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A’s Release First Official Las Vegas Stadium Renderings
The Oakland Athletics have released the first official images showing what their new home in Las Vegas might look like. The images show the $1.5 billion ballpark constructed on the site of the Tropicana Las Vegas Resort Casino -- as has been...
Las Vegas’ Newest Cannabis Hotel Could be Violating Nevada Law
When the Lexi, a hotel promoting itself as "Las Vegas' first cannabis-inclusive property," opens on Friday, June 2, the question is whether it will operate legally. The 64-room nongaming hotel just off the Las Vegas Strip will permit and even encourage cannabis...
Celine Dion Sells Las Vegas Mansion for Triple What She Paid in 2017
If it was just an investment property, it succeeded. Canadian songstress Celine Dion has sold her Kardashian-esque Las Vegas mansion in an off-market deal for $30 million, according to the Dirt real-estate gossip website. That’s more than triple the $9.2 million Dion...
Sports Betting Bills Advance in Illinois and North Carolina
Bills impacting sports betting advanced this week in Illinois and North Carolina. Lawmakers in Springfield passed two bills likely to come across Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s (D) desk before the year's legislative session ends. Senate Bill 1508 forces Illinois sportsbooks to display a...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Planet Hollywood Ending, Summer House Sprouting, the Wong Goodbye
Las Vegas still has a Planet Hollywood Resort, but not a Planet Hollywood Restaurant. A big component of the A-list rehabilitation of Las Vegas’ image, the Caesars Palace staple closed after 29 years this week. The first Vegas outpost of the Hollywood-themed...
Las Vegas Never Forgot Tina Turner
Though Tina Turner retired from the concert stage in 2008, the R&B superstar -- who died Wednesday at age 83 -- was not forgotten by the town whose history intersected for decades with her own. “Tina -- The Tina Turner Musical” had...
Are Free Viewing Spots Revealed in F1 Video Preview of Las Vegas Grand Prix?
Formula 1 on Wednesday morning released a preview of EA Sports’ F1 23 video game, set to launch June 16. In doing so, they gave race fans a first look at the actual track on which the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix...
A’s Announce Tentative Las Vegas Agreement with Nevada Gov.
The Oakland A's and Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo (R) on Wednesday announced the next necessary step in bringing Major League Baseball to Las Vegas -- a tentative agreement between their offices, Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine, and Clark County officials on a...
Mirage Las Vegas Now Dolphin-Free
The last three dolphins held by The Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip have left the casino resort. According to a press release sent on Tuesday, Huf-N-Puf, Coco, and Lady Ace are en route to Coral World Ocean Park’s Sea Sanctuary at...
Las Vegas Tops For Memorial Day Travel, Traffic
Beginning Thursday, Las Vegas will be the most popular destination in the US, according to an analysis of Memorial Day Weekend travel by online travel platform Hopper. That also means that Vegas visitors will brave the most congested roads and airports to...
