1130 stories by Corey Levitan
Is Elon’s Boring Company Illegally Dumping Dirt Behind Vegas Strip?
A Clark County Commissioner has accused Elon Musk’s the Boring Company of illegally dumping wet dirt and other material dug out for its Vegas Loop underground tunnel project in a private Las Vegas lot just east of the Strip. “Thanks to @OyVegas,...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Dead Nevada Senator Kept on Ice for Reelection
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on April 21, 2023. Nevada’s US Senator Key Pittman died a few days before the November 1940 reelection that he was favored...
Casinos That Were Never Casinos
The word casino didn’t always refer to a gambling establishment. Deriving from casa, which is Italian for house, it originally denoted a small villa or summer house. During the 19th century, the word evolved to encompass social clubs and other buildings where...
Impersonated Vegas Restaurants Sue Uber Eats
He threatened legal action, and now he’s taking it. James Trees, the chef-owner of Esther’s Kitchen, has filed a class-action suit against Uber Eats, along with three other Las Vegas restaurants. The suit claims the website and app allow scammer food-preparers “to...
Tropicana Implosion Approved by Las Vegas Officials
Clark County has approved a permit filed by Bally’s Corp. to implode the historic Tropicana Las Vegas. The Rhode Island-based company has until October 20 to drop the Trop. The approval was granted on April 20, nine days after the permit was...
‘My Client Was Lying’ — Attorney for Accused Tupac Murderer
The defense attorney representing the accused murderer of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur said on Wednesday that his client, Duane “Keffe D” Davis, repeatedly lied about his involvement in the 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. “He himself is giving different stories,” attorney...
LOST VEGAS: ‘Tony The Ant’ Spilotro’s Circus Circus Gift Shop
When people talk about the mob running Las Vegas, they’re not referring to the gift shop at Circus Circus. But that’s exactly what Anthony Spilotro, the high-ranking Chicago Outfit member who inspired Joe Pesci’s character in the 1995 movie “Casino,” ran in...
UPDATE: Impostor Las Vegas Restaurants Removed by Uber Eats
UPDATE: Uber Eats has paused onboarding any new restaurants in the Las Vegas area as it investigates the claims brought to its attention by the following report. The company has also set up an email, ubereatsvegas@uber.com, for restaurants and their patrons to...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Morgan Wallen Opening Ole Red Clone, Last Roundup for Holsteins at Cosmo
Looks like Blake Shelton will soon no longer be the only one in the country-star-opens-a-restaurant-and-bar-in-Nashville-and-then-Vegas business. Morgan Wallen -- called “the biggest country star of the 2020s” by the New York Times -- is opening what is likely to be the second...
Brightline West High-Speed Vegas-to LA Rail Breaks Ground
US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hammered in a pretend rail spike in Las Vegas on Monday morning, ceremonially kicking off the work on Brightline West. Hopefully the project will prove more real. A high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the...
