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VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Las Vegas is the World’s Gambling Capital
What happens in Macau apparently stays there, too, because few Las Vegas regulars realize that this Chinese city has been the gambling capital of the world for 15 of the last 18 years. Sin City began playing second city in annual gross...
OSHA Fines Cirque for Injury at ‘O’ in Vegas
Cirque du Soleil has been cited for two "serious" violations by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The violations, which come with fines totaling more than $30K, result from an OSHA investigation into a...
Pac-Man Game Sets Guinness World Record at Resorts World
The Guinness World Record for “largest digital video game display” was set on Thursday night at Resorts World Las Vegas. More accurately, it was set on Resorts World, which has a tower that doubles as a 100K square-foot video screen. The record...
Vegas Officials Release Facial Approximation for Body Found in Lake Mead Barrel
The infamous Lake Mead “body in a barrel” now has a face. And Clark County and Las Vegas police hope that this will finally lead to a name. The face was created by the FBI using facial approximation software at its lab...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Strip Casinos Earn Most of Their Revenue from Gambling
EDITOR'S NOTE: "Vegas Myths Busted" now publishes its new entry every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today's entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Oct. 21, 2022. The Las Vegas Strip has been the heart of gambling in the...
Google Maps Routes Cars from Las Vegas into Desert Trap
While driving home to L.A. from the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix earlier this month, Shelby Easler and her family saw an unusual Google Maps notification. It advised them that southwest on Interstate 15, the straightest route faced an impending dust storm....
Phish to Follow U2 Residency at Las Vegas Sphere
The second musical act to headline the MSG Sphere in Las Vegas will be Phish. The four-piece jam band, which draws its following from the Furthur Festival crowd, will perform four consecutive shows at the globular concert venue behind the Venetian from...
Las Vegas Airport Shatters Monthly Passenger Record
More passengers used Las Vegas’ main airport in October than in any month in history. Harry Reid International reported nearly 5.5M flyers arriving or departing from Sin City last month. That breaks the previous record of 5.2M passengers, set in October 2022,...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Vegas Spot Named 2023’s Best New US Restaurant by Yelp
Anima by EDO has been named the best new restaurant in the US by Yelp for 2023, the platform announced Wednesday. The Spanish fusion restaurant topped a list of 25 restaurants in 14 states. According to Yelp, its winners -- all opened...
U2’s Sphere Residency Breaks Las Vegas Box Office Record
U2’s initial run of shows at the MSG Sphere generated nearly $110 million in ticket sales, according to figures reported to Billboard, making it the fastest-grossing Las Vegas residency ever. The only Vegas residencies that have grossed more so far than “U2:UV...
