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Why the NFL Once Shunned Las Vegas and Why That Changed
This Sunday, an idea that would have seemed preposterous just a decade ago will become reality. What happens in Vegas now includes the Super Bowl. As Bellagio Lake gets remade into a hub for national CBS Sports coverage -- including the Luxor ...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: A Kansas City Chiefs Flag is Buried Under Allegiant Stadium
On Dec. 29, 2017, the Las Vegas Review-Journal ran a story proclaiming that “a man buried a Kansas City Chiefs flag near what is expected to be the 30-yard line of the new Raiders stadium going up on the Strip.” Construction worker...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
