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2099 stories by Corey Levitan
Dirk Arthur, Last of the Big-Cat Las Vegas Magicians, Dies at 63
Dirk Arthur, the last magician to use wild animals in a Las Vegas magic show, has died at age 63. Officials at Westgate Las Vegas, where Arthur most recently worked, confirmed his death Monday to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. No specific details...
Venetian Las Vegas Renovating Convention Center
The Venetian Resort Las Vegas is renovating its convention center to the tune of $188 million. Las Vegas design firm Woogmaster Studio, which is also renovating the Strip resort's pool complex, has the contract. Key reconfigurations of the Venetian Expo and Convention...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Videos Never Displayed on the Sphere
Some of the videos flashing across the MSG Sphere’s 366-foot-tall exterior display -- a blinking eye, a basketball, the Moon -- have been unbelievable. And, considering how many millions of social media users have proven themselves willing to believe anything, it’s not...
Remembering Suzanne Somers’ Vegas Years
Between "Three’s Company" and ThighMaster, Suzanne Somers earned her keep headlining Las Vegas production shows. The multi-talented star of stage and TV screen, fondly remembered as Chrissy Snow, the ditzy blonde she played on the smash 1970s sitcom, died of breast cancer...
Las Vegas Condo Listed Right Next to MSG Sphere
According to the National Sleep Foundation, 61% of Americans sleep with the TV on. This condo listing in Las Vegas is for those people -- at least the ones who can afford its estimated mortgage of $19,407 per month. “Experience sophistication and...
F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix Pit Building 95% Complete and 100% Renamed
Ten months after construction began, the Formula 1 Pit Building is nearing its finish line. The 300K square-foot structure will host the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix’s start and finish lines, as well as pit lane, team garages, and an ultra-VIP hospitality...
Black Balled? Londoners Oppose Vegas Sphere’s Second Proposed Location
Two weeks after U2 opened the Sphere at the Venetian, the reviews are positive. Most observers agree that the venue has changed the skyline for the better and looks likely to do the same for the local economy. While the world’s largest...
Woman Wins Big at Bingo Year After Heart Attack at Same Vegas Tourney
A woman identified as Pam from Massachusetts won $50,000 Wednesday at a bingo tournament at the Plaza Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas. There are plenty of lucky people who win many times more than that every day in Las Vegas....
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Caesars Ramsays Up for F1
Caesars Entertainment is bringing Gordon Ramsay and other celebrity chefs in for the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend on November 16-18. “It is no secret that I am a huge F1 fan, and I have no doubt that Las Vegas will...
Vegas Golden Knights Raise Stanley Cup Banner Out of a Giant Slot Machine
The Vegas Golden Knights hockey team raised their championship banner this week in a uniquely Vegas ceremony. Before opening the '23-'24 season at home in the T-Mobile Arena on Tuesday, captain Mark Stone yanked on the lever of a 12-foot-tall slot machine,...
