Arena deal:
The Las Vegas City Council is expected to extend the city's deadline for a signed deal with Real Estate Interests Group for a Downtown sports arena. The Bloomfield Hills, MI-based company's proposal calls for the arena to be developed in the first phase of a $10-billion, 85-acre mixed-use development on the West side of Main Street.

Harrah's problems:
Misdemeanor criminal charges are imminent for problematic remodeling done at the Rio, Harrah's Las Vegas and Flamingo Las Vegas hotels, according to a statement Thursday from the county manager's office.

Wynn/Adelson spat:
The issue surfaced during last week's county zoning meeting. Adelson's company, Las Vegas Sands Corp., wants to build a new convention center behind its existing Sands Expo and Convention Center. The company pitched the 1.7 ¯million-square-foot project as being in conjunction with its other developments, which would allow Adelson to provide fewer parking spaces.

However, Wynn argued the proposed convention center was not in conjunction with Adelson's resorts, and thus required a parking ratio of two spots for every 1,000 square feet. That's almost double what Adelson had planned and could make the project much more expensive.

What did Wynn use to back up his argument? He owns a parking garage between the proposed convention center and Adelson's other projects, a physical contradiction of Adelson's contention that the new center is "in conjunction" with his other properties.