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SPHERE OF THE UNKNOWN: Vegas Venue Now Hunting UFOs
At the same time new technology began helping thousands of fans inside the Sphere re-experience Dorothy dreaming of another world, new technology on top of the Sphere began tracking objects that might actually be from one. The Galileo Observatory -- designed by...
Boyd to Demolish Eastside Cannery in Las Vegas
The Eastside Cannery, a Boulder Strip casino that has remained closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, will be demolished. "It has been more than five years since we closed Eastside Cannery, and there is not sufficient market demand to reopen...
Las Vegas Antique Dealer Acquires Historic Casino Statues
When it opened, nine fountain statues greeted guests as they entered the original MGM Grand The statues were in place on Nov. 21, 1980 -- the day of the worst hotel fire in the US The fountain was removed during a renovation...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Dead Nevada Senator Kept on Ice for Reelection
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on April 21, 2023. Nevada’s US Senator Key Pittman died a few days before the November 1940 reelection that he was favored...
Coming to Vegas: Slots That Withdraw From Your Bank Account
Las Vegas slots players who run out of money during a session may soon be able to reload without ever getting up from their favorite machines A new payment system will let players link slot machines directly to their bank accounts sometime...
AI Shows Signs of Gambling Addiction, Study Finds
A new study finds that AI internalizes human gambling cognitive biases In a slot machine simulation, four different large language models bet until they were broke The AIs chased their gambling wins and losses exactly like gambling-addicted humans A new study finds...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Strip to Get 3rd Country Star-Opened Honkytonk Restaurant, Gymkhana Sets Opening
Luke Combs announced Wednesday that he will open the second location of his Category 10 restaurant, bar and live country music venue in the Flamingo street frontage occupied until April 2024 by Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville. When it opens next fall, the Nashville...
Suspended Former Detroit Lion Arrested in Vegas for DUI
A former Detroit Lions safety currently serving a league suspension now also faces a misdemeanor DUI charge in Las Vegas. Tracy Walker III was arrested early Monday, October 20, according to KLAS-TV/Las Vegas. Walker, 30, was pulled over around 2 a.m. Monday...
Sphere Follows Yellow Brick Road to Record Profits
According to Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR), its reimagining of “The Wizard of Oz” is generating blockbuster returns, with over $130 million in receipts from 1 million tickets sold as of October 17, just seven weeks after its August 28 premiere. The...
Measles Confirmed at Las Vegas Airport
A traveler passing through Harry Reid International Airport on Monday has tested positive for measles, according to a news release from the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), which warned that others may have been exposed. The traveler, whose identity was not disclosed,...
