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2098 stories by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Disney is Buying Circus Circus
It feels like we just shut down this idiocy five months ago because we did. Only it wasn’t Circus Circus that the Walt Disney Company was supposedly purchasing just because the Las Vegas casino resort markets itself to children, it was Excalibur...
Steve Wynn Asks Supreme Court to Lower Defamation Threshold
Disgraced former casino mogul Steve Wynn has petitioned the US Supreme Court to reverse or modify a landmark decision that has guided libel law since 1964. The court’s decision in New York Times v. Sullivan established the “actual malice” standard in defamation...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Vegas Taco Bell Wants to Marry You, Health Dept. Closes Boyd Casino Eatery
If the idea of a Las Vegas wedding isn’t cheesy enough for your taste, Taco Bell has solved your problem and then some. Its location at 3717 S. Las Vegas Blvd. (in the Harmon Corner Plaza next to Planet Hollywood) is offering...
LOST VEGAS: Vegas Vic’s Forgotten Little Brother
Everyone's heard of Vegas Vic, the cowboy second in Las Vegas neon signage fame only to "Welcome to Fabulous..." Most people also know that Vic has a cowgirl counterpart, Vegas Vickie. But everyone seems to have forgotten Las Vegas' other neon cowboy...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Actor Lee Marvin Shot Vegas Vic with an Arrow
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 June 19, 2023. Longtime visitors will recall that Vegas Vic once had a voice. A recording inside the smiling...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Clarkson Returns, Beyoncé Won’t Say, Donny Replaces Marie
Kelly Clarkson begins a new Vegas residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace this summer. “Studio Sessions -- The Las Vegas Residency” will perform 18 times between Independence Day and Thanksgiving. “I’m so excited to be back in Vegas!” Clarkson said in a statement from Caesars Entertainment....
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Wynn Lakeside Tenant Goes Overboard, TGI Die Day
One of the most anticipated restaurant openings of 2025 was to be Fiola Mare, a high-end Mediterranean seafood restaurant set to debut shortly in the coveted spot vacated last year by Lakeside -- so named for its view of Wynn Las Vegas'...
Mike Tyson Rumored to Appear at WrestleMania 41 in Vegas
WrestleCon announced on Tuesday that boxing icon Mike Tyson will make his first appearance at the annual professional wrestling convention, which returns to Las Vegas this year for only the third time in its 12-year history. Of course, WrestleCon, to be held...
ICE Watchdog’s Facebook Page Becomes Snopes for Las Vegas Immigrants
“Atencion!!” Francisco Silva updated his Facebook page on January 24. “Eastern y Tropicana. NO es Border Patrol.” The video accompanying his comment showed two trucks, parked in front of a 99 Cents Store, clearly labeled “City of Las Vegas Code Enforcement.” Silva,...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Atomic Liquors Opened in 1952
Atomic Liquors is the oldest freestanding bar in Las Vegas. However, not unlike the Golden Steer, it lies about its age. It didn’t open until 1954. So why does it claim to have been established in 1952? Welcome to the first of...
