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WWE Presser Stokes Rumor of First Vegas WrestleMania in 30 Years
What Super Bowl? Fans of the WWE traveled to Las Vegas last week exclusively for the WrestleMania press conference on Thursday. At the event, fans got to see Dwayne “The Rock" Johnson, 51, announce his surprise return to SmackDown by slapping fellow...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Did Beyonce’s Super Bowl Ad Tease Sphere Residency?
Did Beyonce’s Super Bowl commercial for Verizon contain the world’s biggest Easter Egg for her fans? In the 90-second spot, Queen Bey concocts various viral strategies to “break” the carrier’s internet coverage. Co-starring "Vice’s" Tony Hale as her hapless assistant, she introduces...
Struggling New Mexico Town Wants Pueblo to Build Casino Complex
City commissioners in Raton, New Mexico, a city of about 6,000 located 100 miles northeast of Taos, have voted to move forward with the transfer of about 130 acres of vacant land there to a sovereign indigenous community. The Pueblo of Picuris,...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Emmitt’s Finally Gets Opening Date
After two years of delays, the highly anticipated steak house from football giant Emmitt Smith will finally open on February 26. Emmitt’s Las Vegas, a modern steak house with Southern influences, will occupy the 30,000 square-foot, multi-story former Sugar Factory space at...
CONFIRMED: Usher Married Girlfriend in Las Vegas Following Super Bowl Halftime Show
UPDATE: Usher’s wedding to girlfriend Jennifer Goicoechea, immediately following his halftime performance at Super Bowl LVIII, was confirmed by the singer's producer Bryan-Michael Cox, who announced, “Congrats to the newlyweds in the building!” as the couple entered a dinner party held at Aria’s...
Taylor Swift’s Super Bowl Ratings Boost
Sunday night’s Super Bowl is projected to set a record viewership of more than 120 million people, according to initial estimates by multiple news outlets. The official number will be announced by ratings agency Nielsen on Tuesday. That means that Super Bowl...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Hoover Dam Was Ever Officially Named Boulder Dam
On Sept. 30, 1930, when construction began on the dam at Black Canyon, 40 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur ordered that it be called Hoover Dam, after America’s 31st president. By an act of Congress...
Super Bowl $1M Bet Has Chiefs Fans Fearing ‘Drake Curse’
A $1.15 million bet on the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII has worried Chiefs fans heading into Sunday’s big game. It's not that the bet is astronomically large, but that it was placed by...
Las Vegas Strat Transforms into Giant Tequila Bottle for Super Bowl
On Thursday night, the Strat joined the bandwagon of Las Vegas casino resorts transforming their facades into lucrative product ads to gain exposure from media outlets covering the Super Bowl. And why not? After all, the Luxor is a giant Dorito. The...
Floyd Mayweather Drops More than $1M on Super Bowl Suite
Floyd “Money” Mayweather lived up to his nickname recently, shelling out $1.13M on a Super Bowl suite. The retired boxer bragged about it on Instagram, where he posted a copy of his receipt. Mayweather, 46, was among the highest-paid athletes during his...
