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VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: 50 Cent Residency, Rejects Reject Alt-Rock Festival
50 Cent will play his first Las Vegas residency, “In Da Club,” at PH Live at Planet Hollywood from December 27 through January 4. This includes a massive New Year’s Eve bash. “I always bring the energy, and Las Vegas is the...
Lisa Vanderpump Buys $5M Vegas Mansion
Lisa Vanderpump and her husband, Ken Todd, recently purchased a $5 million Las Vegas mansion to cut down on all the private jetting from her Las Vegas restaurants to their home in Beverly Hills, according to TMZ. Vanderpump's $3.5 million Pinky’s by...
Museum Extends Passenger Service on Las Vegas Hoover Dam Railroad
The return passenger train to Henderson, Nev. from Boulder City experienced a slight delay on Thursday -- of 89 years. At 5:30 p.m., a six-car train departed Boulder City (home of the Hoover Dam) with a couple dozen exuberant railway aficionados, Nevada...
Bed Bugs Found at Luxury Las Vegas Resorts
When it comes to Las Vegas resorts, bed bugs have tastes that run as expensive as the humans they feed on. According to a new report from the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD), they were recently found at the Bellagio, Cosmopolitan, Resorts...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: A Roulette Color Can Be ‘Due’
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new "Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Aug. 19, 2022. Five red roulette numbers hitting in a row doesn’t mean a black one is more likely on the...
Noted Vegas Actor Trash-Talks Tropicana
After Las Vegas, and the world, bid a tearful adieu to the Tropicana on Wednesday morning, not all the memories of the imploded icon shared by Vegas notables have been positive. “I lived at the Tropicana Hotel for four months while we...
Vegas Puts a Rink on It for the Winter
Fontainebleau Las Vegas announced on Wednesday that it will transform its Oasis Pool Deck into an ice rink from November 27 through January 5, making it the third Las Vegas Strip casino resort that will convert its unused pools into skating rinks...
VEGAS DINING ROUNDUP: José Andrés Taking Bazaar Meat to Venetian
José Andrés is relocating his Bazaar Meat from the Sahara, where his chefs have been searing Las Vegas’ best steaks for a decade, to the Palazzo Tower at the Venetian. Actually, that’s not true. Bazaar Meat never opened at the Sahara --...
THE TROP DROPS: Historic Las Vegas Casino Bites the Dust
The Tropicana Las Vegas is now just a vacant lot strewn with tons of debris. It was taken down in 22 seconds early Wednesday morning -- one second for each of the remaining two towers’ 22 floors. Seven minutes of fireworks and...
MUSK RATS! Elon’s Vegas Tesla Tunnels Have Trespassers
Elon Musk’s underground transit system in Las Vegas is a magnet for trespassers who have to be escorted out. According to a new Fortune.com report, at least 67 trespassers have breached the Vegas Loop's tunnels since they opened in 2022. Most entered...
