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1983 stories by Corey Levitan
Las Vegas Judge Orders Mental Eval for Alleged MGM Solar Plant Terrorist
On Tuesday morning, a Las Vegas judge ordered a competency evaluation for the alleged terrorist who disabled a major solar facility supplying power to the Las Vegas Strip last week. Mohammed Mesmarian, 34, faces felony charges of committing an act of terrorism,...
TikTok star Bryce Hall Punches Las Vegas Security Guard
Bryce Hall punched a security guard at Wynn Las Vegas in the head over the weekend, and the incident could spell trouble for the social media influencer. Hall, 24, has 23.7 million TikTok and 3 million YouTube followers. TMZ published video of...
Dixieless Chicks Announce First Las Vegas Residency
The Chicks just announced their first Las Vegas residency, which will consist of six shows at the Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood sprinkled from May 3 to 13. "We hope our fans are ready for more in 2023, because we are not...
Shaq to Open Second Las Vegas Big Chicken Joint
Can Shaquille O'Neal become as big in the chicken game as he was in that other game? The 15-time NBA All-Star is about to open the second Las Vegas location of his Big Chicken restaurant. The fast-food franchise will open on Thursday,...
The Buildings Elvis Presley Left in Las Vegas
Elvis Presley didn’t put Las Vegas on the map, but he did insert an everlasting "Viva" in front of it. On what would have been the King’s 88th birthday, here’s a list of his favorite places to hold court in Sin City....
Alleged Terrorist Disables MGM Solar Plant in Las Vegas
An update to this report is posted here. An alleged terrorist has succeeded in temporarily disabling the MGM Resorts Mega Array project in North Las Vegas, the main source of solar power for all of the company’s 13 Las Vegas casino resorts....
Red Rock Resorts Sells 57 Acres South of Las Vegas Strip for $62M
Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ: RRR) has sold 56.6 acres at the northwest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Cactus Avenue for just north of $62 million. That's according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The buyer is the HCA Healthcare...
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Las Vegas Show Closing After Two Months
Freestyle Love Supreme, the hip-hop musical from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, announced its closure just short of two months after opening in Las Vegas. Its last show at The Venetian’s Summit Showroom will be on January 29. Its engagement at the Venetian,...
Russian Exhibitors Barred from CES Over Ukraine Invasion
CES said nyet to Russian exhibitors this year because of their country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The world’s largest annual tech convention opened to the public Thursday morning at the Las Vegas Convention Center, though it opened on Tuesday evening to the...
Dana White Urged to Step Down as UFC Prez After Viral Wife-Slapping Incident
Dana White faces calls to step down as president of the UFC. That's after video went viral earlier this week that showed him slapping his wife at a Mexican nightclub on New Year’s Eve. The video, published by TMZ, shows White saying...
