1152 stories by Corey Levitan
Nonvirtual Playground for Kids (and Adults) to Open on Las Vegas Strip
Fun is still a thing possible to have in the real world, not just the virtual one. That’s one of the messages of Play Playground. When the new attraction -- made of actual physical materials and accessible only by an old-school slide...
Wynn/Encore Las Vegas Officially End Free Self-Parking Because of Sphere
Wynn Resorts, which owns and operates Wynn and Encore Las Vegas, on Friday announced the end of free self-parking starting Sept. 27, 2023. That’s two days before the opening of the MSG Sphere behind the Venetian. And that’s no coincidence. When this...
ALL NOT: Vegas’ All Net Arena Misses Another Deadline
This week, the All Net Resort and Arena project on the Las Vegas Strip missed another deadline and requested another extension. The 22,000-seat basketball arena and nongaming hotel project -- proposed for the 26 vacant acres between the Sahara and Fontainebleau --...
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...
LOST VEGAS: Las Vegas Park Horse Track Stood Where Elvis AND The Beatles Would Perform
Las Vegas Park opened 70 years ago this week. And you can easily be forgiven for never having heard of the one-mile horse track that was located on the site of today’s Las Vegas Country Club, Las Vegas Convention Center, and Westgate...
Wynn Resorts Settles Sexual Harassment Suit with Salon Workers
Wynn Resorts Ltd. settled this week with nine anonymous women who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the company in 2019, as the Las Vegas Review-Journal first reported. The terms of the settlement agreement, filed in U.S. District Court, remain confidential, leaving...
Bellagio Faces Flack for Felling Fountain Trees For F1
MGM Resorts, which owns the Bellagio, has begun removing a beloved row of shade trees lining the casino resort’s Las Vegas Strip sidewalk. This is so it can build a grandstand for the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix race taking place...
Nevada Gaming Commission Nominates Mississippi Magician to Black Book
A magician who allegedly uses his knowledge of distraction to scam casinos was nominated Wednesday to Nevada’s List of Excluded Persons. That’s the infamous “black book” banning people for life from all casinos in the Silver State. The Nevada Gaming Control Board...
A’s Las Vegas Stadium Deal Could Strike Out Via Referendum Petition
A referendum petition was filed in Nevada on Wednesday targeting the $380 million in public funding already approved by the state legislature to help finance a $1.5 billion baseball stadium for the Oakland A’s on the Las Vegas Strip. The petition would...
Tupac Siblings Cast Doubt on New Las Vegas Murder Investigation
Two of Tupac Shakur’s siblings have cast doubt on the investigation reactivated this summer by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department into the 1996 murder of the rap superstar on the Las Vegas Strip. In an interview published this week by TMZ,...
