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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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Sphere CFO Quits After Tirade by CEO James Dolan

The financial chief for the MSG Sphere quit his post last week after a particularly nasty dressing down from James Dolan, the legendarily mercurial billionaire owner of the Sphere and Madison Garden, according to the New York Post. For 11 months, Gautam...

Corey Levitan November 8, 2023

Spiegelworld Forced to Change Name of New F1 Las Vegas Show

In the space of three days, Spiegelworld , the Las Vegas-based producers of Absinthe at Caesars Palace and other adult-themed circus extravaganzas, announced a new show on the Strip, and was forced to change its name. Box Box was the show scheduled...

Corey Levitan November 7, 2023

Vivid Seats Buys Vegas.com for $240M

Vivid Seats has placed Vegas.com in its online shopping cart. The Chicago-based ticket exchange, reported to be the web's third largest, paid cash and stock valued at $240M for the site, which it said increases its total addressable market (TAM) by more...

Corey Levitan November 7, 2023

Harry & Meghan Branded ‘Eco-Hypocrites’ for Flight to Vegas in Oil Heir’s Jet

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are being branded “eco-hypocrites” for reportedly flying to Las Vegas to see Katy Perry perform on Saturday in a private jet owned by an oil heir. According to Britain’s The Sun, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex,...

Corey Levitan November 7, 2023

Jerry Lewis’ Vegas Home Sells in Foreclosure for $2M

The longtime Las Vegas home of beloved comedian Jerry Lewis sold in a September foreclosure sale for approximately $2 million. That's according to Clark County property records obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which broke the story Monday. Lewis and his wife,...

Corey Levitan November 6, 2023

Vegas Restaurant Roundup: Rio to Open Food Hall in Shuttered Buffet, Ramsay Readies 7th Strip Venue

Food halls continue replacing buffets throughout Las Vegas, with the Rio announcing Monday that the new Canteen Food Hall will open in its former Carnival World Buffet space in January. The Carnival closed in March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and...

Corey Levitan November 6, 2023

Vegas Music Roundup: Rod’s Finale, New Edition’s Encore

Singer Rod Stewart has added seven Caesars Palace dates and announced that “The Hits,” the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer’s 13-year residency at The Colosseum, will conclude with its 200th show on Aug. 7, 2024. Debuting in 2011, Stewart’s is already...

Corey Levitan November 6, 2023

The One in Vegas: Matthew Perry’s Decision Saved Chandler from Cheating on Monica in ‘Friends’

Friends fans remember the classic two-part Season 5 episode, The One in Vegas, as the one where Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Monica (Courteney Cox) decide to have a quickie Vegas wedding and, instead, catch a blotto Ross (David Schwimmer) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston)...

Corey Levitan November 6, 2023

‘Real Housewives’ Star Axed from BravoCon in Vegas Over Alleged Racism

One reality TV star that attendees of this weekend’s BravoCon in Las Vegas didn’t get to see was Ramona Singer. The once-popular "Real Housewives of New York" (RHONY) star was yanked from Bravo TV's first Sin City convention, held at the Caesars...

Corey Levitan November 5, 2023

Prince Harry, Meghan Catch Katy Perry’s Final Vegas Gig

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, shocked onlookers Saturday night when they caught the finale of Katy Perry’s “Play” residency at Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex befriended Perry and her fiancé, actor Orlando Bloom,...

Corey Levitan November 5, 2023