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2028 stories by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Hackers are Draining Strip Water Features
On July 20, Las Vegas blogger Jacob Orth posted an 11-second video to his X/Twitter account showing the Treasure Island lagoon almost completely devoid of water. Its subject read: “The hackers have drained Treasure Island.” As of this writing, it has been...
New Details Emerge About Casino-Robbing Las Vegas Couple
Casino.org has uncovered new details about John and Lydia Salmen, the older couple arrested for stealing more than $652K in cash and casino chips from the cashier’s cage at Nevada’s Primm Valley Casino on July 19. Though income is not always a...
Legionnaires’ Disease Discovered at Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Two separate cases of Legionnaire’s disease are being investigated in hotel guests shortly after they stayed at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. One occurred in December 2023, the other in June 2024. All water samples taken after the first case tested negative...
Boyd to Build New Casino on Jokers Wild Site Near Las Vegas
Boyd Gaming announced Thursday its plans to demolish its Jokers Wild Casino in Henderson, Nev. and built a new casino, Cadence Crossing Casino, elsewhere on the 15-acre site. Construction is expected begin later this year and wrap by early 2026. "We're opening...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Holdout Apt. Owner Refused Steve Wynn Sale
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 Feb. 26, 2024. The internet has made modern folk heroes of real-estate holdouts who stand up for what's...
New Doc Chronicles Near Death of Cirque’s “O” Show at Bellagio Las Vegas
“The Beatles LOVE” wasn’t the only recent Cirque du Soleil casualty in Las Vegas. “Zumanity,” which closed at New York-New York just before the pandemic shutdown in March 2020, never reopened. And “O,” the aquatic show that opened along with the Bellagio...
Celine Dion Will Have New Resorts World Las Vegas Residency — Report
A new day has come for Celine Dion. According to TMZ, the Canadian superstar is in the “final stages” of negotiating a contract to finally appear at Resorts World Las Vegas, where she was scheduled to begin a residency in November 2021....
Celine Dion to Begin Her Las Vegas Comeback by Singing at Paris Olympics
The road to Celine Dion’s Las Vegas comeback will begin with the opening ceremony at the Summer Olympics in Paris on Friday. It will be the Canadian pop legend’s first performance since a March 9, 2020 concert at the Prudential Center in...
Neon Museum to Restore Debbie Reynolds Las Vegas Casino Sign
The Neon Museum in Las Vegas is putting a vintage Hollywood starlet's name back in lights. On Wednesday, in the museum’s Neon Boneyard, a portion of the signage that once fronted the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Hotel and Casino was lifted by crane...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Pizza Chain Fined for Child Labor, Miracle Mile Food Hall Lineup, Krispy Kreme to Resorts World
Federal investigators cited 10 Las Vegas locations of the chain Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza for illegally employing minors, finding them $277,414 in civil penalties. The investigation found 28 children, aged 15 to 17, employed “to perform dangerous tasks and work more hours...
