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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: A Roulette Color Can Be ‘Due’
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new "Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Aug. 19, 2022. Five red roulette numbers hitting in a row doesn’t mean a black one is more likely on the...
Noted Vegas Actor Trash-Talks Tropicana
After Las Vegas, and the world, bid a tearful adieu to the Tropicana on Wednesday morning, not all the memories of the imploded icon shared by Vegas notables have been positive. “I lived at the Tropicana Hotel for four months while we...
Vegas Puts a Rink on It for the Winter
Fontainebleau Las Vegas announced on Wednesday that it will transform its Oasis Pool Deck into an ice rink from November 27 through January 5, making it the third Las Vegas Strip casino resort that will convert its unused pools into skating rinks...
VEGAS DINING ROUNDUP: José Andrés Taking Bazaar Meat to Venetian
José Andrés is relocating his Bazaar Meat from the Sahara, where his chefs have been searing Las Vegas’ best steaks for a decade, to the Palazzo Tower at the Venetian. Actually, that’s not true. Bazaar Meat never opened at the Sahara --...
THE TROP DROPS: Historic Las Vegas Casino Bites the Dust
The Tropicana Las Vegas is now just a vacant lot strewn with tons of debris. It was taken down in 22 seconds early Wednesday morning -- one second for each of the remaining two towers’ 22 floors. Seven minutes of fireworks and...
MUSK RATS! Elon’s Vegas Tesla Tunnels Have Trespassers
Elon Musk’s underground transit system in Las Vegas is a magnet for trespassers who have to be escorted out. According to a new Fortune.com report, at least 67 trespassers have breached the Vegas Loop's tunnels since they opened in 2022. Most entered...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Coldplaying Allegiant Stadium, New Year’s Creed
Coldplay has scheduled its biggest Las Vegas show ever -- at Allegiant Stadium in front of 65K fans -- for June 6, 2025. The group just released the video for its new song, “All My Love,” which stars downtown Las Vegas much...
Bally’s Donates Historic Tropicana Memorabilia to UNLV
After it’s imploded on Wednesday morning, the best way to relive memories of the Tropicana Las Vegas will be to head two miles east of the vacant lot to UNLV. Nevada’s largest university recently received five boxes of history from the Rat...
IRS Cracks Down on $13B in Unreported Gambling Winnings
After an audit revealed that Uncle Sam may have let more than $1 billion in income tax on recent casino jackpots go uncollected, the IRS is cracking down on the oversight. And one of Las Vegas’ most recognizable casino gamblers finds himself...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Why Elvis Didn’t Open the International
It was the opening of the world’s biggest hotel, the International, so the world’s biggest entertainer had been hired to underline that fact. But the headliner didn’t feel up to the task, even with weeks of rehearsal. That headliner was not Elvis...
