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Corey Levitan
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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Elvis Was a Straight-Up Racist
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 Jan. 20, 2023 and we are re-running it now to honor the...
F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix Settles Lawsuit with Disrupted Businesses
Just in time for preparations to begin for this year’s F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix comes word of a settlement between F1 and a claimants who said these preparations cost him millions of dollars in...
Unlicensed Driver Who Crashed into Vegas Bar Faces DUI Charges
The driver who crashed her Jeep Cherokee through the exterior wall of a popular Las Vegas bar last week was unlicensed and had no insurance, her registration was expired, and she refused field sobriety and...
120 Thousand Fans Off to See ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Vegas Sphere
The Las Vegas Sphere reports selling 120K tickets for its re-envisioned "The Wizard of Oz" It expects to sell 200K by the movie's opening day, August 28 Though that's a lot of tickets, it's not...
Roof Fire at Sahara Las Vegas
A fire broke out on the second-story roof of the Sahara casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday and was quickly extinguished by Clark County firefighters. At 5:05 p.m., the Clark County Fire...
Vegas Tourism Board Approves $20M in F1 Spending
The board of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority unanimously approved $20 million in spending on the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix The money, which comes from visitor room taxes, covers the 2026 and...
All’s Not Grand at Vegas’ Downtown Grand
The Downtown Grand is suffering financial hardships The casino has shortened the hours for when its table games are playable and has permanently closed the Freedom Beat restaurant Rumors suggest the casino's owners are looking...
Golden Gate in Vegas Replacing All Live Table Games with Electronic Games
The Golden Gate in downtown Vegas is removing all of its live table games and dealers The games will be replaced with electronic gaming versions throughout the property The Golden Gate is removing all its...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Bugsy Siegel Was Found Dead with Three $50 Bills on Him
Mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was shot to death inside his girlfriend's Beverly Hills home on June 20, 1947 Reports that three $50 bills were found on Siegel's body to signify that his murder was, in...
NYC Shooter Had Two Mental Health Holds in Las Vegas
Shane Tamura, the Las Vegas casino surveillance worker who shot four people to death in a Manhattan skyscraper last month, was subjected to two emergency mental-health holds in Las Vegas over the past three years...
