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Wynn Las Vegas Hosts Heartwarming Scene in New Will Ferrell Doc
A heartwarming scene in "Will & Harper” takes place at SW Steakhouse inside Wynn Las Vegas. Former “Saturday Night Live” star Will Ferrell and his best friend, Harper Steele, make a stop there while road-tripping across the US in the new Netflix...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: New Kids’ Premature Determination, Scorpions, Heart, More
New Kids on the Block just added eight dates to their previously announced first Las Vegas residency, but further in advance than any act has ever announced Las Vegas dates before. The former boy band announced that its “The Right Stuff” stuff...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Las Vegas is in Imminent Danger of Running Out of Water
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. 13, 2023. Because of its proximity to Lake Mead, from which it gets 90% of its water, most...
Usher to Winterize Venetian Las Vegas Beach Club with Roller Disco
Instead of letting its two pools and deck sit empty in the cold, Tao Beach Dayclub is converting into a temporary 70’s-themed roller disco this winter. And it’s getting some superstar help from Usher, the crosstown Strip headliner who keeps the pastime...
ALL OUT FOR ‘FALLOUT’: Video Game Tourism is Cottage Vegas Industry
Tell a superfan of “Fallout: New Vegas” that you’re headed to Sin City and they’ll probably get jealous -- not of your stay on the Strip but because you’ll be only 40 miles from Goodsprings, Nev. That’s the location of the Pioneer...
MACKLE-NO-MORE: Rapper Booted from Vegas Festival After Anti-American Tirade
Rapper Macklemore has gotten himself removed from the lineup of the Neon City Festival in downtown, and in the process, has garnered the inaugural music shindig its first national headlines. While performing at the Palestine Will Live Forever Festival in his hometown...
MGM, FanDuel Bosses to Keynote at G2E in Las Vegas
This year’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E) will feature opening-day keynote addresses from two gaming industry titans: MGM Resorts International CEO Bill Hornbuckle and Peter Jackson, president of FanDuel parent company Flutter. G2E, taking place this year from October 7-10 at the Venetian...
VEGAS COMBAT SPORTS ROUNDUP: Dana White Wishes Fontainebleau Slappy New Year, Wrestlemania 41 Ticket Info
MMA impresario Dana White is bringing power slapping, also known as slap fighting, to Fontainebleau Las Vegas in an exclusive sports residency next year, it was announced Monday. With his Power Slap league, the UFC president aims to capitalize on the viral...
OCEAN OF CONFUSION: Is Vegas Strip’s Cheapest Eatery Closed or Open?
Ocean One Bar & Grille, the hands-down cheapest restaurant on the Las Vegas Strip, appears to be back in business after a brush with oblivion on Friday. The temple of frugality inside Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Shops -- where every lunch is...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Hospital Nurses Bet on Patient Deaths, Murdered Them to Win
In March and April 1980, Las Vegas made international headlines for an even worse reason than usual. Reportedly, seven nurses in the ICU at Sunrise Hospital wagered on when their patients would die. They were seen stuffing cash into an envelope, along...
