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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...
UFC 306’s Gate Receipts Break Sphere, UFC Records
UFC 306, the first sports event held at the Las Vegas Sphere, generated the highest gross revenue that either the venue or the UFC has ever seen. According to UFC, the 10-fight spectacle earned $22 million in gate receipts, handily trouncing the...
LOST VEGAS: Art Bell’s House and Radio Compound
About an hour’s drive west of the Las Vegas Strip lies a mecca for true believers. The late Art Bell’s house and radio station still stand in remote Pahrump, Nev., monuments to the still-syndicated daily radio show, “Coast to Coast AM,” that...
Tito Jackson, Co-Founder of Vegas Icons the Jackson 5, Dies at 70
Tito Jackson, Michael’s older brother, has died at 70 years old, leaving only three surviving original members of the Jackson 5. “It’s with heavy hearts that we announce that our beloved father, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tito Jackson is no...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Fire Just Claimed a Rat Pack, Marilyn & Elvis Hangout
When the remnants of the old Paradise Spa Apartments burned to the ground in a noninjury fire on September 1, the complex was described as a hangout for the most famous celebrities of the past 100 years. And this is the first...
UFC Gets New Champ at First Vegas Sphere Sports Event
Merab Dvalishvili is the UFC’s new bantamweight champion, having savagely wrested the title from Sean O’Malley to close UFC 306, the first sports event held at the Las Vegas Sphere. Dvalishvili devastated O’Malley, who had promised to take him down inside the...
LAS VEGAS STRIPPERS: Tesla Cybertruck With Pole-Dancers Driving Up and Down Blvd.
If anything on your next trip to Vegas makes you wish you left the kids at home, it could be the Tesla Cybertruck with a truck bed full of gyrating strippers that just pulled up alongside you. The Strip-adjacent gentlemen’s club is...
