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Corey Levitan
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LOST VEGAS: Liberty’s Last Stand Was Not What It Seemed
It’s appropriate that the hottest bar to open in Las Vegas in 1931 opened on April Fool’s Day. More on that in a moment. Liberty’s Last Stand, located at 10 Stewart Ave. downtown, was a...
Las Vegas Restaurants Make the List for James Beard Awards, Yelp’s Top Spots
This week brought a double serving of good food news to Las Vegas. Five area chefs and one bar earned nominations for the annual James Beard Awards, and two Las Vegas restaurants were named to...
Las Vegas Massacre Site Sale Questioned by North Dakota Tribal Members
Some members of North Dakota’s Three Affiliated Tribes – which, late last year, purchased most of the Las Vegas Village festival grounds, the site of the Las Vegas massacre – are questioning the legitimacy of...
LAS VEGAS MUSIC UPDATE: Panic! at the Disco Quits, James Taylor Sets Cosmo Residency
After 19 years, Panic! at the Disco is calmly exiting the dancefloor. Frontman Brendon Urie announced via Instagram on Tuesday that his popular Las Vegas-spawned band will break up following the end of a European...
Vegas Balloon Ride Inflates Security After Recent Hot Air Theft
On Tuesday, a “hot” hot air balloon – stolen from the Vegas Balloon Rides company a day earlier – was recovered in a vacant lot. The 16-passenger balloon is the largest in the company’s fleet,...
Downtown Las Vegas Slated To Get 1st Art House Movie Theater
For a city that’s hosted hundreds of independent film shoots and several annual film festivals, having a dedicated independent movie theater seems like something that should have happened 50 years ago. But it’s happening for...
Gold Strike Casino in Mississippi Sees Four People Shot Outside its Doors
Four people were injured during a shooting outside the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica, Miss. early on Sunday morning, according to the Tunica County Sheriff’s Office and local news reports. At approximately 3:15 a.m. on...
Lisa Marie Presley Laid to Rest at Graceland
In the cold winter Memphis air, on the front lawn of the world’s most famous rock n’ roll residence, the family and famous friends of Lisa Marie Presley gathered on Sunday morning to lay her...
Blake Shelton Breaks Ground on New Las Vegas Honky-Tonk
Blake Shelton, star of country music and television's The Voice, was in Las Vegas this week to break ground on the fifth location of his country barbecue and live music joint. If all goes according...
Newly Discovered Las Vegas Mountaintop Artwork May Be Destroyed
Standing inside of it, it’s completely invisible. You see some rocks carefully rearranged into curved lines, but that’s it. Only from the perspective of Google Earth or a drone does the art reveal itself. Friday’s...
