Dates set for Adelson projects - 2004-02-05
The 3,000-room resort to be opened on the Las Vegas Strip between The Venetian hotel-casino and Wynn Las Vegas by Sheldon Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Inc., may be on line by the end of 2006, a company executive said Tuesday.

Replying to a question in a financial presentation at the American Gaming Summit, William Weidner, president of Las Vegas Sands Inc., said efforts are under way to prepare the property for construction, which would include a major excavation project for an underground parking garage.
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Tax hike fears worry gaming industry - 2004-02-05
As state legislators make more zealous attempts to increase needed tax revenue, the casino industry is facing a growing threat of higher state gaming taxes along with the newer, more intimidating prospect of state-owned casinos, a panel of gaming experts told a group of casino insiders and investors at a conference in Las Vegas Tuesday.

Spurred by political expediency and egged on by gambling opponents, lawmakers are increasingly calling for states to run casinos and generate higher taxes from them, Frank Fahrenkopf, chief executive of the American Gaming Association, said at the industry-sponsored American Gaming Summit.
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