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2216 stories by Corey Levitan
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,...
LOST VEGAS: Casino Security Office ‘Justice’
The people who claim to miss the days when the mob ran Vegas probably weren't caught cheating back then Until the 1980s, the practice of being "back-roomed" was a common occurrence The practice was depicted in Martin Scorsese's seminal film "Casino," which...
Elaine Wynn’s Art Fetches More Than $70 Million in New York Auction
Six paintings owned by the late Elaine Wynn sold at Christie’s for a total of $70,335,000 this week, just short of the $75 million estimate set by the New York auction house. The highest price fetched for an offering from “Elaine: The...
NEW VIDEO: Armed Man Disguised as Security Guard Robs Las Vegas Casino
UPDATE: Las Vegas police released the following new video of the robbery at Rampart Casino in Las Vegas on Thursday, November 13. The video shows the suspect, disguised as a security guard, demanding money from an employee at the cashier's cage. When...
Las Vegas Movie Studio Bill Dies in Nevada Senate
A proposal to bring two Hollywood studios to Las Vegas collapsed in the Nevada Senate on Wednesday night, ending months of debate over one of the largest tax incentive packages in state history. Assembly Bill 5 received 8 votes in favor and...
