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VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Santana Postpones Residency, Fontainebleau Cancels Arrested DJ
Guitarist Carlos Santana has postponed the 2025 kickoff of his ongoing Las Vegas residency due to an accidental fall at his home in Hawaii. Santana was set to start off the new year Jan. 22-Feb. 2 at the House of Blues at...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Howard Hughes Bought Silver Slipper Just to Dim its Sign
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 May 1, 2023. This is already our second Howard Hughes myth, and there are still a bunch left to...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Strip De-Serranos, Vegas Chinese Takes Out Competition, Holsteins Moo-ves
Continuing his sad walk into the sunset, chef Julian Serrano will close the last of his Las Vegas Strip eateries six months after his Picasso had its last showing at the Bellagio. Julian Serrano Tapas will serve its final meal at Aria on Feb....
How the Las Vegas Strip Responded to its Own Vehicle-Ramming Attack
A day after the deadliest vehicle-ramming attack in the US occurred in New Orleans, it’s worth revisiting how Las Vegas responded to its own vehicle-ramming attack nine years ago. On Dec. 20, 2015, a woman drove her 1996 Oldsmobile sedan onto the...
Secret Vegas Hacks to Drastically Cut the Cost of Your Next Visit
Remember when you could visit Las Vegas without refinancing your home? While you can’t turn back the clock to the days of cheap buffets, free parking and comped hotel rooms for gambling $100, there are some money-saving hacks that most tourist don’t...
Las Vegas Installs License Plate-Reading Cameras
Ahead of Tuesday night’s New Year’s Eve celebration, the city of Las Vegas activated 22 new surveillance cameras along streets intersecting the Fremont Street Experience (FSE). These cameras actively scan for the license plates of stolen or wanted vehicles, notifying law enforcement...
Remembering the Legends Las Vegas Lost in 2024
Before the stroke of midnight delivers us into yet another calendar year, Casino.org stops to remember the Las Vegas icons we left behind in this one. Bob Newhart Bob Newhart died on July 18, after a series of brief illnesses, at 94....
Family of Man Allergic to Shellfish Sues Vegas Eatery for his Wrongful Death
Abraham Williams told his server at Beauty & Essex, an upscale restaurant at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, that he was allergic to shellfish when he ordered spaghettini with pesto sauce one evening last year. But shellfish is what he got, according...
NEW YEAR, NEW STUFF: What to Expect from Vegas in 2025
Las Vegas has mastered the art of transforming itself into ever better (and more expensive) permutations of its former self. While no new hotels will open next year, here are some of the more anticipated attractions, restaurants and residencies scheduled for 2025....
‘XMAS MIRACLE’: Donors Rally For Las Vegas Theater Burgled on Xmas Eve
Troy Heard knew something was off when he pushed open the back door to the Majestic, the Las Vegas community theater for which he works as artistic manager. Heard had locked it before he left for the day on Christmas Eve. Heard,...
