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2028 stories by Corey Levitan
Paris Las Vegas Opens Pedestrian Bridge to Annexed Versailles Tower
A pedestrian walkway connecting the Versailles Tower to the existing Paris Las Vegas resort opened on Friday, eliminating the inconvenience of having to access the tower by walking a farther distance through an indoor walkway into the Horseshoe. The Paris Skybridge is...
AI-Controlled Hotel Opening Near Las Vegas Strip
A hotel under construction near Allegiant Stadium hopes to disrupt the hospitality industry by using the power of AI to customize the living experiences of its guests. And if you already thought AI was learning too much about us from our phones,...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Metallica to Sicken New World, New Kids on the Strip, the Eff You F1 Festival
Superstar metallurgists Metallica will headline next year’s Sick New World festival on April 12, 2025, at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The festival will serve as the kickoff for a new leg of Metallica’s M72 World Tour, which it launched in 2023....
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The ‘World’s Largest Golden Nugget’ is Real
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 March 25, 2024. “The Hand of Faith is the biggest gold nugget in existence, the second-biggest ever discovered, and...
MGM Resorts Plans Micro Sphere in Dubai
MGM Resorts on Thursday shared the latest on The Island, the 1,500-room resort it's currently building in Dubai. Located on the 26-acre Bluewaters Island, it will feature separate MGM, Bellagio, and Aria hotel towers, and a spherical events venue at its center....
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Hudson for the Holidays, Eagles to Land Predictable Store, Mason Cancels
EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson will perform a holiday show at Fontainebleau’s BleauLive Theater on Dec. 21-22. “The Gift of Love” -- only scheduled for one other date, in the singer's hometown of Chicago -- will draw from her holiday album of the...
VEGAS DINING ROUNDUP: Meet Cosmo’s Holsteins Replacement, La (Not So) Popular Closes at Palms
In January, the Cosmopolitan will open its first real Mexican eatery, Amaya Modern Mexican Restaurant, in the space formerly occupied by Holsteins Shakes and Buns, which the MGM-owned casino resort shuttered in July. Amaya will be owned and operated by Gen3 Hospitality,...
Las Vegas Judge Allows New Bill Cosby Lawsuit
Bill Cosby will make his first public appearance in Las Vegas since 2011 as a defendant. This week, a US District Court in Las Vegas gave the green light to a civil lawsuit filed by 10 more women accusing the disgraced former...
Road to Vegas Closed by Second Lithium-Ion Battery Fire in 2 Months
A portion of US 95, northwest of Las Vegas in Nye County, remains shut down Tuesday evening, a full 18 hours after two semi-trucks collided. One carried lumber, the other lithium-ion batteries that exploded into uncontainable flames. Though neither driver was seriously...
Diddy Investigators Secretly Liaising with Tupac Murder Prosecutors — Report
A lot more justice may end up getting meted out by the new case against Sean “Diddy” Combs than one might expect. According to The Sun, federal investigators looking into the rapper’s alleged sex trafficking and racketeering crimes are “secretly liaising” with...
