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2217 stories by Corey Levitan
WAIT…THEY PLAYED VEGAS? Entertainers Who You Never Knew Performed There
Many musicians and comedians placed their stamp on pop culture without Las Vegas’ help. Others performed here in their early years, but some of their acts weren’t even remembered by the audiences who caught them, since they were opening acts. Of the...
Brightline High-Speed Rail Could Connect Vegas to San Fran
California announced a plan on Monday to connect the Brightline High-Speed Rail line, currently under construction from Las Vegas to LA, to San Francisco via a new high-speed rail it proposes in the Mojave Desert. But that's only if a long-delayed bullet...
PAMELA ANDERSON … SERIOUSLY: Actress Talks “The Last Showgirl” in Vegas
It didn’t snag the Golden Globe she was up for on Sunday night, but we live in a world where there's actual Oscar buzz for Pamela Anderson. The former “Baywatch” babe plays a Las Vegas showgirl facing the end of her career...
MORE VEGAS NEAR MYTHS: Stories So Wild, They Seem Fake But Aren’t
In the nearly three years since we began this weekly Casino.org series, we’ve investigated many wild stories that we knew had to be myths. Most of the time, we were right. This is how we put to rest such widely held Vegas beliefs as the bodies buried...
PUCK, NO! Health Dept. Closes Las Vegas Wolfgang Puck Restaurant
In what is believed to be the first time a celebrity chef's Las Vegas restaurant has ever been closed by the health department, the Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill at MGM Grand was shuttered following a routine Jan. 2 inspection that turned...
Vegas Casino Resorts Install Detectors to Smoke Out Vapers — Report
Smokers know that smoke detectors in Las Vegas hotel rooms have grown too sophisticated to fool by sneaking drags in the bathroom under the cover of shower steam. But now even vape users, whose devices emit less than a third the particulates...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Santana Postpones Residency, Fontainebleau Cancels Arrested DJ
Guitarist Carlos Santana has postponed the 2025 kickoff of his ongoing Las Vegas residency due to an accidental fall at his home in Hawaii. Santana was set to start off the new year Jan. 22-Feb. 2 at the House of Blues at...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Howard Hughes Bought Silver Slipper Just to Dim its Sign
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 May 1, 2023. This is already our second Howard Hughes myth, and there are still a bunch left to...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Strip De-Serranos, Vegas Chinese Takes Out Competition, Holsteins Moo-ves
Continuing his sad walk into the sunset, chef Julian Serrano will close the last of his Las Vegas Strip eateries six months after his Picasso had its last showing at the Bellagio. Julian Serrano Tapas will serve its final meal at Aria on Feb....
How the Las Vegas Strip Responded to its Own Vehicle-Ramming Attack
A day after the deadliest vehicle-ramming attack in the US occurred in New Orleans, it’s worth revisiting how Las Vegas responded to its own vehicle-ramming attack nine years ago. On Dec. 20, 2015, a woman drove her 1996 Oldsmobile sedan onto the...
