Gretna Heritage Festival Huey P. Long Avenue, downtown Gretna. Rides, food, crafts, German Beer Garden, Italian Village, music on six stages, including a Latin stage and a Gospel stage, 2-9. Admission is $8, $10 all-day pass. Call 361-7748. For a schedule, visit www.gretnafest.com.
THE AMERICAS Nick Clayton has joined the Kor Group as President, taking the spot left vacant by John Arnett a few months ago. Since the summer of 2001, Clayton was with the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group as the Operations Director for Asia and Europe. He was hired by Mandarin Oriental as he was concluding a thirteen-year career with Ritz-Carlton as the General Manager of the Ritz-Carlton Millennia
Alexander's Food and Spirits 2604 Magazine St., 895-4112. James Rivers, 9 Sat; open mike, featuring Broken Smoke, 10 Tues. No cover. America's Spirits Sports Bar 70117 Louisiana 59, Abita Springs. (985) 898-0557. Big Al and the Heavyweights, 8:30 Fri; Open-mike blues jam with Frank Fairbanks, 8 Wed.
NEW YORK, New York – (PRESS RELEASE) -- CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT), a leading global provider of commercial and consumer finance solutions, today announced that it provided Legends Gaming, LLC financing to complete its acquisition of two Isle of Capri hotel and casino properties in Bossier City, Louisiana and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
CIT Group Inc. , a leading global provider of commercial and consumer finance solutions, today announced that it provided Legends Gaming, LLC financing to complete its acquisition of two Isle of Capri hotel and casino properties in Bossier City, Louisiana and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Battle for the Paddle Challenge West Bank Bridge Park, Luling. The annual gumbo and jambalaya cookoff benefits the United Way of St. Charles Parish, 4-7:30. Admission is $5 (all-you-can-eat), free for children younger than 12. Call (985) 331-9063.
Most Northern Nevadans who didn't make the trip to Las Vegas, were unable to see the Nevada Wolf Pack's 31-3 win over UNLV because the Mountain West Conference refused permission to air the game in this area.
FORT MITCHELL, Ky.----Columbia Entertainment, the company that successfully bid to acquire Aztar Corporation and its Tropicana casino properties, has named former prosecutor and gaming regulator Donna B.