The following was reported this morning in the Las Vegas Review/Journal [Excuse the format]

GAMING CHIPS: Alexis

Park plans more rooms

and adding a casino

Owners of one of Las Vegas' better-known

nongaming hotels have filed plans with the Clark County

Planning Commission to add a small casino to their

property.

Operators of the Alexis Park are attempting to open

7,079 square feet of casino space at the off-Strip

property, which sits along Harmon Avenue across from

the Hard Rock Hotel.

The move would come after the completion of a

proposed deal by Alexis Park's owners to purchase the

Americana Inn, an adjacent 208-unit apartment complex

that would be converted into hotel units and linked to the

neighboring hotel.

Plans also call for the construction of an adjacent

three-story, 120-unit hotel on an empty lot.