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2217 stories by Corey Levitan
Luxor Las Vegas Guest Sues for Shockingly Bad Experience
A former elementary school teacher from Michigan is suing MGM Resorts, claiming that he was electrocuted by a faulty lamp in a hotel room at MGM’s Luxor casino resort. David Van Horn filed suit in the Eighth Judicial District Circuit Court of...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Janet Extends Stay at Resorts World, Nelly and Lenny News
Janet Jackson’s Resorts World residency won't wrap on February 15, but will instead return for at least six more dates. Tickets for her May 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, and 31 shows go on sale at 10 a.m. PT Friday, January 17...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Saguaro Cactuses Grow Here
A recent documentary series about Las Vegas from CNN aimed to set the facts straight, once and for all, about Sin City. So you would think they wouldn't get one of their facts about Las Vegas dead wrong before the series even...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: MGM Resorts Considers Charging for Window Tables
According to the Public Gaming Research Institute, Deutsche Bank analyst Carlo Santarelli authored a note to investors stating that MGM Resorts is “exploring additional ways to generate revenues through creative strategies, including tiered seating in restaurants.” This comes as a shift toward...
Hit-and-Run Driver Who Put Las Vegas Bus Driver in Coma Leaves HUGE Clue at Crime Scene
Erika Bruce was driving home late one night last week from Barstow, Calif. when another vehicle plowed into hers. The collision forced her off the road and into a ditch. Now she lay in a coma in the hospital, where doctors are...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Casinos Employ Coolers to Stop Hot Streaks
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Aug. 14, 2023. In the Oscar-nominated 2003 movie "The Cooler," William H. Macy portrays a downtown Las Vegas casino employee whose...
Warner Bros.’ Las Vegas Film Studio Proposal Loses its Developer
One of two major Hollywood studios proposed for Las Vegas no longer has anyone to build it. Newport Beach, Calif.’s Birtcher Development is no longer set to construct Warner Bros. Studios Nevada, a 34-acre film complex the studio giant proposed to build...
9 Las Vegas Celebrity Restaurants That Flopped
Name recognition isn’t enough to carry a restaurant to Las Vegas success. The novelty of a familiar name might initially draw crowds. But to sustain them requires something truly special beneath the hype. The recipe for a long run on the Strip...
New Violations Unearthed in Elon Musk’s Vegas Loop Construction — Report
Working in the darkness beneath the Las Vegas Strip didn't keep Elon Musk’s The Boring Co. out of sight of a new investigation into the environmental, health, and safety violations it has so far committed during the construction of the Vegas Loop...
DOME FREE: Mirage Las Vegas Atrium Removed
To those who only saw the initial renderings of how the Hard Rock Las Vegas would look when it opens in spring 2027, this is gonna hurt. As we told you right after the Mirage closed its doors last July, the cherished...
