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1983 stories by Corey Levitan
Nevada Bill Cracks Down on Impostor Restaurants on Food-Delivery Apps
Newly proposed legislation would require food-delivery apps to work only with properly permitted restaurants in Nevada The move is designed to cut down on scammers who impersonate well-known restaurants on sites like Uber Eats and Grubhub Platforms that don't comply would be...
Super Bowl Could Return to Vegas in 2029 — Report
In a move that legitimizes Las Vegas as not only a sports city but a dominant one, the NFL wants the Super Bowl to return to the region. And Las Vegas isn’t turning them down. According to Sports Business Journal, “the word from...
LOST VEGAS: Las Vegas’ Only Ever (Reported) Celebrity Trick-Roll
Only one celebrity -- that we know of -- has ever fallen victim to a Las Vegas trick-roll. That’s a targeted robbery by an illegal sex worker, usually of cash and/or an expensive watch. Only about 10% of trick-rolls get reported to...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Chippendales Hired Dancer On an H-1B Tech Visa
A screenshot recently achieved social media virality by claiming to show that Chippendales used an H-1B visa, intended for highly skilled foreign tech workers, to hire a dancer for its male-only adult revue in Las Vegas. The table, labeled “Dancer’s H1B Salary...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Wiping the Flores with His Competition — the Newfound Celebrity of a Non-Celebrity Chef
Of the six Las Vegas eateries making this year’s Yelp List of Top 100 US Restaurants, the highest-ranked -- for the second consecutive year -- was not a celebrity-chef joint on the world-famous Strip but a modest cafe opened six miles southwest...
TUPAC WHO? Accused Shakur Killer Claims He Wasn’t Even in Las Vegas
Duane "Keffe D" Davis -- the 61-year-old who previously implicated himself in the orchestration of the 1996 slaying of rap legend Tupac Shakur -- now claims he was nowhere near Las Vegas at the time of the shooting. In a motion asking...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Linq Garage Illustrates Flooding
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 Aug. 12, 2022. “This is urban flooding in Las Vegas!” reports a shocked visitor holding his cellphone camera at...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: EDC Reveals Lineup, Different Kind of Will Smith Hits
The lineup for this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival -- announced on Thursday --includes electronic dance music superstars Afrojack, Dom Dolla, Martin Garrix, Armin van Buuren and Fisher among its 250 acts. Also featured with be back-to-back performances from Alison Wonderland and Kaskade,...
Boyd Buys Land Under Still-Shuttered Vegas Casino
Boyd purchased land under its Eastside Cannery for $45 million in a sale that closed last week It had been paying millions of dollars a year in a land lease for the casino hotel There are no apparent plans to reopen the...
World Record Unconfirmed for Most Casino Visits in 24 Hours
Two people from the Netherlands have potentially set a new record for the number of casinos gambled in -- 110 -- during a 24-hour period The Guinness Book of World Records is evaluating their claim The current record, set in 2017, is...
