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Taylor Swift Zooms Past F1 in 2023 Vegas Ticket Sales: Stubhub
Taylor Swift’s two concerts in Las Vegas were a bigger draw than the inaugural Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, which casino companies have claimed was the most lucrative event in Las Vegas history. That's at least according to the annual “Year...
MGM Resorts Hikes Self-Parking Rate at its 9 Las Vegas Casinos
This wasn’t the kind of raise most Las Vegas tourists were hoping for this holiday season. On Friday, MGM Resorts International hiked the price of parking at all nine of its Las Vegas Strip casino resorts. The resort company is charging a...
Hyperloop One Permanently Stalls, Shutting Operations Outside Las Vegas
Hyperloop One, the futuristic tech company that intended to zip passengers from city to city through giant tubes at lightning-fast speeds, will permanently shut down. It is selling off its assets, laying off all remaining workers, and preparing to close its final...
Nevada Adds Mississippi Illusionist to Black Book of Banned Casino Players
The Nevada Gaming Commission unanimously voted on Thursday to add the 36th name to its List of Excluded Persons. That’s the infamous “black book” banning people for life from all casinos in the Silver State. Shaun Joseph Benward, a 36-year-old native of...
7 Craziest Failed Las Vegas Projects
The Las Vegas skyline is already insane. It features a half-scale Eiffel Tower, a roller coaster that screams past the Statue of Liberty’s head, and an Egyptian sphinx 46 feet taller than the real one. The Strip just debuted a globular concert...
Las Vegas Announces New Year’s Eve Fireworks Details
Officials on Wednesday unveiled details for the Strip’s annual “America’s Party” New Year’s Eve fireworks show. Beginning at midnight on New Year’s Day, thousands of fizzing, sparkling rockets will launch from eight casino resort rooftops: MGM Grand, Aria, Planet Hollywood, Caesars Palace,...
Las Vegas Approves Pedestrian Bridge Across North Strip
A pedestrian bridge across the north end of the Las Vegas Strip was approved by Clark County commissioners on Tuesday. The bridge would cross Convention Center Drive and Las Vegas Boulevard, diagonally connecting Resorts World to Wynn Las Vegas. Resorts World proposed...
Las Vegas Strip’s Marvel Avengers Attraction to Power Down Forever
The Marvel-themed Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. attraction at Treasure Island (TI) will entertain its final customers on Jan. 1, 2024. The interactive exhibit, opened in 2016 by Victory Hill Exhibitions, allows guests to take on virtual reality missions, solve puzzles, and complete challenges alongside...
The Strange Parallels Between Fontainebleau and a Bygone Vegas Casino
Some interesting and uncanny parallels exist between the rocky origin story of the brand-new Fontainebleau and another Las Vegas casino resort that opened 54 years earlier, only a block away. Tall Orders In 1960, Frank Caroll, a building developer from Kansas City,...
Tupac Murder Suspect Asks For Release, Calls Confessions ‘Entertainment’
Lawyers for Duane "Keffe D" Davis, the 60-year-old self-described former gang leader arrested for orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, have asked a judge to release him from jail pending trial, according to documents reviewed by KLAS-TV/Las Vegas on Monday. In...
