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LOST VEGAS: The Moulin Rouge
Fifteen years ago today, wrecking crews demolished the tower and main façade of the Moulin Rouge casino on Las Vegas's historic Westside. The property opened in May 1955 as the first racially integrated hotel casino in the nation. Yet casino didn’t live...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Las Vegas Strip’s Official Boundaries
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Dec. 18, 2023. Most people know where the Las Vegas Strip officially starts and ends. It runs from just south of Russell...
LOST VEGAS: More Secret Relics Vegas Won’t Let You See
What closes in Vegas sometimes stays in Vegas. Often, it’s more cost effective for Strip resorts to wall off and forget old attractions and rooms that have outlived their usefulness than conduct a full teardown and rebuild. Last year, Casino.org showed you...
Hulk Hogan, Professional Wrestling Legend, Dies at 71
Professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan died of an apparent heart attack at age 71 in Florida Hogan, a former wrestling world champion, is credited with helping turn professional wrestling into the multimillion-dollar spectacle it is today Hulk Hogan, the mustachioed icon of...
Cardi B, Drai’s Hit with Lawsuit by Woman Hit by Mic in Vegas
The woman Cardi B allegedly hit with a microphone two summers ago is hitting her back with a lawsuit She claims the rapper asked to be doused with a drink, so she complied The woman is also suing Drai's Beachclub, where it...
Treasure Island Ditches Hotel Operator Raddison for Accor
Treasure Island is switching hotel operators from Raddison to Accor By the end of the year, it will rebrand as the first Accor hotel in Las Vegas and the second in the US Accor is the largest hospitality company in Europe and...
Sahara is 2nd Vegas Hotel to Ditch Resort Fees
The Sahara Las Vegas is the second Strip property to eliminate resort fees, which had been $55 per night at the Rat Pack-era property. Like Resorts World, which ditched the annoying add-on last month, the Sahara’s offer is only good for about...
NOT MOVING MOUNTAINS: Popular Desert Art Installation No Longer Leaving Las Vegas
Seven Magic Mountains -- those Day-Glo painted boulders popping out of the desert 20 miles south of the Strip on Interstate 15 -- is not leaving Las Vegas after all. The popular art installation, managed by the Nevada Museum of Art, was...
Las Vegas Requires New Agreement at Check-in to Keep Minors Away from Minibar Alcohol
Beginning September 1, all overnight guests at Las Vegas Strip resorts will be asked to sign an agreement to keep minibar alcohol out of the hands of minors Failure to sign requires all alcohol to be removed from the room Beginning this...
LOST VEGAS: The Real-Life Simpsons House
FOX-TV gave away a replica of "The Simpsons" home in July 1997 The only problem with their plan, which was designed as a PR stunt, is that the winner of the property didn't want the house Die-hard Simpsons fans can still find...
