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2027 stories by Corey Levitan
Formula 1 Gives Sneak Peek of Las Vegas Grand Prix Paddock Construction
Formula 1 has released photos and an Instragram video of the current state of construction on the paddock building centerpiecing its Las Vegas Grand Prix Weekend, Nov. 16-18. More than 400 construction professionals have worked 20-hour shifts to get the structure to...
Charlie Sheen to Star in HBO Series About Sports Betting
Charlie Sheen will star in an upcoming HBO Max series called “How to Be a Bookie,” Variety leaked on Tuesday. Last October, HBO announced that it ordered eight episodes of the sitcom. That wasn't big news, however, because Sheen’s involvement wasn't part...
Madison Square Garden Sells Tao Group to PokerStars Cofounder
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (NYSE:MSGE) agreed on Monday to sell Tao Group Hospitality to Mohari Hospitality Ltd., an investment firm owned by PokerStars cofounder Mark Scheinberg. It's a deal that values the high-end restaurant and nightclub empire at $550M. Tao Group...
Strat Las Vegas Parking Fee Ignites Social Media Outrage
The Strat’s decision to charge for self-parking has sparked social-media pushback. Self-parking has been mostly free at the resort formerly known as the Stratosphere since it opened in 1996. Before April 3, the Strat charged for about 10% of its best spaces....
Katy Perry Fans Outraged by Viral Video from Las Vegas Show
A video shot during Katy Perry’s “Play” residency at Resorts World on Friday night stoked a Twitter tempest when it was posted, apparently out of context, on Saturday morning. The clip shows the singer performing her song, “Swish Swish,” as someone simulates...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Strip is Where Old Music Acts Go to Die
Music fans younger than 30 don’t think this way. They flock to see Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Bruno Mars -- those who can afford $500 per ticket on the secondary market, anyway -- with no knowledge of the taint that a...
First Cannabis ‘Casino’ in US Opens
A failing cannabis dispensary in Detroit has remade itself into what it calls the first cannabis “casino” in the US. The Reef opened as a medical marijuana dispensary in 2014 and attracted 500 customers a day. That's before losing almost all of...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Rio’s Carnival Buffet Closes, 3 Italian Joints Recognized
The Carnival World Buffet at Rio, the most revered buffet in Las Vegas 20 years ago, is being torn down to become a food hall, exemplifying the “Bye Las Vegas Strip Buffets, Hello Food Halls” trend article published by Casino.org last month....
F1 to Offer Cheaper Las Vegas Grand Prix Tix with One Big Catch
Missed out on your chance to see the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix on November 18? Formula 1 is about to give about 30K fans a chance to purchase a new class of tickets. And they’ll be the cheapest seats on...
Las Vegas and Other Cities See Drastic Water Cuts in New Feds Proposal
Federal officials on Tuesday said they would enact one of two emergency conservation options by this summer to address “unprecedented hydrologic conditions” threatening the two largest reservoirs in the world, the Glen Canyon and Hoover dams. Laid out in a new draft environmental...
