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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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2515 stories by Corey Levitan

El Cortez in Vegas Getting $20M Remodel
May 10, 2024

El Cortez in Vegas Getting $20M Remodel

The oldest continuously operating casino in Las Vegas is getting a facelift. El Cortez is renovating 10,000 square feet of its historic casino floor and adding another 5,000 square feet to the space. The $20...

Written by Corey Levitan
Las Vegas Spaceport Takes First Step Toward Launchpad
May 10, 2024

Las Vegas Spaceport Takes First Step Toward Launchpad

It's still many years from a countdown, but an airport for recreational space travel in Las Vegas just cleared the first hurdle on its voyage toward reality. The Clark County Commission unanimously approved construction permits...

Written by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Next at Sphere … Zac Brown? EDC Map Dropped
May 10, 2024

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Next at Sphere … Zac Brown? EDC Map Dropped

Zac Brown stunned Las Vegas observers by announcing that his Zac Brown Band will be the next to ascend to a vaunted residency at the Sphere. Not Harry Styles, as previously rumored. Not the Eagles....

Written by Corey Levitan
Judge Denies Wynn Injunction Against Fontainebleau in Poaching Suit
May 9, 2024

Judge Denies Wynn Injunction Against Fontainebleau in Poaching Suit

A Clark County district judge has denied Wynn Resorts the temporary injunction it sought against Fontainebleau, the new Strip casino resort it is suing for poaching its executives. On Thursday morning, Judge Mark Denton ruled...

Written by Corey Levitan
LOST VEGAS: Block 16, Sin City’s Only Official Red-Light District
May 9, 2024

LOST VEGAS: Block 16, Sin City’s Only Official Red-Light District

Google “Block 16” and “Las Vegas” and you may think this article is about an expensive food hall at the Cosmopolitan on the Strip. It is about the human appetite for expensive vices, but food...

Written by Corey Levitan
Taxi Fares to EDC Music Festival in Vegas May Be Even Higher than Some Attendees
May 8, 2024

Taxi Fares to EDC Music Festival in Vegas May Be Even Higher than Some Attendees

If you found it hard to pay the $649 that Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) organizers are charging for general admission passes to this year’s electronic music festival, yet took the plunge anyway, we’ve got some...

Written by Corey Levitan
Former Las Vegas Casino Prez Scott Sibella Sentenced for Money Laundering
May 8, 2024

Former Las Vegas Casino Prez Scott Sibella Sentenced for Money Laundering

The former president of the MGM Grand and Resorts World in Las Vegas was sentenced by a federal judge Wednesday to one year’s probation and a $9,500 fine, plus a $100 special assessment. US District...

Written by Corey Levitan
Vegas Tourist Threatens Lawsuit After Crap Tattoo from Unlicensed, Possibly High, Artist
May 8, 2024

Vegas Tourist Threatens Lawsuit After Crap Tattoo from Unlicensed, Possibly High, Artist

A Las Vegas tourist said she plans to sue a tattoo shop that allowed an artist to work on her without a valid license. The tourist, a woman from British Columbia, Canada who identified herself...

Written by Corey Levitan
Negatively Affected Vegas Businesses Float Petition to Stop F1 Race
May 7, 2024

Negatively Affected Vegas Businesses Float Petition to Stop F1 Race

A new Change.org petition calls on the Clark County Commission to deny a special use permit to F1, which is scheduled to stage its second Las Vegas Grand Prix on the Las Vegas Strip from...

Written by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: New Keith Urban Residency, Lovers & Friends Breaks Hearts
May 6, 2024

VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: New Keith Urban Residency, Lovers & Friends Breaks Hearts

Keith Urban is changing his tune. The country superstar announced on Monday that he will headline a residency at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas beginning this fall. Urban was previously a Caesars Entertainment company man, having...

Written by Corey Levitan