser.com/story/74028/complaints-curb-vegas-stripper-mobile.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 20:35:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70139/citycenter-las-vegas-85b-stimulus-bet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA gigantic addition to the Las Vegas Strip is a one-stop stimulus package for a city and state walloped by the recession and an $8.5 billion bet that happy days are near again. With 12,000 jobs, the CityCenter project—a kaleidoscope of condominiums, boutique hotels, shopping, and, of...http://www.newser.com/story/70139/citycenter-las-vegas-85b-stimulus-bet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 18:54:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45903/what-downturn-vegas-gets-new-23b-resort.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRecession has dimmed the glittering lights of Las Vegas, but it hasn’t stopped hotel and casino mogul Steve Wynn, AFP reports. Wynn is preparing to open the lavish $2.3 billion resort Encore on Monday as Sin City weathers its worst economic meltdown in decades. “I don't owe a dime...http://www.newser.com/story/45903/what-downturn-vegas-gets-new-23b-resort.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Dec 2008 16:15:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45655/rare-snow-blankets-vegas-strip.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe heaviest snowfall in nearly 30 years has left the Vegas Strip looking like a winter wonderland, the Las Vegas Sun reports. Local schoolkids are getting their first snow day since 1979. Traffic is snarled across the city as the weather stuns snow-novice drivers, and strands hundreds of tourists in...http://www.newser.com/story/45655/rare-snow-blankets-vegas-strip.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Dec 2008 4:13:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29911/iconic-sign-is-fabulous-indeed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's been nearly a half-century since the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign went up on the Strip, and Betty Willis is still as sharp as she was when she designed it, Las Vegas Weekly reports. Willis created the neon design back when the Strip still intersected dirt roads,...http://www.newser.com/story/29911/iconic-sign-is-fabulous-indeed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Jun 2008 10:25:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27624/barkley-gambling-debt-400k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharles Barkley admitted today that he owes a Las Vegas casino $400,000 and promised to pay up quickly, the AP reports. The former NBA star fessed up after the Wynn Las Vegas casino filed a complaint and the local DA threatened felony charges. "I'm not broke, and I'm going...http://www.newser.com/story/27624/barkley-gambling-debt-400k.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 May 2008 20:40:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27352/guggenheim-vegas-failure-a-rare-stumble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow that the shutdown of the Guggenheim Museum's Las Vegas satellites is complete, many in the art world are faulting museum leaders in New York for not understanding the realities of the Strip. But for one LA Times critic, it's not just the Guggenheim that misread Vegas. Rem Koolhaas, the...http://www.newser.com/story/27352/guggenheim-vegas-failure-a-rare-stumble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 May 2008 17:54:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24167/guggenheims-vegas-gallery-craps-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Guggenheim Museum's second venue on the Las Vegas Strip is closing its doors after 7 years. The nonprofit satellite gallery, which presented works from both the New York museum and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, was housed in the decidedly for-profit Venetian Hotel. A larger space folded only 18...http://www.newser.com/story/24167/guggenheims-vegas-gallery-craps-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Apr 2008 10:42:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17367/fire-closes-las-vegas-casino.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA three-alarm blaze at the Monte Carlo hotel-casino has been contained, the Las Vegas Sun reports, and the 3,200-room property on the Strip has been evacuated. Authorities told the AP no major injuries were reported. Smoke and flame erupted from the casino roof at 11 this morning, with debris...http://www.newser.com/story/17367/fire-closes-las-vegas-casino.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 25 Jan 2008 15:16:14 CST