Here are some news items from Las Vegas Advisor that I haven't seen on the bb before.

Turnberry Associates, who built the Turnberry Place condo complex east of the strip has purchased the closed El Rancho casino and plans to demolish it to improve the view from the condos. Good for them!

Caesars Palace is in the process of closing or relocating most of its restaurants. You will have to visit the pool area from now on to eat at the coffee shop. The landmark building-screen that's been visible from the Strip for 35 years will disappear. No more house-of-blue-lights.

MGM Grand has relocated their high-limit pit to the new Mansion Casino, an 8,000 sq ft area near the Mansion Villas. Think we might see the French roulette game open again? They supposedly still have the jetons from the game that was played in 1994. The old baccarat pit is now a high limit slots area.

The gambling win on the Strip was up 17.1% in March. That's 25 consecutive months of increases!

Park Place Entertainment has contracted with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe to develop a casino within 3 years in the Catskills, 90 miles N of NYC. They acquired a 5 year option to purchase Kutsher's Resort Hotel in the area and purchased a separate 50 acre parcel for the Mohawks to build the casino. Competition for Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun!

LVA food editor still raving about the Regent Las Vegas buffet. Now says the breakfast is a winner at $4.95. I'm going to have to find out where this place is on my next trip to LV.

A Reno blurb highlights something I'd never read about before. The Liberty Belle Saloon and Restaurant near the convention center is operated by two grandsoons of Charles Fey, developer of the first slot machine in 1898... The Liberty Belle! There's a display of early slot and "poker" machines in the place. I have one of the silveen 50c tokens this place used in the 1960's but had no idea they were still in business. Another spot to visit on the next Reno trip!

DonL