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2099 stories by Corey Levitan
Maverick Gaming Cashes in Washington State’s Macau Casino for $22M
Maverick Gaming has sold its Macau Casino in Lakewood, Wash., for $22.1 million, according to county records. The buyer was Chicago-based real estate investment firm Oak Street Real Estate Capital. The transaction was recorded on Sept. 20 but took place on Sept....
Oakland Athletics’ Odds to Follow NFL’s Raiders to Las Vegas Increasing
How does the Las Vegas A’s sound? Because it's increasingly likely for the Athletics to become Sin City’s first major-league baseball team and the second major-league sports team stolen from Oakland. According to the A’s and Major League Baseball (MLB), Oakland's city...
Maroon 5’s Las Vegas Gig Won’t Be Derailed by Sexting Scandal
What happens outside Vegas apparently stays there, too. Getting caught sexting with two women behind his pregnant’s wife back isn’t a big enough problem to keep singer Adam Levine and his pop group, Maroon 5, from honoring a huge Sin City concert...
Las Vegas’ Bone-Dry Red Rock May Use Seeding Clouds as Water Source
Seeking seed money for your Las Vegas project doesn’t usually go like this. An environmental organization called Save Red Rock is asking for $150,000 in public donations to make it rain and snow in Las Vegas’ Red Rock Canyon by seeding the...
Las Vegas Arches Can Be Viewed Without Dying Using New Platform
On Wednesday, the city of Las Vegas approved an agreement with the operators of the Strat Hotel to build a pedestrian viewing deck for the Gateway Arches landmark on the eastern side of Las Vegas Boulevard. The $200K platform is expected to...
Silverton Casino in Las Vegas Opens Mermaid Lessons to Teens and Adults
Being a mermaid isn’t just for little kids and Daryl Hannah anymore. The Silverton Casino in Las Vegas will now let anyone learn how, ages 7 to adult. The Silverton's Mermaid School for Kids is held most Saturday mornings from 8:30-10 a.m....
WNBA Team’s Victory Parade Celebrates Las Vegas’ First Major League Championship
The Las Vegas Aces brought Las Vegas its first major league championship on Sunday, when the women's professional basketball team beat the Connecticut Sun, 78-71, in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals in Phoenix. Two days later, they paraded the trophy through...
Lady Gaga Negotiating Return of Her Las Vegas Residency: Report
On the spiked heels of her just wrapped “Chromatica Ball” world tour, Lady Gaga representatives are said to be “deep in talks” to resume her Las Vegas residency at the Dolby Live theater at Park MGM, British tabloid The Sun reported today....
Aria Announces Las Vegas Strip’s Newest Upscale Food Hall
Clique Hospitality is about to unveil a new upscale food hall, Proper Eats, in the space once occupied by the buffet at Aria. Set to open in early winter, the 24,000-square-foot area — designed by Italian designer Munge and his firm, Studio...
Venetian Las Vegas Cancels Final Two ‘Stairway to Millions’ Poker Tourneys and $1.1M in Guarantees
The Venetian Las Vegas canceled the final two events in its PokerGo “Stairway to Millions” series this weekend — in the middle of the tournament — rather than risk missing published guarantees. The series promised $2.15M in prize money over 12 events....
