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2099 stories by Corey Levitan
New Paris Las Vegas Tower, Annexed from Horseshoe, Getting Rare Balconies
Many unusual attributes will accompany the new Versailles Tower at Paris -- unusual even for Las Vegas -- when it fully opens later this year. First of all, it’s not new at all, but one of the oldest towers at the former...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: To ‘86’ Someone Was Vegas Mob Slang for Murder
The bodies of so many murder victims were buried in the desert outside Las Vegas that, many of you have undoubtedly heard, it transformed the number "86" into a verb. The term is alleged by multiple internet sources to derive from a...
Las Vegas Overstated F1 Race’s Vegas Impact — Report
The marketing firm paid by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) exaggerated the benefit to Las Vegas of hosting the first Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, according to a new report. On Tuesday, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal,...
Most Bellagio Las Vegas Trees Planted to Replace Those Felled For F1 Now Dead
Of the 14 fir trees replanted last fall in front of the Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip, a whopping 13 are no longer alive. The trees replaced similar, but more mature, evergreens felled to make way for a Formula 1 Las...
Nevada Court Weighing Referendum to Strike Out Public Funding of A’s Vegas Stadium
The Nevada Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments on whether an initiative should be allowed on the November ballot that would place the question of public funding of the Oakland Athletics’ Las Vegas stadium in the hands of the public. Last June,...
OJ Simpson, NFL Great, Suspected Double Murderer, Convicted Casino Robber, Dies
O.J. Simpson, the disgraced former NFL hall-of-famer and suspected double murderer whose name came to be associated with Las Vegas casinos in the worst possible way, died in Las Vegas on Wednesday following a cancer battle. He was 76. “On April 10th,...
LOST VEGAS: The Hoover-Damned Town of St. Thomas
The human remains uncovered by the receding waters of Lake Mead claim the headlines, and rightly so. But they're not the only secrets that climate change has forced the nation’s largest reservoir to give up. Located on the northern reaches of what...
Off-Strip Ellis Island in Vegas Expanding Casino Floor
Ellis Island, a family-owned casino resort located a block east of the Las Vegas Strip, is expanding its casino footprint. The expansion will add 6,415 square feet, according to Clark County planning documents, including a new sportsbook and back-of-house area. “This renovation...
Vegas Strip Clubs Wrestle in Court Over Animal Names
The Spearmint Rhino has been at the top of the topless game in Vegas since 1999, before most of its currently featured employees were born. And now a new competitor is discovering just how territorial the original strip club with a gum-flavored...
Reggie Jackson ‘Embarrassed for Baseball’ by A’s Vegas Plans
Former Oakland A’s slugger Reggie Jackson says he’s “embarrassed for baseball” by the Oakland Athletics’ planned relocation to Las Vegas. The five-time World Series winner and two-time World Series MVP shared his distaste for his former team on the New York Post’s...
