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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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2097 stories by Corey Levitan

Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Tom Brady to Debut Memorabilia Display

Fontainebleau Las Vegas and Tom Brady will open a temporary sports and entertainment museum in June "Hall of Excellence" will feature impressive memorabilia from Brady and other notables Fontainebleau Las Vegas announced Wednesday that it will open a temporary sports and entertainment...

Corey Levitan May 21, 2025

Sex Worker Hired for Diddy’s ‘Freak Offs’ Was Convicted Las Vegas Killer & Reality Star

Ash Armand's photo was introduced during the first week of Sean "P Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial Prosecutors claim he was one of 13 male escorts hired to perform at the disgraced record mogul's "freak off" sex parties Armand was initially known...

Corey Levitan May 21, 2025

VEGAS DINING NEWS: New ‘Restaurant Fee’ In, Bahama Breeze Out

Check your checks, Las Vegas visitors. Some restaurants now charge a fee separate from the price of your food and drinks, tax and tip. Vegas visitor Dave Larouche recently shared a tweet of the receipt for his bill at Giordano’s at the...

Corey Levitan May 20, 2025

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Roth v. Hagar in Vegas, No KISS Reunion, Did Katy Fail?

The second living museum of Van Halen nostalgia arrives in Las Vegas Sept. 8, when original singer David Lee Roth swings a new tour into the BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau. Though most hardcore fans consider the “Van Hagar” era of pop-rock hits...

Corey Levitan May 20, 2025

Planning Takes Off Again for Second Las Vegas Airport

The environmental impact statement process has restarted on a second Las Vegas airport First proposed in 1998, the Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport will be built 30 miles south of the Strip and serve 35 million travelers per year It's already seven years...

Corey Levitan May 19, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Resort Fees Have Been Banned

New resort fee rules imposed by the FTC have gone into effect The rules change how hotels must inform guests about additional fees tacked onto their nightly room rates, but aren't making the fees illegal Last Monday, the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC)...

Corey Levitan May 19, 2025

Wynn Las Vegas Sued for Negligence After Boy Nearly Drowned

The family of a Utah boy who nearly drowned in a Wynn Las Vegas swimming pool is suing the casino resort company for negligence. According to the lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in Clark County District Court, Joseph Stanley III dove to the...

Corey Levitan May 16, 2025

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Flamingo Was the First Strip Casino

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on March 31, 2023.  We’ve already busted the myth perpetuated by that scene in the 1991 film, “Bugsy,” in which...

Corey Levitan May 16, 2025

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: John Mayer & Calvin Harris to Headline New Music Festival, Faking Sex (Pistols)

John Mayer will light up the Rise Festival outside Vegas in October The Sex Pistols aim to revive their punk glory days at the Palms A festival of lights has blossomed into a festival of musical luminaries. The Rise Festival was conceived...

Corey Levitan May 15, 2025

Las Vegas A’s Stadium Construction Underway

Foundation work has begun on the future home of the Las Vegas Athletics Oddly, a groundbreaking ceremony won't occur until June Financing for the entire $1.78B estimated cost is reportedly secure However, team owner John Fisher seeks $500M in investments to lessen...

Corey Levitan May 15, 2025