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2027 stories by Corey Levitan
LOST WAGES, INDEED: Study Finds Vegas Prices Rising Faster than Any Other US Travel Destination
According to a new study by Forbes Advisor, Las Vegas has experienced the steepest cost increases of any other US travel destination in the last five years. Vegas topped the list based on the cost of its daily hotel accommodations (which increased 47.45%),...
Wynn’s Plan to Build Third Vegas Strip Tower Still Alive
Wynn Resorts’ deadline to start construction on a third tower across the Strip from Wynn Las Vegas and Encore has been extended until April 2026. The Clark County Zoning Commission voted Tuesday to extend previously approved development plans for Wynn to build...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: Top Chefs’ Retro Inactive, Major Food Hall Cooked
The Sundry Food Hall at the UnCommons residential development in southwest Las Vegas is closing on Saturday, June 22, a little over a year after it opened. “The Sundry was created through a bold, imaginative vision to bring a cosmopolitan food hall...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: More Eagles Sphere Shows Announced as Lip-Syncing Questions Emerge, Hans Zimmer’s Surprise Tour Finale
After announcing a fall run at the Sphere last week, the Eagles have added four Nov. shows to its upcoming residency, bringing the total to 12. The full itinerary is now September 20, 21, 27, and 28; October 11, 12, 18, and...
Missing Persons Website Posts Pics of Clothes Worn by Still-Unidentified Body in Lake Mead Barrel
A half a century submerged in Lake Mead was too much of a licking even for a Timex. NAMUS.gov, the website of the US government’s National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, has posted photographs and descriptions of the clothing, shoes, and watch...
After Vegas Weed Misadventure, Howie Mandel Finds Wife in Pool of Blood
Howie Mandel says he found his wife lying in a pool of blood following a cannabis-related fall during a recent Las Vegas trip. During a February stay at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, the comedian and “America’s Got Talent” co-host told TMZ, his wife,...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Fontainebleau Poaches David Guetta from Wynn, Lil Wayne Two-Times
Recent EDC headliner David Guetta, a staple at Wynn Las Vegas’ XS Nightclub and Encore Beach Club for more than 10 years, has taken his business across the street to Fontainebleau Las Vegas. The Grammy-winning French DJ will perform a two-year residency...
Vegas Sphere Imposes, Then Lifts, Ban on Phish Bong-Ripper
An avid Phish fan’s bid for stoner glory on 4/20 made him the first -- and probably last -- person to take a bong hit in the Las Vegas Sphere. Instagram user @acid_farts, whose real name is undisclosed in media reports about...
Owners Secretly Selling Las Vegas Cannabis Hotel
The owners of Las Vegas’ first “cannabis-forward” hotel want to puff, puff, pass it to someone else. Elevations Hotel and Resorts has listed the Lexi for an undisclosed price via the commercial realtor Paramount Lodging Advisors. Failures are never announced in corporate...
DOJ Loses Foreign Agent Appeal Against Steve Wynn
A federal appeals court has thrown out an appeal filed by the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) in May 2023 against disgraced former Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn. The DOJ’s original lawsuit sought to compel Wynn to register under the Foreign Agents Registration...
