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2028 stories by Corey Levitan
Usher to Winterize Venetian Las Vegas Beach Club with Roller Disco
Instead of letting its two pools and deck sit empty in the cold, Tao Beach Dayclub is converting into a temporary 70’s-themed roller disco this winter. And it’s getting some superstar help from Usher, the crosstown Strip headliner who keeps the pastime...
ALL OUT FOR ‘FALLOUT’: Video Game Tourism is Cottage Vegas Industry
Tell a superfan of “Fallout: New Vegas” that you’re headed to Sin City and they’ll probably get jealous -- not of your stay on the Strip but because you’ll be only 40 miles from Goodsprings, Nev. That’s the location of the Pioneer...
MACKLE-NO-MORE: Rapper Booted from Vegas Festival After Anti-American Tirade
Rapper Macklemore has gotten himself removed from the lineup of the Neon City Festival in downtown, and in the process, has garnered the inaugural music shindig its first national headlines. While performing at the Palestine Will Live Forever Festival in his hometown...
MGM, FanDuel Bosses to Keynote at G2E in Las Vegas
This year’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E) will feature opening-day keynote addresses from two gaming industry titans: MGM Resorts International CEO Bill Hornbuckle and Peter Jackson, president of FanDuel parent company Flutter. G2E, taking place this year from October 7-10 at the Venetian...
VEGAS COMBAT SPORTS ROUNDUP: Dana White Wishes Fontainebleau Slappy New Year, Wrestlemania 41 Ticket Info
MMA impresario Dana White is bringing power slapping, also known as slap fighting, to Fontainebleau Las Vegas in an exclusive sports residency next year, it was announced Monday. With his Power Slap league, the UFC president aims to capitalize on the viral...
OCEAN OF CONFUSION: Is Vegas Strip’s Cheapest Eatery Closed or Open?
Ocean One Bar & Grille, the hands-down cheapest restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip, appears to be back in business after a brush with oblivion on Friday. The temple of frugality inside Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Shops -- where every lunch is...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Hospital Nurses Bet on Patient Deaths, Murdered Them to Win
In March and April 1980, Las Vegas made international headlines for an even worse reason than usual. Reportedly, seven nurses in the ICU at Sunrise Hospital wagered on when their patients would die. They were seen stuffing cash into an envelope, along...
VIDEO: Chris Martin Coldplays a Prank on Vegas
There’s a reason the guy who karaoked along to a Coldplay song last Saturday at famed Las Vegas dive bar Dino’s Lounge sounded so good. It’s because it was Chris Martin. Coldplay’s singer, fresh from a solo set at the iHeartRadio Music...
Green Day Calls Las Vegas ‘Worst Shithole in America’
It’s easy to figure out what’s behind the hatred Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong expressed for Las Vegas on Friday night when you consider where he said it. The singer was standing on a stage erected in a San Francisco baseball stadium....
Las Vegas Sphere Outsoars the Eagles on Opening Night
“Welcome to … whatever this is,” Don Henley greeted the crowd on Friday as his Eagles became the fourth superstar rock band to headline a residency at the Las Vegas Sphere in which they co-starred with the Las Vegas Sphere. Indeed, the...
