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2028 stories by Corey Levitan
Las Vegas Trump Hotel Ranked World’s 10th-Ugliest Building
The Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas has been ranked the 10th-ugliest building in the entire world. That’s the entire world, which most likely contains billions of buildings. The list was published on the website of Buildworld, a British home improvement company....
How the ‘Diamond Lady’ Gambling Boat Ended Up in the Rough — Part III
Though her decks are still somewhat intact and her name still visible on the hull, the Diamond Lady is a sad skeleton of what she was when she launched in 1991. In our second follow-up story about the first legal gambling boat...
Las Vegas Strip Resorts Colluded to Fix Room Rates, Class Action Lawsuit Claims
A class action lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that four of the main Las Vegas Strip resort operators colluded via data-sharing software to artificially inflate the prices of their hotel rooms. The suit names Caesars Entertainment, MGM Resorts International, Treasure Island, and Wynn...
LOST VEGAS: Liberty’s Last Stand Was Not What It Seemed
It’s appropriate that the hottest bar to open in Las Vegas in 1931 opened on April Fool’s Day. More on that in a moment. Liberty’s Last Stand, located at 10 Stewart Ave. downtown, was a dilapidated Wild West saloon packed with the...
Las Vegas Restaurants Make the List for James Beard Awards, Yelp’s Top Spots
This week brought a double serving of good food news to Las Vegas. Five area chefs and one bar earned nominations for the annual James Beard Awards, and two Las Vegas restaurants were named to the Yelp Top 100 for 2023. Oscar...
Las Vegas Massacre Site Sale Questioned by North Dakota Tribal Members
Some members of North Dakota’s Three Affiliated Tribes – which, late last year, purchased most of the Las Vegas Village festival grounds, the site of the Las Vegas massacre – are questioning the legitimacy of the $90M purchase. The members say it...
LAS VEGAS MUSIC UPDATE: Panic! at the Disco Quits, James Taylor Sets Cosmo Residency
After 19 years, Panic! at the Disco is calmly exiting the dancefloor. Frontman Brendon Urie announced via Instagram on Tuesday that his popular Las Vegas-spawned band will break up following the end of a European tour on March 10. In reality, though,...
Vegas Balloon Ride Inflates Security After Recent Hot Air Theft
On Tuesday, a “hot” hot air balloon – stolen from the Vegas Balloon Rides company a day earlier – was recovered in a vacant lot. The 16-passenger balloon is the largest in the company’s fleet, reaching nearly 15 stories when inflated. In...
Downtown Las Vegas Slated To Get 1st Art House Movie Theater
For a city that’s hosted hundreds of independent film shoots and several annual film festivals, having a dedicated independent movie theater seems like something that should have happened 50 years ago. But it’s happening for the first time in March when the...
Gold Strike Casino in Mississippi Sees Four People Shot Outside its Doors
Four people were injured during a shooting outside the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, Miss. early on Sunday morning, according to the Tunica County Sheriff’s Office and local news reports. At approximately 3:15 a.m. on Jan. 22, Tunica deputies received a 911...
