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2028 stories by Corey Levitan
Las Vegas A’s Ballpark Hasn’t Lassoed NFR Rodeo
One of the events you won’t see at the proposed Las Vegas Athletics ballpark outside of baseball season is the National Finals Rodeo, at least according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Quoting an unnamed source, the newspaper reports the...
Pair Accused of Arson at 3 Las Vegas Strip Casinos
Two people face arson charges for allegedly setting fires at three Las Vegas Strip resorts last week, according to documents uncovered by KLAS-TV. Amber Crow, 40, and Daniel Rodriguez, 21, were arrested on Saturday morning and remain in custody, according to the...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Donut Slushies, Gordon Biersch Taps Out, New Luke’s Lobster & Parry’s Pizza
The very last call at the Gordon Biersch Brewery in Las Vegas came at 10 p.m. Sunday, April 30. The restaurant and brewery opened inside the Howard Hughes Center behind the Strip back in 1997, when most of the Las Vegas Strip’s...
UPDATE: Paris Las Vegas to Annex Tower From Horseshoe
UPDATE: On May 1, Caesars Entertainment confirmed this story, which was broken by Scott Roeben of Casino.org's Vital Vegas on April 25. EARLIER: Clark County has approved plans for Caesars Entertainment Inc. to remake one of its two Horseshoe towers into a...
GameStop Trading Frenzy Becoming Movie Starting Seth Rogan, Pete Davidson
The GameStop short squeeze of 2021 is the subject of an upcoming Hollywood movie, Dumb Money, starring Seth Rogen, Nick Offerman, and Pete Davidson. It's set for release by Sony Pictures on Oct. 20, 2023. The GameStop trading frenzy was celebrated as...
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,...
