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Corey Levitan
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Three New Vegas Sites Contend to House Relocated Neon Museum
Downtown Las Vegas' Plaza Hotel and an undisclosed Boyd-owned Casino are among the three sites now in contention to house a relocated Neon Museum Plans announced last year to relocate to the two top floors...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Waking Up in a Hotel Bathtub Missing a Kidney
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Aug. 5, 2024. Welcome to the one people have requested since we started this series two...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS UPDATE: Kelly Clarkson’s Ex-Husband Dies from Cancer
UPDATE: Kelly Clarkson's ex-husband, Brandon Blackstock, has died from cancer, according to multiple sources. This explains why the singer canceled the four remaining August dates of her Caesars Palace residency on Wednesday. Blackstock, who was...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Aria Gets Fancy Indian Joint, Bazaar Meat Gets Opening Date
As we told you on June 11, Gymkhana -- widely regarded as one of the best Indian restaurants in the world with not one but two Michelin stars to back that up -- will open...
LOST VEGAS: The Railroad Cottages
Las Vegas was originally settled by railroad workers and laborers who needed places to live Between 1909 and 1911, Salt Lake (now Union Pacific) railroad built 64 cottages to house its workers Of the 28...
RICO Suit Over Failed Las Vegas NBA Arena Tossed on Technicality
A federal judge on Monday rejected a $6.4 million RICO lawsuit against a famously failed Las Vegas basketball arena and luxury resort because it failed to meet a legal deadline. Last December, Kent Limson and...
A’s Find First Investor in Las Vegas Ballpark
The Athletics have announced the MLB team's first minority investor. It’s Aramark Sports + Entertainment, the Philadelphia-based concessionaire announced in May as the overseer of all food and hospitality at the Las Vegas ballpark the...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: University Medical Center Hospital is Run by a University
The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada (UMC) -- where you might be rushed if you're seriously injured while visiting the Strip -- has never been nationally ranked in the annual U.S. News & World...
Two More Las Vegas Strip Casinos Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuits
The Aria and Luxor, Las Vegas Strip casino resorts both under the MGM Resorts International umbrella, reached settlements with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over religious discrimination claims, the agency announced last week....
Cost of A’s Vegas Stadium Skyrockets to $2 Billion With No End in Sight
Athletics owner John Fisher has finally admitted what every knowledgeable insider has known for two years -- that building a baseball stadium in Las Vegas by 2028 will be more expensive than the $1.5 billion...
