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Reporter: Corey Levitan

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.

Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.

Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.

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2277 stories by Corey Levitan

VEGAS DINING NEWS: World-Class Buffet May Be Back for Seconds, Vegas’ Top Ranked New Restaurants

Rio execs are considering bringing back the Carnival World Buffet Three Vegas eateries made Yelp's list of the year's 25 best new restaurants The beloved Carnival World Buffet at the Rio just might be revived. In a licensing hearing before the Nevada...

Corey Levitan October 15, 2025

RetroEscapes: TikTok Influencer’s Las Vegas Theme Park Closer to Fantasyland Than Reality

Plans for a new nostalgia-based Vegas theme park appear to be more of a pipe dream than anything else The man behind RetroEscapes hasn't yet secured the land, permits, or financing for the planned $500-$600 million off-Strip project  Only the future will...

Corey Levitan October 15, 2025

El Guitar Hotel de Hard Rock toma forma sobre las cenizas del volcán Mirage en el Strip de Las Vegas

La silueta de la parte inferior de una guitarra eléctrica es ahora claramente reconocible a medida que la construcción del futuro Guitar Hotel de Hard Rock se eleva sobre el Strip de Las Vegas. Esta semana se ha podido ver a los...

Corey Levitan October 15, 2025

Hard Rock’s Guitar Hotel Takes Shape on Ashes of Mirage Volcano Over Las Vegas Strip

The shape of the bottom of an electric guitar is now clearly recognizable as construction of the future Hard Rock’s Guitar Hotel rises above the Las Vegas Strip. This week, workers could be seen installing window panes on the structure, which is...

Corey Levitan October 14, 2025

Roller Coaster Rescuer Gene Staples Denies Desperado Purchase

According to a rumor sweeping the roller coaster community, Gene Staples has made “a sizeable offer” to purchase the world famous Desperado from Buffalo Bill’s casino in Primm, Nev. (And yes, there is a roller coaster community, and it worships Gene Staples.)...

Corey Levitan October 13, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Luxor’s Sphinx Jinx

A longstanding myth claims the Luxor's history of unfortunate events and occurrences can be blamed on the fact that the giant Sphinx outside the hotel faces in the wrong direction The myth claims that unlike the original Sphinx of Giza, which faces...

Corey Levitan October 13, 2025

Fiscales buscan la pena de muerte para el hombre que asesinó a una mujer en un resort del Strip de Las Vegas

Fiscales de Las Vegas pedirán la pena de muerte para Dandre Owens Se le acusa de asesinar a Brittani Bailey en el MGM Grand y ejecutar a otro hombre en el desierto Los fiscales de Las Vegas anunciaron que buscarán la pena...

Corey Levitan October 12, 2025

Third Las Vegas Aces Victory Parade to Shut Down Las Vegas Strip

The Las Vegas Aces will shut down the Las Vegas Strip on Friday, October 17 for their third WNBA championship victory parade and rally in four years. The Aces defeated the Phoenix Mercury 97-86 in Game 4 of the finals at Footprint...

Corey Levitan October 12, 2025

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of 800 New Environmental Violations Digging Las Vegas ‘Tesla Tunnels’

Nevada regulators have accused the Boring Co. of committing nearly 800 environmental infractions over the past two years while expanding its Vegas Loop, according to a new report by ProPublica and City Cast Las Vegas podcast co-host Dayvid Figler. A cease-and-desist letter...

Corey Levitan October 11, 2025

Prosecutors Seek Death for Man Who Murdered Woman at Las Vegas Strip Resort

Prosecutors in Las Vegas say they intend to seek the death penalty against Dandre Owens, the man they accuse of fatally shooting 29-year-old Brittani Bailey in an MGM Grand hotel room and of luring another man to the desert before executing him...

Corey Levitan October 11, 2025