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Calendar of Conventions in Las Vegas Nevada Hotels

Las Vegas Convention Schedule For July 1 - 7 2008

• IDEA WORLD FITNESS CONVENTION
• LAS VEGAS CONVENTION CENTER      07/08/2008      07/11/2008      5,500
• URBAN JAMM, INC. DANCE CONVENTION
• PALACE STATION HOTEL CASINO     07/08/2008     07/10/2008     225



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MGM Grand Tianjin luxury condo hotel in China announced by MGM Mirage.  The first nongaming hotel project in mainland China with jv partner expects to start groundbreaking in several weeks.  The location is projected to cash flow $200 million annually.

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Station Casinos’ Las Vegas president, Lorenzo Fertitta, resigns yesterday to work full time for the UFC.  Because of the rapidly growing popularity worldwide of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the past president of a half a dozen Las Vegas casinos, will concentrate on the international business development for the multi-billion dollar mixed martial arts franchise.

A joint venture seven and a half years ago between Lorenzo, his brother, Frank III and Dana White purchased the then small time UFC for $2 million.  Since then fights have taken place in multi million state-of-the-art venues around the globe.

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Paxton Walk Las Vegas real estate developer stops construction.  Paxton Walk in North Las Vegas, NV is a 30 acre $200 million mixed use development.  Avi Ruimi, real estate developer, started assembling the parcels of land for the past 14 years.

The recent market conditions has updated his construction plans and has since stopped the project and return the deposits to the 50 condo buyers.

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