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Corey Levitan
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VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Chippendales Hired Dancer On an H-1B Tech Visa
A screenshot recently achieved social media virality by claiming to show that Chippendales used an H-1B visa, intended for highly skilled foreign tech workers, to hire a dancer for its male-only adult revue in Las...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Wiping the Flores with His Competition — the Newfound Celebrity of a Non-Celebrity Chef
Of the six Las Vegas eateries making this year’s Yelp List of Top 100 US Restaurants, the highest-ranked -- for the second consecutive year -- was not a celebrity-chef joint on the world-famous Strip but...
TUPAC WHO? Accused Shakur Killer Claims He Wasn’t Even in Las Vegas
Duane "Keffe D" Davis -- the 61-year-old who previously implicated himself in the orchestration of the 1996 slaying of rap legend Tupac Shakur -- now claims he was nowhere near Las Vegas at the time...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Linq Garage Illustrates Flooding
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 Aug. 12, 2022. “This is urban flooding in Las Vegas!” reports a...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: EDC Reveals Lineup, Different Kind of Will Smith Hits
The lineup for this year’s Electric Daisy Carnival -- announced on Thursday --includes electronic dance music superstars Afrojack, Dom Dolla, Martin Garrix, Armin van Buuren and Fisher among its 250 acts. Also featured with be...
Boyd Buys Land Under Still-Shuttered Vegas Casino
Boyd purchased land under its Eastside Cannery for $45 million in a sale that closed last week It had been paying millions of dollars a year in a land lease for the casino hotel There...
World Record Unconfirmed for Most Casino Visits in 24 Hours
Two people from the Netherlands have potentially set a new record for the number of casinos gambled in -- 110 -- during a 24-hour period The Guinness Book of World Records is evaluating their claim...
Vegas Music Festival ‘Life is Beautiful’ Dies
The 2025 Life is Beautiful festival won't be taking place in downtown Las Vegas Created by former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh in 2013, the festival was sold to Rolling Stone/Penske in 2022 The festival's website...
Foundation for Hard Rock Las Vegas Guitar Hotel Rises from Ashes of Mirage Volcano
Construction of the new Hard Rock Guitar Hotel is progressing on the Las Vegas Strip The replacement for the former Mirage is scheduled to be completed in 2027 Created by Steve Wynn, the Mirage is...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Boys are Back(street), Boyz II Men II Cosmo
The Backstreet Boys will fill the Sphere. Well, hopefully, they'll fill it. The early-naughts boy band announced Wednesday on social media “Into the Millennium,” its summer residency at the globular marvel. “Backstreet’s baaaaaack baby!” lead...
