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2217 stories by Corey Levitan
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...
VIDEO: Chris Martin Coldplays a Prank on Vegas
There’s a reason the guy who karaoked along to a Coldplay song last Saturday at famed Las Vegas dive bar Dino’s Lounge sounded so good. It’s because it was Chris Martin. Coldplay’s singer, fresh from a solo set at the iHeartRadio Music...
Green Day Calls Las Vegas ‘Worst Shithole in America’
It’s easy to figure out what’s behind the hatred Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong expressed for Las Vegas on Friday night when you consider where he said it. The singer was standing on a stage erected in a San Francisco baseball stadium....
Las Vegas Sphere Outsoars the Eagles on Opening Night
“Welcome to … whatever this is,” Don Henley greeted the crowd on Friday as his Eagles became the fourth superstar rock band to headline a residency at the Las Vegas Sphere in which they co-starred with the Las Vegas Sphere. Indeed, the...
Paris Las Vegas Opens Pedestrian Bridge to Annexed Versailles Tower
A pedestrian walkway connecting the Versailles Tower to the existing Paris Las Vegas resort opened on Friday, eliminating the inconvenience of having to access the tower by walking a farther distance through an indoor walkway into the Horseshoe. The Paris Skybridge is...
AI-Controlled Hotel Opening Near Las Vegas Strip
A hotel under construction near Allegiant Stadium hopes to disrupt the hospitality industry by using the power of AI to customize the living experiences of its guests. And if you already thought AI was learning too much about us from our phones,...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Metallica to Sicken New World, New Kids on the Strip, the Eff You F1 Festival
Superstar metallurgists Metallica will headline next year’s Sick New World festival on April 12, 2025, at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The festival will serve as the kickoff for a new leg of Metallica’s M72 World Tour, which it launched in 2023....
