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2099 stories by Corey Levitan
Las Vegas to Name Street After Liberace
Portions of Karen Avenue in Las Vegas will soon be known as Liberace Way. The Clark County Commission recently approved a motion to rename the heavily trafficked street between Maryland Parkway and Joe W. Brown Drive. This area is adjacent to the...
Ellis Island Casino Proposes Rebuilding Mt. Charleston Restaurant with Hotel
Residents of Mt. Charleston, a mountain hamlet just outside Las Vegas, are reportedly opposed to the Ellis Island Casino’s plans. Those include replacing the restaurant and bar at Mt. Charleston Lodge, which burned down in 2021. At a recent meeting with the...
Caesars Atlantic City to Open ‘Absinthe’-Like Revue
Spiegelworld – the brand behind Caesars Palace’s long-running “Absinthe,” an eccentric mix of adult circus, burlesque, and vaudeville – announced Tuesday that its next project will be a similarly themed attraction at Caesars Atlantic City. “The Hook” – set to be directed...
Las Vegas Women’s Basketball Tourney Sees Three Teams Exit
Three teams have withdrawn from an upcoming Las Vegas women’s college basketball tournament. That's as the fallout continues from the poorly organized Las Vegas Invitational over Thanksgiving weekend. Dayton, Purdue, and Texas A&M are out of the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic...
Iowa Slot Winner Arrested for Allegedly Getting Another Man to Collect Jackpot
Dajo Grandberry probably thought nothing could be worse than winning a slot jackpot he couldn’t keep because of a government-owed debt. Then he got someone else to try and collect it for him, and now he realizes that being in jail is...
Las Vegas Sees Green In Hollywood Red Carpet with ‘Yellowstone’ Spin-offs
The most anticipated television event of the holiday season, 1923, held its star-studded premiere at the Hollywood American Legion Post 43 on Friday, Dec. 2. And then it held a reboot on Saturday, Dec. 3, in Las Vegas. Wynn Resorts lured Harrison Ford,...
Las Vegas Strip Brewpub Loses Ethical Certification One Day Before Opening
On the eve of opening its 30,000-square-foot rooftop bar on the Las Vegas Strip, Scotland-based BrewDog has lost its ethical B Corp certification. The status – signifying a company’s ethical commitment to the environment, community, and staff – was allegedly stripped after...
Shills, Show Captains & Change Girls – Casino Jobs That No Longer Exist
Do you recall the first thing Marty McFly noticed when he time-traveled back to 1955 in the movie "Back to the Future?" It was the gas station attendant, because of how obsolete his job seemed. Had Marty hit a Las Vegas casino...
Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Garth Brooks Extend Las Vegas Residencies
A trio of country music superstars announced extended commitments to Las Vegas on Thursday. Carrie Underwood announced 18 new 2023 dates for her Resorts World residency. Not to be outdone, Miranda Lambert extended her Planet Hollywood residency by 16 new 2023 dates....
U2 Health Emergency Jeopardizes Las Vegas Residency
Will U2 perform its Las Vegas residency next year with or without founding drummer Larry Mullen Jr.? That’s the question reverberating through the live concert business right now in the wake of a U2 profile in the Washington Post this week. The...
