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2097 stories by Corey Levitan
Warner Bros.’ Las Vegas Film Studio Proposal Loses its Developer
One of two major Hollywood studios proposed for Las Vegas no longer has anyone to build it. Newport Beach, Calif.’s Birtcher Development is no longer set to construct Warner Bros. Studios Nevada, a 34-acre film complex the studio giant proposed to build...
9 Las Vegas Celebrity Restaurants That Flopped
Name recognition isn’t enough to carry a restaurant to Las Vegas success. The novelty of a familiar name might initially draw crowds. But to sustain them requires something truly special beneath the hype. The recipe for a long run on the Strip...
New Violations Unearthed in Elon Musk’s Vegas Loop Construction — Report
Working in the darkness beneath the Las Vegas Strip didn't keep Elon Musk’s The Boring Co. out of sight of a new investigation into the environmental, health, and safety violations it has so far committed during the construction of the Vegas Loop...
DOME FREE: Mirage Las Vegas Atrium Removed
To those who only saw the initial renderings of how the Hard Rock Las Vegas would look when it opens in spring 2027, this is gonna hurt. As we told you right after the Mirage closed its doors last July, the cherished...
WAIT…THEY PLAYED VEGAS? Entertainers Who You Never Knew Performed There
Many musicians and comedians placed their stamp on pop culture without Las Vegas’ help. Others performed here in their early years, but some of their acts weren’t even remembered by the audiences who caught them, since they were opening acts. Of the...
Brightline High-Speed Rail Could Connect Vegas to San Fran
California announced a plan on Monday to connect the Brightline High-Speed Rail line, currently under construction from Las Vegas to LA, to San Francisco via a new high-speed rail it proposes in the Mojave Desert. But that's only if a long-delayed bullet...
PAMELA ANDERSON … SERIOUSLY: Actress Talks “The Last Showgirl” in Vegas
It didn’t snag the Golden Globe she was up for on Sunday night, but we live in a world where there's actual Oscar buzz for Pamela Anderson. The former “Baywatch” babe plays a Las Vegas showgirl facing the end of her career...
MORE VEGAS NEAR MYTHS: Stories So Wild, They Seem Fake But Aren’t
In the nearly three years since we began this weekly Casino.org series, we’ve investigated many wild stories that we knew had to be myths. Most of the time, we were right. This is how we put to rest such widely held Vegas beliefs as the bodies buried...
PUCK, NO! Health Dept. Closes Las Vegas Wolfgang Puck Restaurant
In what is believed to be the first time a celebrity chef's Las Vegas restaurant has ever been closed by the health department, the Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill at MGM Grand was shuttered following a routine Jan. 2 inspection that turned...
Vegas Casino Resorts Install Detectors to Smoke Out Vapers — Report
Smokers know that smoke detectors in Las Vegas hotel rooms have grown too sophisticated to fool by sneaking drags in the bathroom under the cover of shower steam. But now even vape users, whose devices emit less than a third the particulates...
