Areas of Expertise
2136 stories by Corey Levitan
F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix Sets Viewership Record Despite Novel Free Hack
The 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix beat the previous two editions to the viewership finish line. According to Nielsen data released by ESPN, last Saturday’s race averaged 1.5 million viewers, surpassing the inaugural 2023 race’s record of 1.3 million. This was despite...
LOST VEGAS: Caesars Magical Empire
A lavish kingdom of dining and magic once greeted visitors to Caesars Palace. Before the center-Strip casino resort built the Colosseum for Celine Dion, the same footprint housed what now feels like a fever dream. The 66,000 square-foot Caesars Magical Empire required...
Flamingo Las Vegas Getting Facelift for 80th Birthday
One of the Las Vegas Strip’s oldest casino resorts is getting a facelift to look younger. The Flamingo announced on Monday that it will completely redesign its lobby in time for the property’s 80th birthday celebration next year. The new lobby will...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Guns N’ Roses Returning to Allegiant, a Loggins Jam
Guns N' Roses take another shot at Vegas Kenny Loggins to cut Footloose on Valentine's Day Guns N’ Roses, the partially intact band that performed the first rock concert at Allegiant Stadium in 2021, is returning five years later for an encore....
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Taxi Lobby Blocked Monorail from Reaching Airport
The Las Vegas Monorail shuttles patrons along the Strip, but fails to reach the airport Many blame that on the region's taxi and limousine industries While they have always lobbied against a monorail at the airport, their impact was negligible It seems...
F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix Finishes in Drama: Race Favorite Disqualified
Max Verstappen won the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix for Oracle Red Bull Racing on Saturday night, but the real story happened three hours after the race finished. Race officials disqualified McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, after both their MCL39’s...
Who is Mathew Bowyer, the Bookie Who Nearly Took the Vegas Strip Down with Him?
An image-conscious high school student from the poorer side of Southern California’s San Juan Capistrano, Mathew Bowyer ran poker games out of his parents’ garage. The profits allowed him to buy a new pickup truck, outfitted with booming subwoofers, to keep up...
Another Loose Manhole Cover Ends F1 Las Vegas Practice
Thursday night's practice session for this weekend's F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix was ended early because of a loose manhole cover F1 previously ran into manhole issues in its 2023 race in Sin City The Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, which...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: MGM Grand Fire Victims Died Because They Wouldn’t Leave Slots
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on March 18, 2024. We rerun it on the 45th anniversary of one of Las Vegas' biggest mass tragedies. This...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Goo Goos Get Resident, Weird Al Returns, Chainsmokers & Cavin Harris Re-up with Wynn
Goo Goo Dolls (they of the “the”-less moniker) will play a five-show residency at the Venetian Theatre next spring. This marks a change of scenery for the Grammy-nominated rock band behind the Top 10 hits “Iris,” “Slide” and “Name.” Just last month,...
