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Golden Gate in Vegas Replacing All Live Table Games with Electronic Games
The Golden Gate in downtown Vegas is removing all of its live table games and dealers The games will be replaced with electronic gaming versions throughout the property The Golden Gate is removing all its live table games and their dealers, and...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Bugsy Siegel Was Found Dead with Three $50 Bills on Him
Mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was shot to death inside his girlfriend's Beverly Hills home on June 20, 1947 Reports that three $50 bills were found on Siegel's body to signify that his murder was, in fact, a mob hit are untrue After...
NYC Shooter Had Two Mental Health Holds in Las Vegas
Shane Tamura, the Las Vegas casino surveillance worker who shot four people to death in a Manhattan skyscraper last month, was subjected to two emergency mental-health holds in Las Vegas over the past three years Neither prevented him from legally obtaining the...
Three New Vegas Sites Contend to House Relocated Neon Museum
Downtown Las Vegas' Plaza Hotel and an undisclosed Boyd-owned Casino are among the three sites now in contention to house a relocated Neon Museum Plans announced last year to relocate to the two top floors of a newly constructed parking garage have...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Waking Up in a Hotel Bathtub Missing a Kidney
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Aug. 5, 2024. Welcome to the one people have requested since we started this series two years and 106 busted myths ago. For...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS UPDATE: Kelly Clarkson’s Ex-Husband Dies from Cancer
UPDATE: Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, has died from cancer, according to multiple sources. This explains why the singer canceled the four remaining August dates of her Caesars Palace residency on Wednesday. Blackstock, who was privately battling cancer for three years, was...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Aria Gets Fancy Indian Joint, Bazaar Meat Gets Opening Date
As we told you on June 11, Gymkhana -- widely regarded as one of the best Indian restaurants in the world with not one but two Michelin stars to back that up -- will open at Aria in the old Julian Serrano...
Lake Mead’s Iconic Vertical Speedboat Removed
An abandoned speedboat sunk in Lake Mead has been removed from near the shoreline Nicknamed "The Monolith of Lake Mead," the boat rose to attention in 2022 when the water level in Lake Mead dropped 188 feet due to climate change Was...
This AI Sex Robot Wants to Sell You Tickets in Las Vegas
Aria starts her job this Thursday in the Fashion Show Mall on the Las Vegas Strip. “She’s” a customer service rep at the Tix4Vegas kiosk. Aria -- no connection to the MGM Resorts casino that goes by that name other than also...
LOST VEGAS: The Railroad Cottages
Las Vegas was originally settled by railroad workers and laborers who needed places to live Between 1909 and 1911, Salt Lake (now Union Pacific) railroad built 64 cottages to house its workers Of the 28 cottages remaining in 1978, only one is...
