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2028 stories by Corey Levitan
Usher is Latest Celeb to Call Las Vegas Home
Usher is the latest celebrity to declare himself an official Las Vegas transplant. “I began to curate my own little world here, so much so that I’ve actually put a flag in the ground,” the eight-time Grammy-winning crooner said in a new...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Secret Dining and Drinking on the Strip
The donut stand at the Proper Eats food hall at the Aria Resort and Casino has a secret. Behind a false wall by the cappuccino machine at Easy Donuts is a secret speakeasy operating since February 4. Encased in velvet loveseat plushness, Easy’s...
Brightline Contracts with Rail Unions for High-Speed LA-Las Vegas Train
A planned high-speed rail system connecting Las Vegas with LA chugged another step closer to reality Tuesday when Brightline West announced it has entered into an agreement with 24 rail unions. The agreement commits to using unionized labor to operate and maintain...
4 Las Vegas Casino Execs Among 100 Most Overpaid US CEOs — Report
The chief executives at Penn Entertainment, Las Vegas Sands, Wynn, and Caesars corporations all found themselves on the annual list of Top 100 Most Overpaid CEOs published by As You Sow, a non-profit watchdog group chartered in 1992 to promote corporate responsibility....
Pokémon Go Players Rage Against Las Vegas Event For Connectivity Issues
Thousands of ticket holders who descended on Las Vegas for a Pokémon Go Live! event this weekend found themselves battling connectivity issues instead of each other. Glitches in the game on both Saturday and Sunday prompted tweets of rage from the players,...
Chris Moneymaker Folds Poker Room to Avoid Criminal Charges
Chris Moneymaker has been forced to close the Kentucky poker room he opened just five months ago, according to PokerNews.com. His decision follows threats of criminal action from local authorities. Card rooms are illegal in Kentucky. However, Moneymaker’s circumvented that state law...
Las Vegas City Council Tables Cannabis Lounge Vote to Mull Changes
A proposed ordinance on cannabis consumption lounges, which was scheduled for a vote Wednesday by the Las Vegas City Council, was delayed until March 1. The extra time is intended to give community members, city officials, and stakeholders time to consider possible...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Billy Idol to Rock Hoover Dam, New Tickets for Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, Depeche Mode, More
Rock idol Billy Idol has announced the first-ever concert at Hoover Dam. If you’ve been, you know there’s no room for a full concert, so only 250 tickets were made available for the April 8 show. The cheapest, a whopping $749 each,...
U2 to Earn Unheard-Of Payday for Las Vegas Residency, Opening Date Set – Report
Billionaire entertainment mogul James Dolan, chair of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: MSGE), is taking heat for the payday he's reportedly agreed to lavish upon U2 for opening his MSG Sphere in Las Vegas this fall. The Irish band’s commitment was...
Las Vegas Male Revue Lands Unique Reality TV Series
After over 20 years on the Strip, the longest-running male revue in the history of Las Vegas has snagged itself its own reality TV show. HGTV has green-lighted Flip the Strip, starring the naughty blokes from Thunder From Down Under at the Excalibur....
