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VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Stubhub’s Best-Selling Residencies of 2024, Dead Live Again
On Tuesday, Stubhub released its ranking of top 2024 live events. Breaking out Las Vegas music residencies from sporting events and the other locations included on its list, we get... Adele at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace The Eagles at the Sphere U2...
Drunken Las Vegas Body Snatcher Avoids Prison
The woman who stole a coffin with a body in it from a Las Vegas funeral home this summer will avoid prison time. Las Vegas resident Patricia Sierra, 47, will instead enter court-ordered drug treatment, according to court documents reviewed by KLAS-TV/Las...
Las Vegas Top-10 Billionaires Includes Dallas Mavericks’ Miriam Adelson
Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis features among the list of richest billionaires in the state Mirage co-founder Elaine Wynn among a number of casino giants on the list Owner of the Dallas Mavericks Miriam Adelson tops the rich list with over...
What’s New, and What’s Planned, at AREA15 in Las Vegas
One new attraction recently opened at AREA15, the four-year-old entertainment hub jammed with rides, arcade machines, VR experiences, bars, restaurants, and shops. And new intel has just dropped about two more attractions planned for a 20-acre expansion that AREA-15 calls "District 2."...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Aldean’s Opens Grandly, Real In-N-Out Rendering, Gjelina
Country star Jason Aldean celebrated the grand opening of his fourth restaurant and honky-tonk during kickoff night of the National Finals Rodeo on Thursday. Aldean cut the ribbon, sang three songs and handed out shots of tequila and whiskey to his adoring...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Mob Buried Hundreds of Bodies in the Desert
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on December 23, 2022. It's no myth that the mafia controlled the Las Vegas casino business from the mid-’40s until...
$5M Sale of Abandoned Las Vegas Stadium Approved
From 1971 through 2019, Sam Boyd Stadium was the largest and busiest stadium in Las Vegas. Today, after nearly five years of disuse, it’s become Sin City’s largest question mark. On Wednesday, the Nevada Board of Regents unanimously approved Clark County’s purchase...
NEXT YEAR AT VEGAS SPHERE: James Dolan on What to Expect
Since opening in September 2023, the Las Vegas Sphere, the most revolutionary event venue in the world, delivered on its creative promise, if not its financial one. (Operating losses for the quarter ending September 2024 were $125.1 million.) But Sphere Entertainment executive...
Your Guide to the Holidays in Vegas
The Las Vegas Strip doesn’t stop for much, including sleep. Its casinos, shops, bars, restaurants and (most of its) attractions don’t even close for Christmas. But the Strip does celebrate the holidays in spectacular style, with many resorts going further than just...
MGM Resorts Ups Resort & Parking Fees at All Vegas Properties
MGM Resorts, Las Vegas’ largest casino operator, hiked the resort and parking fees at all 12 of its Strip properties on Wednesday. Resort fees have increased $5 per day at Aria, Bellagio, the Cosmopolitan, Vdara, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, and Delano --...
