Areas of Expertise
2220 stories by Corey Levitan
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Two More Burger Joints & One Less Vegan Option
Whataburger is set to debut its only Las Vegas location this fall. The chain, open 24 hours and every day except Christmas, will occupy a two-story building adjoining the Waldorf Astoria in CityCenter on the Las Vegas Strip. The building, formerly home...
Nevada Lawmakers Secretly Amended Gaming Distance Law for Casino Developer Near School
Nevada lawmakers in June secretly amended a state law restricting the distance between casinos and schools to benefit a casino company, according to a report by the Nevada Independent website. The change to SB266, a 26-year-old law limiting the distance from a...
F1 to Vegas Hotspots: Pay Millions For Your Race View or We’ll Block It
Formula 1 execs are informing all Las Vegas restaurants and nightclubs with a view of the upcoming Grand Prix circuit that they must pay $1,500 per head in licensing rights, according to the New York Post. If they don't, their views will...
Las Vegas Icon Tony Bennett Dies at 96
Tony Bennett, the masterful crooner, and interpreter of American standards, died Friday at age 96. Though no cause of death was released, his family publicly revealed his struggle with Alzheimer’s disease in 2021. In having to share Bennett, Las Vegas comes in...
Here’s Why Scantily Clad Women Brawled on a Las Vegas Casino Floor
It’s not every day that videos go viral featuring a woman being dragged off a motorized scooter in a luxury casino resort as another woman yanks her attacker's hair. So, when you find out why it occurred, this becomes news. The melee,...
Gilgo Beach Suspected Serial Killer Has Las Vegas Ties
Las Vegas investigators are looking into unsolved murder cases there for a possible connection to the Manhattan architect charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings. Rex Heuermann, 59, was arrested and charged last week in the deaths of three of the 11...
Tupac Murder Search Seized Bullet Cartridges, Computers from Vegas-Area Home
New details have emerged about the unsolved 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. Police reactivated the investigation this week, and more than two dozen items were confiscated from a house at 2204 Maple Shade Street in Henderson, Nev. on Monday. That's according...
Steve Wynn Agrees to Pay $10M to Nevada Gaming Regulators to Settle 2019 Complaint
Disgraced casino mogul Steve Wynn has agreed to pay a $10 million fine to the Nevada Gaming Control Board over allegations of his sexual misconduct exposed in 2018. The pending settlement agreement, signed by Wynn on Monday, was filed Wednesday with the...
UPDATE: Tupac Las Vegas Search Tied to Uncle of Suspected Murderer Orlando Anderson
UPDATE: The Las Vegas area home searched by police this week in connection with Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder reportedly belongs to Paula Clemons. She is the wife of South Side Compton Crips member Duane Keith “Keffe D” Davis, who was the uncle...
Delta Passengers Pass Out Awaiting Takeoff in Las Vegas Heat
Multiple passengers fell ill and passed out on Monday afternoon aboard a flight waiting to take off in excessive heat from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, according to Fox Business News. Delta Airlines Flight 555 to Atlanta, which was queued...
