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2099 stories by Corey Levitan
‘Life is Beautiful’ Vegas Music Fest Scaling Way Back
This year, life will still be beautiful but much smaller. The annual “Life is Beautiful” Las Vegas music festival -- held on 18 city blocks along East Fremont Street for 10 years -- is being rerouted to a single vacant lot next...
Tupac Shakur Murder Suspect Secures $750K Bail
The man accused of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rap legend Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas has secured money for bail. Posting the $750,00 could get Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, released from prison to serve under house arrest until his trial....
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Dry Heat is Safer Than Humid Heat
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Aug. 28, 2023. But it’s a dry 115 degrees …. Because dry, hot air evaporates sweat, which is how the human body cools...
HOLY CRAPS! Woman Climbs Atop Reno Casino Table to Chuck Chips
Several social media videos only now going viral show the scene of a bizarre incident at the Silver Legacy Casino in Reno last Saturday, where a woman climbed atop a craps table during live play and threw chips up in the air...
HEAR THE SPHERE: Vegas Venue to Debut Exterior Audio During July 4 Bash
Starting July 4, the first anniversary of the illumination of what has become the world’s most famous outdoor video screen, Vegas visitors will be able to hear the Sphere as well. The “Sphere Fourth of July Celebration” will feature six acts of...
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...
