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Netflix Golf Cup to Pit F1 Drivers Against PGA Stars at Wynn Las Vegas
Netflix announced on Tuesday a golf tournament to kick off next month’s Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend. “The Netflix Cup" will pit Formula 1 racers against PGA stars in an 18-hole tournament at the Wynn Golf Club on November 14. It will...
Fire Guts Proposed Las Vegas Casino Site Where Historic Nightclub Stood
A fire on Sunday night ravaged an abandoned but historic building on Las Vegas’ historic west side. The building, at 600 West Jackson Avenue at the intersection of F Street, was most recently the Tokyo Casino but was originally the storied Town...
HOW MUCH A VEGAS NEW YEAR WILL COST YOU: Post Malone at Fontainebleau, Christina Aguilera at Venetian, More
On Tuesday, Fontainebleau Las Vegas, which opens December 13, announced its inaugural New Year’s Eve weekend festivities will be headlined by Post Malone at the resort’s BleauLive Theater. "New Year's Eve is iconic in this city and I'm excited to ring in...
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...
