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Lake Mead’s Iconic Vertical Speedboat Removed
An abandoned speedboat sunk in Lake Mead has been removed from near the shoreline Nicknamed "The Monolith of Lake Mead," the boat rose to attention in 2022 when the water level in Lake Mead dropped 188 feet due to climate change Was...
This AI Sex Robot Wants to Sell You Tickets in Las Vegas
Aria starts her job this Thursday in the Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas Strip. “She’s” a customer service rep at the Tix4Vegas kiosk. Aria -- no connection to the MGM Resorts casino that goes by that name other than also...
LOST VEGAS: The Railroad Cottages
Las Vegas was originally settled by railroad workers and laborers who needed places to live Between 1909 and 1911, Salt Lake (now Union Pacific) railroad built 64 cottages to house its workers Of the 28 cottages remaining in 1978, only one is...
RICO Suit Over Failed Las Vegas NBA Arena Tossed on Technicality
A federal judge on Monday rejected a $6.4 million RICO lawsuit against a famously failed Las Vegas basketball arena and luxury resort because it failed to meet a legal deadline. Last December, Kent Limson and TACSIS APC, the California law and accounting...
A’s Find First Investor in Las Vegas Ballpark
The Athletics have announced the MLB team's first minority investor. It’s Aramark Sports + Entertainment, the Philadelphia-based concessionaire announced in May as the overseer of all food and hospitality at the Las Vegas ballpark the team says it will open on the...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: University Medical Center Hospital is Run by a University
The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) -- where you might be rushed if you're seriously injured while visiting the Strip -- has never been nationally ranked in the annual U.S. News & World Report evaluation of best American hospitals in...
Two More Las Vegas Strip Casinos Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuits
The Aria and Luxor, Las Vegas Strip casino resorts both under the MGM Resorts International umbrella, reached settlements with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over religious discrimination claims, the agency announced last week. The allegations centered on the casinos’ denial...
Cost of A’s Vegas Stadium Skyrockets to $2 Billion With No End in Sight
Athletics owner John Fisher has finally admitted what every knowledgeable insider has known for two years -- that building a baseball stadium in Las Vegas by 2028 will be more expensive than the $1.5 billion figure he cited in May 2023. That...
Beloved Las Vegas Podcaster Takes Own Life
Mark Wojtowicz, host of “The 360 Vegas Podcast,” has died. The Las Vegas historian and personality launched his popular podcast in 2010, posting new episodes every two weeks until July 27. He took his own life three days later, after a long...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Las Vegas is the World’s Gambling Capital
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Dec. 4, 2023. What happens in Macau apparently stays there, too, because few Las Vegas regulars realize that this Chinese city has...
