Spotlight: United Leisure to Invest in Las Vegas Strip

United Leisure Corp. said it intends to invest $24 million in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. The Irvine company has agreed to purchase a 50% interest in 8.5 acres of partially developed land along the thoroughfare. The move is the company’s latest attempt to diversify the holdings of United Leisure, parent company of the defunct Lion Country Safari. The company has been embroiled in years of litigation with Irvine Co., from which it leases 300 acres in Orange County.