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1983 stories by Corey Levitan
Why All Las Vegas Production Shows May be Doomed
The audience for entertainment in Las Vegas has bounced back to pre-pandemic levels, casinos and independent producers keep reporting in their press releases. However, they’re not telling us everything. Demand is back up for tickets to superstar music residencies and one-off tour...
FBI Grilled Kim Kardashian Over Las Vegas Partying with 1MDB Fugitive
The FBI grilled Kim Kardashian in 2019 about partying in Las Vegas with Jho Low (real name: Low Taek Jho), according to an FBI summary of the interview disclosed by Bloomberg Businessweek. Low, 41, is a billionaire turned fugitive accused of embezzling...
Atlantic City Police Bust WWE’s Sonya Deville for Gun Possession Outside Borgata Casino
WWE superstar Sonya Deville was arrested last month at the Borgata in Atlantic City. That's after a gun was found inside the wrestler’s vehicle by the casino valet who parked it. The story was broken on Wednesday by TMZ, which discovered the...
Las Vegas Tourists Sue for Injuries in ‘Hard’ Helicopter Landing
Four members of an Australia family seek $400K in a lawsuit filed this week against a Las Vegas tour operator. The family claims the company crash-landed its sightseeing helicopter last December. The civil complaint, filed Monday in Nevada state court, accuses Las...
Las Vegas Used 8% Less Colorado River Water in 2022, But Efforts Not Enough
Nevada used significantly less Colorado River water in 2022 than the previous year. According to new data from the US Bureau of Reclamation, water use in the Silver State (mostly Las Vegas) dropped 8% from 242,168 acre-feet in 2021 to 222,797 acre-feet...
GoCar Self-Guided Sightseeing Vehicles Launch in Las Vegas
Self-guided tours of Las Vegas are available starting Thursday, March 2 via GoCar, a company that operates the same service in San Francisco, San Diego, and Monterey, Calif. The cars are based on the Arcimoto FUV platform and can drive autonomously. However,...
Las Vegas Mansion For Sale With Its Own Private Italian Street
In Las Vegas, it's not only the casino hotels that have fake Italian streets. One of its private residences has one, too. The 9,771 square-foot designer mansion at 15 Bright Hollow Court features a fake cobblestone streetscape. It includes fake second-floor balconies,...
January’s Las Vegas Room Rates Beat Pre-Pandemic Levels
Tourism is still down about 4% from pre-pandemic levels, but continuing to recover steadily, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA)’s most recent monthly report. And the revenue is completely back for Sin City’s resorts. Hotel occupancy last month...
$11K and $14K Bellagio Fountain Club Tix on Sale for F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
MGM Resorts International announced on Tuesday a second option for viewing the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix from its Bellagio Fountains from November 16-18, 2023. Noting that packages for its Bellagio Grandstands experience “sold out quickly” after going on sale last...
Rocker Vince Neil’s Former Las Vegas Home Listed for $2.7M
Vince Neil’s former home is listed for sale in Vegas. The lead singer for hair metal band Mötley Crüe lived in the two-story Mediterranean Revival-style house at 4980 Mountain Creek Drive for 15 years, purchasing it new in 2002. For around the...
