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Reporter: Corey Levitan

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.

Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.

Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.

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1983 stories by Corey Levitan

Strip Club in Vegas Offers $1M Couples Package to Taylor & Travis

Wherever Taylor Swift plans to celebrate a Super Bowl victory by the Kansas Chiefs with her beau, tight end Travis Kelce, is known to only them and their handlers right now. One place you can lay good money on not finding them...

Corey Levitan February 4, 2024

Police to Evict Homeless From Las Vegas Tunnels Ahead of Super Bowl

Starting next week, the drainage tunnels beneath the Las Vegas Strip will be cleared of unhoused people as part of Super Bowl preparations. A similar police sweep was conducted before the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix in November. Though no official reason...

Corey Levitan February 2, 2024

The ‘Swelce’ Swell: The Swift Kick Taylor Will Give Super Bowl

The cover of February’s Sports Illustrated features a cartoon illustrating the cover of “Why the Super Bowl and Las Vegas are the Perfect Couple.” And, of course, the drawing’s most prominent image is of a certain Kansas City Chiefs tight end holding...

Corey Levitan February 1, 2024

Bill Cosby Sexually Assaulted Teen Girl in Elvis’ Hotel Suite: Lawsuit

The Westgate Las Vegas has been named as the scene of a new sexual assault lawsuit against Bill Cosby. In the civil suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, Los Angeles resident Chelan Lasha accuses the disgraced former TV...

Corey Levitan February 1, 2024

VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Rao’s to Rao-pen on Strip

Rao's, the beyond-exclusive Italian eatery, is reportedly scouting locations for its second Las Vegas run. According to the New York Post, this will happen while its owners are in town to serve five nights of pop-up dinners to VIP invitees at a...

Corey Levitan January 31, 2024

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Sphere is Dead Set, Strip’s First All-Spanish Residency

Dead & Company has all but confirmed what we reported earlier this month. The jam supergroup featuring Grateful Dead survivors Bob Weir and Mickey Hart with singer-songwriter John Mayer will headline the next Vegas Sphere residency after U2. Dead & Company are...

Corey Levitan January 31, 2024

Historic Las Vegas Bar Approved for Gaming via FaceTime

One of Las Vegas' longest-operating bars has made history for another reason. Last week, the Hard Hat Lounge received what is believed to be the only gaming license ever approved via a video call. Frankie Sidoris, the new owner of the old...

Corey Levitan January 31, 2024

Union Scores Decent Severance for Tropicana Las Vegas Employees

When the Tropicana Casino permanently closes on April 2, two days shy of its 67th anniversary, many of its employees could walk away with a year or more in pay. Because of a union contract in December, severance at the Las Vegas...

Corey Levitan January 30, 2024

Taylor Swift Will Be at Super Bowl, But Not to Sing: Report

Sources close to Taylor want a Swift end to rumors that she will perform at the Super Bowl, according to a new report. When the Super Bowl is played in Las Vegas for the first time on Sunday, February 11, both the...

Corey Levitan January 29, 2024

TROP TO DROP SOON! Iconic Vegas Casino Announces Closing Date

The Tropicana Las Vegas announced on Monday that its doors will permanently close on April 2. That is only two days short of the Strip icon’s 67th anniversary. The announcement came in an internal memo to employees from VP/GM Arik Knowles. The...

Corey Levitan January 29, 2024