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2028 stories by Corey Levitan
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...
Ex-UFC Fighter Phil Baroni Arrested in Mexico for Allegedly Killing Girlfriend
Former mixed martial arts fighter Phil Baroni is in Mexican custody for allegedly killing his girlfriend, the prosecutors’ office in the state of Nayarit confirmed Wednesday. The details were in a report published by the Observando en la Bahai newspaper. Baroni, 46,...
MSG Entertainment Explores Tao Group Sale, Fertitta the Rumored Buyer: Report
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (NYSE:MSGE) has hired Goldman Sachs to explore a sale of its controlling interest in the Tao Group nightclub and restaurant empire, according to a report in the New York Post. The money is needed to offset the...
Las Vegas Mayor Road Rages Against I-15 New Year’s Traffic
After some Las Vegas tourists reported a 10-hour drive back to Southern California on Monday, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman called on the Golden State to live up to its promises and finish widening its portion of Interstate 15. In a tweet...
Las Vegas Entertainment Company Spiegelworld Buys California Town
Spiegelworld – the Las Vegas producers of “Absinthe” at Caesars Palace and other adult-themed circus extravaganzas – has purchased the California town of Nipton. Nipton isn’t that big, about 80 acres in total. But that meant it wasn’t that expensive, either. Speigelworld...
Lamar Odom Accuses Famed Brothel Owner of Trying to Murder Him
In a new FOX-TV tabloid news special, former LA Lakers star Lamar Odom accuses late brothel owner Dennis Hof of trying to murder him in 2015 when he famously overdosed on cocaine at Hof’s Love Ranch. On TMZ Presents: Lamar Odom: Sex,...