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1983 stories by Corey Levitan
RICO Suit Over Failed Las Vegas NBA Arena Tossed on Technicality
A federal judge on Monday rejected a $6.4 million RICO lawsuit against a famously failed Las Vegas basketball arena and luxury resort because it failed to meet a legal deadline. Last December, Kent Limson and TACSIS APC, the California law and accounting...
A’s Find First Investor in Las Vegas Ballpark
The Athletics have announced the MLB team's first minority investor. It’s Aramark Sports + Entertainment, the Philadelphia-based concessionaire announced in May as the overseer of all food and hospitality at the Las Vegas ballpark the team says it will open on the...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: University Medical Center Hospital is Run by a University
The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) -- where you might be rushed if you're seriously injured while visiting the Strip -- has never been nationally ranked in the annual U.S. News & World Report evaluation of best American hospitals in...
Two More Las Vegas Strip Casinos Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuits
The Aria and Luxor, Las Vegas Strip casino resorts both under the MGM Resorts International umbrella, reached settlements with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over religious discrimination claims, the agency announced last week. The allegations centered on the casinos’ denial...
Cost of A’s Vegas Stadium Skyrockets to $2 Billion With No End in Sight
Athletics owner John Fisher has finally admitted what every knowledgeable insider has known for two years -- that building a baseball stadium in Las Vegas by 2028 will be more expensive than the $1.5 billion figure he cited in May 2023. That...
Beloved Las Vegas Podcaster Takes Own Life
Mark Wojtowicz, host of “The 360 Vegas Podcast,” has died. The Las Vegas historian and personality launched his popular podcast in 2010, posting new episodes every two weeks until July 27. He took his own life three days later, after a long...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Las Vegas is the World’s Gambling Capital
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Dec. 4, 2023. What happens in Macau apparently stays there, too, because few Las Vegas regulars realize that this Chinese city has...
Reno Casino Gunman Dies of Injuries After Killing 3
The shooter who killed three people and injured two others outside the Grand Sierra Resorts and Casino in Reno has died of injuries he sustained exchanging fire with a Reno police officer. Dakota Hawver, a 26-year-old Reno resident, died overnight, Sparks police...
Billionaire Tilman Fertitta Officially Suspends Vegas Strip Casino Plans
Tilman Fertitta has put the official kibosh on building a Las Vegas Strip resort As the largest minority shareholder in Wynn Resorts, the billionaire says that owning a competing resort would be a conflict of interest The 6.2 acres he owns at...
Vegas Visitation Falls 11.3% in June, First Double-Digit Decline Since Pandemic
Las Vegas recorded its first double-digit decline in tourist visitation since February 2021 Visitation has been down every month so far this year compared to 2024 Economic uncertainty, nickel-and-diming by casino corporations, and increased competition are some of the reasons for the...
