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...rally than those that focus on regional markets, analysts say. There have already been signs of improvement in Las Vegas, where traffic has increased in the past four months, although gaming revenue remains flat, says Bill Lerner, chief executive of research group Union Gaming Group. Also, some companies like MGM Mirage (MGM) who were buried under a mountain of debt and teetering on bankruptcy a year ago have managed to restructure their debt issues and are no longer on analysts' bankruptcy watch lists...
Brashear believes MGM would see the biggest rally from a Las Vegas recovery, with Wynn and Las Vegas Sands also reaping benefits...
While waiting to meet in the ring, Pacquiao and Mayweather will compete at the box office. Pacquiao's last several fights have been at Las Vegas' MGM Grand, a 17,000-seat venue, against marquee opponents. His bout against Clottey will be held at Texas Stadium (45,000 seats for the event, and ticket sales have been brisk). But because Clottey was a last-minute replacement for Mayweather with no natural fanbase in the U.S., HBO declined to feature the fight in its popular 24/7 series (it did so for several of Pacquiao's previous matches), and the media tour...
...Mayweather's match will be staged in the smaller MGM Grand, but it will get the full buildup with a four-episode Mayweather-Mosley 24/7 series on HBO. Mayweather spent last week on a three-city media tour, generating interest in his bout with outlandish theatrics, which included a shoving match with Mosley. Some of the crowd at the Los Angeles event chanted, "Manny! Manny!," but they were drowned out by "Money! Money!," Mayweather's nickname...
...shapely teen with raven hair framing a Kabuki-pale face, she made her film debut as Mickey Rooney date bait in Andy Hardy's Private Secretary and was a star in Thousands Cheer, with Gene Kelly, and Anchors Aweigh, with Kelly and Frank Sinatra. She had the lead in MGM's 1951 remake of Show Boat and sealed her stardom with the role of Lilli the show-biz shrew, battling Howard Keel as her husband, in the film version of Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate...