If you're thinking about taking a flutter at the slots this weekend, and if your plans include dining, then watch out for a detour. The main floor restaurant, Pacific Rim, has been closed - to make way for some remodeling and a new Pacific Rim Buffet.

The current Pacific Rim has moved upstairs – it opened this morning – where it will operate temporarily. In August, look for Tatoosh, a fine-dining eatery, to take up the space.

Here's a look at the view, which, on a clear day, would feature Mount Rainier.

I took a brief tour of the kitchen today with John Vukas, the Emerald Queen's director of food and beverage, and executive chef Jean Andre Begni (that's him on the right, with the great mustache).

Signature dishes at Tatoosh, according to Vukas, will include Peking duck, salmon-wrapped scallops, cedar-wrapped tenderloin and a seafood platter. Entrees will run $15 to $25, with a few high-end items in the high $30s.

Elsewhere at the casino, the new parking garage complex is set to open on June 25. It's all part of a $150 million expansion project, and a battalion of landscapers will descend next week to begin planting.

Seventeen South Sound businesses have been selected as finalists in the competition for the Tacoma Chamber's Spotlight on Business Awards.

The awards will be presented on Tuesday, June 24, at the Best Western Tacoma Dome Hotel.

The finalists (in five categories) are: Bayview Limousine, Best Western Tacoma Dome Hotel, Celebrity Cake Studio, Connelly Law Office, Franciscan Health Systems, Heartwarming Care, Joeseppi's Italian Ristorante, Lazer Trends, Mac-Donald Miller, Pacific Wellness, Petra Engineering, Pierce County Coalition of Development Disabilities, R-4 Printing, Roman Meal Co., Trillium Employment Services, Washington Architectural Hardware, and WineStyles.

Jerry Hocutt, author of "Cold Calling for Cowards," will present the luncheon keynote. The event is sponsored by Heritage Bank and begins at 11:30 a.m.

For more information or registration, call Janice Hutchins at the Chamber at 253-627-2175.

Construction will begin June 24 on a new phase of Tarragon Properties successful Kent Station development after a ceremonial ground-breaking.

Tarragon Properties, Kent Station's developer, will construct a four-story, 77,000-square-foot mixed use building.

That building will include 17,000 square feet of retail on the first floor, two floors of classroom space for Green River Community College and a fourth floor of Class A office space, said Tarragon marketing director Stephanie Keller.

The new building will be built on a site across from the Sound Transit garage that serves both the adjacent Sounder rail station and the shopping center.

Green River Community College already has a presence in the center, first opened in 2005. The center is 93 percent leased.

Unidentified buyers ordered 35 new 737s this week according to Boeing Co.

Those orders bring Boeing's totals up to 453 new airliner orders for 2008.

The Renton-built 737 remains the best seller with 336 ordered.

Airlines have ordered 79 787s, 36 777s and two 747s since Jan. 1.

Boeing is predicting 2008 will be a good order year but not as robust as last when customers ordered more than 1,400 aircraft.

After numerous delays, Boeing finally seems to be getting some traction in moving the 787 Dreamliner program forward this week in Everett.

The company says it has began to power up the systems in the first Dreamliner. This "power on" event is a significant milestone in getting the first 787 into the air.

The powering up of airplane systems will continue for another 10 days to two weeks as Boeing and its vendors check to see that all those systems are working properly.

The first flight of the 787 is still set for the fourth quarter of this year.

Airlines are imposing fees, raising fares and cutting flights almost faster than we can report these changes.

Here's a quick roundup of breaking developments all driven by jet fuel prices as much as 90 percent higher than last year:

* Bags. US Airways joined American and United in imposing a $15 fee for the first bag checked. Expect more carriers to join the parade today. US Airways' luggage check fee will be implemented beginning July 9.

* Refreshments. Forget that free soda, coffee, bottled water or juice on US Airways. The airline announced late Thursday that they'll begin charging $2 starting Aug. 1. Expect higher prices for alcoholic beverages too. Again, this could start a trend.

* More fees. While US Airways was delivering the bad news about free drinks and bags, officials there also told customers they're upping the price of dealing with a phone or counter clerk for tickets to $25 and raised a variety of other fees including those for pets and ticket changes.

* Fares. Airlines successfully raised fares for the 13th time this year Thursday. This increase averaged about $20 on most trips. The legacy carriers that started the fare increase move at midweek were more selective this time, carefully dodging markets in which low-fare carriers were competing. A broader attempt early this week failed because the low-cost airlines didn't match the increases.

* Surcharges. One of the competitors in the hyper-competitive West Coast shuttle markets final said uncle to fuel surcharges late this week. Virgin America said it will impose a $10 fuel charge on tickets up and down the West Coast including its new Seattle-San Francisco and Seattle-Los Angeles flights. On transcontinental flights, it added a $25 fuel fee. Virgin America, Jet Blue and SeaTac's Alaska Airlines are locked in a battle for market share in Northwest-California routes.

* Flight cutbacks. Both Continental and US Airways announced flight cutbacks late Thursday. Those carriers are dropping flights on less profitable routes. They're discontinuing all service to some cities entirely. Continental, for instance, will close its operations in such airports as Oakland and Palm Springs, Calif.; Reno, Nev.; Toledo, Ohio; Sarasota and Tallahassee, Fla.; Montgomery, Ala. and several foreign cities. They join American, United and Delta in trimming their schedules.

* Fees for frequent fliers. US Airways is imposing a fee on its frequent fliers ranging from $25 to $50 for issuing award tickets. The Tempe, Ariz.-based carrier is also ending the practice of awarding its most frequent fliers bonus miles for every trip flown.

* Fleet reductions. US Airways is cancelling the leases on two Airbus A330 wide bodies it had been set to receive in 2009 and returning some Boeing 737s and Airbus A320s to lessors. The cancellations of the A330 leases will likely mean the airline won't be flying new international routes it had announced.