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2028 stories by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Free Marshmello Show, F1 Concerts, Enrique/ Pitbull/Ricky, No Clarkson Tour
Marshmello, the superstar DJ who performs dressed like one, will give a free outdoor concert at Toshiba Plaza at T-Mobile Arena at 2:45 p.m. Saturday, June 3, prior to the 5 p.m. start of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals between...
Las Vegas Among Worst US Cities for Hotel Service — Survey
Las Vegas did not make the Top 10 worst US cities for hotel service, according to a new survey by travel website Planetware.com. It came in 11th worst. For a city driven by the service industry, that’s not a score to celebrate....
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: A Casino Drained its Pool Because Black Singer Dorothy Dandridge Used It
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Vegas Myths Busted" now publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today's entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Jan. 6, 2023. The truth of racism’s shameful blight on Las Vegas history is bad enough....
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Mysterious Evan Funke Opening and Smashed Pig Closing, Broken Todd English
Evan Funke, the celebrity chef behind LA’s Felix Trattoria and Mother Wolf, and the recently opened Funke in Beverly Hills, has a Vegas base of operations opening soon, but all culinary lips are sealed. A Craigslist post announced only that an executive chef...
Tom Dwan Wins Biggest Pot in Broadcast Poker History
Tom Dwan won the largest poker pot ever seen in a televised or livestreamed game this week. The 36-year-old, who worked for McDonald’s prior to becoming a professional poker player, raked in $3.1 million during Hustler Casino Live’s Million Dollar Game early...
Resorts World Las Vegas to Open its Own Convention Center
Being the overnight destination of choice for conventioneers visiting the Las Vegas Convention Center is no longer good enough for Resorts World. The last major casino resort to open on the Strip wants its own convention action. Resorts World Las Vegas submitted...
Masked Magician Performs Secret Shows on Las Vegas Strip
A magical new Las Vegas experience takes a cue from the Magic Castle in Los Angeles, the secret lair reserved only for working magicians and the people connected to them. The 21-and-over show, set in a faux library, features flying handkerchiefs, a...
Insane Graffiti Art Loft Hides in Las Vegas Suburb
The wildest home we’ve seen in years has come on the market in Las Vegas for just shy of a mil. Its walls are slicked in gallery-grade graffiti and comic strip art, and dangling from the rafters is a sculpture of a...
A’s Release First Official Las Vegas Stadium Renderings
The Oakland Athletics have released the first official images showing what their new home in Las Vegas might look like. The images show the $1.5 billion ballpark constructed on the site of the Tropicana Las Vegas Resort Casino -- as has been...
Las Vegas’ Newest Cannabis Hotel Could be Violating Nevada Law
When the Lexi, a hotel promoting itself as "Las Vegas' first cannabis-inclusive property," opens on Friday, June 2, the question is whether it will operate legally. The 64-room nongaming hotel just off the Las Vegas Strip will permit and even encourage cannabis...
