Areas of Expertise
2027 stories by Corey Levitan
F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix Settles Lawsuit with Disrupted Businesses
Just in time for preparations to begin for this year’s F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix comes word of a settlement between F1 and a claimants who said these preparations cost him millions of dollars in business. F1 officials said Tuesday that they...
Unlicensed Driver Who Crashed into Vegas Bar Faces DUI Charges
The driver who crashed her Jeep Cherokee through the exterior wall of a popular Las Vegas bar last week was unlicensed and had no insurance, her registration was expired, and she refused field sobriety and blood tests. That’s according to her arrest...
120 Thousand Fans Off to See ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Vegas Sphere
The Las Vegas Sphere reports selling 120K tickets for its re-envisioned "The Wizard of Oz" It expects to sell 200K by the movie's opening day, August 28 Though that's a lot of tickets, it's not enough to fill the venue 11 times...
Roof Fire at Sahara Las Vegas
A fire broke out on the second-story roof of the Sahara casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip on Tuesday and was quickly extinguished by Clark County firefighters. At 5:05 p.m., the Clark County Fire Department (CCFD) responded to a fire call...
Vegas Tourism Board Approves $20M in F1 Spending
The board of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority unanimously approved $20 million in spending on the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix The money, which comes from visitor room taxes, covers the 2026 and 2027 races Glowing reports of the race's...
All’s Not Grand at Vegas’ Downtown Grand
The Downtown Grand is suffering financial hardships The casino has shortened the hours for when its table games are playable and has permanently closed the Freedom Beat restaurant Rumors suggest the casino's owners are looking to offload the property Las Vegas’ Downtown...
Golden Gate in Vegas Replacing All Live Table Games with Electronic Games
The Golden Gate in downtown Vegas is removing all of its live table games and dealers The games will be replaced with electronic gaming versions throughout the property The Golden Gate is removing all its live table games and their dealers, and...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Bugsy Siegel Was Found Dead with Three $50 Bills on Him
Mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was shot to death inside his girlfriend's Beverly Hills home on June 20, 1947 Reports that three $50 bills were found on Siegel's body to signify that his murder was, in fact, a mob hit are untrue After...
NYC Shooter Had Two Mental Health Holds in Las Vegas
Shane Tamura, the Las Vegas casino surveillance worker who shot four people to death in a Manhattan skyscraper last month, was subjected to two emergency mental-health holds in Las Vegas over the past three years Neither prevented him from legally obtaining the...
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 of a newly constructed parking garage have...
