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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The El Rancho Vegas’ Origin Story
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 February 25, 2025. One day in 1938 or 1939, Thomas Everett Hull -- who owned the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel...
Indicted Gambler Wins Major Las Vegas Poker Event, Exposing Industry Blind Spot
Poker pro Gal Yifrach won the 2025 PokerStars North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Las Vegas Main Event on November 12. That wouldn’t be big news except that Yifrach is currently under federal indictment for operating an illegal gambling business and laundering its...
FALLOUT VEGAS REVENUE: Room Taxes, Gaming Fees, Rentals All Down in FY Q1
The LVCVA reported that tourism to Sin City was down significantly for the first quarter of the 2025-26 fiscal year Officials blame economic uncertainty and consumer anxiety for the downturn The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) delivered grim but expected...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Even Longer Runs from Eagles & New Kids, Brandy & Monica Spark Residency Rumor
New Kids on the Block renewed their vows with Dolby Park Live at Park MGM for another year. The first Vegas residency by the hit '90s boy band, “The Right Stuff,” added 16 new dates on Wednesday, and the band headed to...
Elon’s Boring Co. Fined Nearly $500K More for Environmental Violations While Digging Vegas Loop
Environmental regulators have once again fined the Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunneling venture. This time, it must pay $500K for violations it committed while digging the latest expansion for its Vegas Loop underground people-mover. According to Fortune magazine, Boring dumped toxic drilling...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: 7 Vegas Spots Ranked Top 100 US Earners, Siegel’s 1941 to be Rubbed Out
Restaurant Business magazine’s annual list of the 100 top-earning Independent US eateries includes seven from Las Vegas. For the fourth time in the past five years, the Top of the World Steakhouse has topped all other Vegas entries in this ranking. Without...
UPDATE: Pirate Battle NOT Returning to Vegas Strip
UPDATE:Ten days after the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the pirate show would return to Treasure Island for one night only in 2026, the resort is calling the report false. “While Treasure Island Hotel & Casino is pleased with the energy and...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Welcome to Las Vegas Sign Has Official Photographers
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is a must-stop spot for many visitors seeking a souvenir from their trip to Sin City "Official" photographers often wait for tourists seeking Instagram-worthy pictures They're really scammers looking for a way to make a...
ICED OUT: No More Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Ice Rink
If you were wondering why the Cosmopolitan hasn’t announced its holiday ice rink yet, it has -- on an auction site. The news -- scooped by the “Five Hundy by Midnight” podcast -- appears to signal the end for the annual tradition....
Vegas Police ID Remains of Woman Likely Murdered by Casino Union Boss in 1968
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police announced Friday a positive ID for human remains found 55 years ago. Anna Sylvia Just was a 27-year-old stenographer and an outpatient at a mental hospital in Calgary, Canada when she disappeared in August 1966. In March 1968,...
