Star attractions

Many celebrities from the big screen, the concert stage and the sports arena have also entered the tourism-hospitality industries.

A night in Paris (sort of): Former painter opens Ogden nightspot

OGDEN -- At least one victim of the housing crisis is bouncing back by opening The Paris Cafe, a romantically named but unfinished-looking hole-in-the-wall that Ernie McKown hopes will be Ogden's latest non-alcoholic night spot. It all started, he said, because it got too depressing painting homes from which people had been evicted. It was also depressing that the pay wasn't very good. "We'd ...

State struggles for more control over private, charity poker rooms

Gambling licenses for poker rooms doubled in a year. Revenue jumped from $13 million to $166 million in three years. The number of rooms ballooned to'2. Enough, says the state.

ISU assistant professor volunteers at Super Bowl XLVI

“This is no longer a sporting event, this is an entertainment event — this is the place to be.” That is how Dr. Nels Popp, assistant professor of sport management at ISU, described the Super Bowl.

Partyin’ Friday night before Super Bowl XLVI

For the first time in covering three Super Bowls, I received a special invitation to the NFL Commissioner Party on Friday night. The Mrs. had an understandable excuse for not joining me — she’s working on the stage crew for the Madonna halftime show at Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVI. So she hung out with Madonna in the final dress rehearsal and I took my doctor brother, David B., to the shindig at the ...