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2217 stories by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Tunnel Howard Hughes Built to Connect Desert Inn & Frontier
After acquiring both the Desert Inn -- his home from late 1966 through late 1970 -- and the Frontier in 1967, billionaire Howard Hughes is said to have had a private tunnel constructed beneath Las Vegas Boulevard so he could move between...
Venetian Las Vegas Sues Company for $2M Event Cancellation Fee
The Venetian Resort has filed a nearly $2 million lawsuit against QTLST Management and Shawn Copeland, claiming the media management company and its CEO breached a contract for a corporate event that the Las Vegas casino resort had to cancel earlier this...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: You Can Drink However and Wherever You Want on the Strip
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Aug. 26, 2024. The sipping of frozen cocktails from 3-liter tubes -- a common sight along the Strip and Fremont Street downtown --...
Piles of Cremated Human Remains Found in Desert Outside Las Vegas
Numerous piles of cremated human remains have been found on federal land in Searchlight, Nev. The piles were illegally dumped on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management Authorities are investigating the source of the illegal dumping More than 100 piles...
ON THIS DAY: The Harvey’s Resort Bombing
Forty-five years ago today -- at 3:46 p.m. on Aug. 27, 1980 -- the Harvey’s Resort Hotel and Casino in Stateline, Nev. was spectacularly rocked by one of the largest and most audacious bombings in US history. The culprit: a disgruntled degenerate...
Former Motel Owner Begins Prison Term for Deadliest Fire in Las Vegas City History
Adolfo Orozco-Garcia reported to prison on Tuesday to begin serving a sentence for his role in the deadliest fire ever to occur within Las Vegas city limits. Orozco-Garcia, 49, is the former owner of the Alpine Motel, the downtown residential motel where...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Mötley’s Crüe-l Cancellation Rumor, Bruno Rebooks NYE
Mötley Crüe needs a kickstart in the box office. Ticket sales for its upcoming 10-show residency at Park MGM’s Dolby Live are so bad, fans of the '80s glam metal band are worried about a cancellation. As of Aug. 27, a third...
Stalled Las Vegas Dream Casino Resort Changes Hands
Ownership of the stalled Dream Las Vegas has moved from the project's original developer to its lead contractor McCarthy Companies now controls the ambitious project on the south end of the Strip The future of the planned boutique hotel remains in doubt...
Cyberattack Cripples Multiple Nevada State Agencies
A major cyberattack has disrupted operations across multiple Nevada state agencies, leading to the shutdown of websites, phone lines and public services as IT staffers toil to restore service. Detected early Sunday morning, the incident sparked an immediate 24/7 recovery effort and...
CLOWNSIZING: The All-Time Biggest Las Vegas Clowns
On a boulevard where Elvis impersonators roam freely and pirates once battled nightly, some American cultural touchstones take a back seat. Las Vegas was never much of a clown town -- with the possible exception of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors...
