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Remembering Jerry Springer’s Short Lived Las Vegas ‘The Price is Right’
People remember Jerry Springer, who died Thursday of pancreatic cancer at age 79, for his namesake TV talk show featuring 27 years of chair-flying brawls. And they should. But he also had a Las Vegas connection. For several weeks in 2011, 2012,...
Top 10 Las Vegas Scandals
Every city has its share of scandals. Las Vegas has two or three cities’ shares. From local politicians to gaming luminaries to murderers, people operate under the impression that what happens in Vegas not only stays there, but gets a pass from...
Megan Fox Plays Casino Owner in New Movie
In Megan Fox’s next film, she plays a casino owner with a highly questionable correlation to reality. “Johnny & Clyde” is a grindhouse slasher flick featuring gratuitous killing, Megan Fox looking great, and apparently not much else. So far, the movie has...
Rent Entire Las Vegas Hotel for $1M During Grand Prix
A boutique downtown Las Vegas hotel is offering a buyout during the week surrounding the upcoming Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. From November 12 through November 19, a person or group can rent out the entire English Hotel for $1 million....
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: U2 Adds 7 New Dates, Carrie Underwood Adds 3
Promoters Live Nation and Sphere Entertainment found the U2 ticket sales they were looking for. According to industry reports, more than a million requests flooded Ticketmaster since the Irish band announced its MSG Sphere-opening Las Vegas residency on Monday. As a result,...
DA Drops Charges Stemming from Raid on Texas’ Largest Poker Club
Charges were dropped this week stemming from one of the largest raids of a Texas poker club. The most popular poker club was raided by police in the middle of a tournament last October. About 20 county sheriff’s officers arrested dozens of...
High-Speed LA to Vegas Railway Gets Bipartisan Backing
A bipartisan congressional group from California and Nevada asked the Biden administration on Monday to fast-track federal funding for a high-speed railway link from LA to Las Vegas that was first proposed in 2009. In a letter to US Transportation Secretary Pete...
Kim K Attends ‘White Lotus’ Star’s Vegas Wedding
“White Lotus” star Lukas Gage wed celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton in a secret Las Vegas ceremony over the weekend attended by Appleton’s most famous client, Kim Kardashian, according to multiple reports. The wedding reportedly took place in front of Kardashian and five...
U2 Reveal Las Vegas Dates, Tour MSG Sphere in Video
U2 announced five dates over two weekends for its upcoming residency at MSG Sphere at the Venetian in Las Vegas on Monday. "U2: UV Achtung Baby Live” will kick off September 29, recur September 30, and run again from October 6-8. The...
Las Vegas’ Only Gay-Owned and Targeted Boutique Hotel Opening Soon
The Bent Inn will open sometime this summer at 207 N. 11th St., steps from the Fremont Street Experience. The co-owners of the property describe it as “the only LGBTQ-owned and operated boutique hotel in Las Vegas,” and extensive research by Casino.org...
