Month: January 2025

Boyd Gaming Tells Casino Employees No More Masks, Finally

Boyd Gaming Tells Casino Employees No More Masks, Finally

Boyd Gaming has updated its mask policy and the change has resulted in a full-scale kerfuffle. Or possibly a brouhaha....
Las Vegas Season of “Queer Eye” is on Netflix

Las Vegas Season of “Queer Eye” is on Netflix

The new season of "Queer Eye," the life makeover show, is now available on Netflix and we are not bitter...
Culinary Strike to End at Virgin, Just in Time for Porn Convention [Updated]

Culinary Strike to End at Virgin, Just in Time for Porn Convention [Updated]

After months of amateur hour organized labor theater (including fake "arrests" and a karaoke night on the picket line), the...
Wynn Resorts Nixes Fiola Mare Restaurant, Drama Abounds

Wynn Resorts Nixes Fiola Mare Restaurant, Drama Abounds

Plans to open Fiola Mare restaurant, from chef and restaurateur Fabio Trabocchi, have been called off at Wynn Las Vegas....
Confirmed: Boa Steakhouse is Coming Back to The Strip at Venetian/Palazzo

Confirmed: Boa Steakhouse is Coming Back to The Strip at Venetian/Palazzo

The fine folks at Boa Steakhouse have been kind enough to confirm some scoop we shared back in Dec. 2024....
Black Eyed Peas Bail on Vegas Residency Due to Abysmal Ticket Sales

Black Eyed Peas Bail on Vegas Residency Due to Abysmal Ticket Sales

Oof. The Black Eyed Peas have canceled their planned residency at Planet Hollywood. The group that crushed it in 2010...
Confirmed: Wet Republic to Get a Rebrand

Confirmed: Wet Republic to Get a Rebrand

None other than bigtime entertainment bible Variety has confirmed our scoop: MGM Grand's game-changing dayclub Wet Republic will itself undergo...
Kenny Chesney Nabs Sphere Residency, Backstreet Boys Rumored To Be Next

Kenny Chesney Nabs Sphere Residency, Backstreet Boys Rumored To Be Next

Kenny Chesney, whomever that might be, has announced a 12-date residency at Sphere Las Vegas. The shows run from May...
Beloved Las Vegas Lounge Lizard Cook E. Jarr Dies

Beloved Las Vegas Lounge Lizard Cook E. Jarr Dies

A longtime Strip lounge singer, Antonio Giuseppe Pettine, has died at 83 after a lengthy hospitalization. He was better known...
No, Resort Fees Aren’t Banned (Psst, Some Hotels Don’t Know That Yet)

No, Resort Fees Aren’t Banned (Psst, Some Hotels Don’t Know That Yet)

Recently, virtually every news outlet in American proclaimed the FTC has banned resort fees and other junk fees. They all...
Mirage Atrium Demolition Serves as Reminder of Fleeting Nature of Magic

Mirage Atrium Demolition Serves as Reminder of Fleeting Nature of Magic

The Mirage's iconic atrium is being demolished and for many it symbolizes life's impermanence, providing an opportunity to appreciate the...
Six New Venues Open at Caesars Palace

Six New Venues Open at Caesars Palace

There was a cavalcade of new venues unveiled at Las Vegas resorts toward the end of 2024, so many it's...
Vegas Indoor Skydiving to Close After 42 Years

Vegas Indoor Skydiving to Close After 42 Years

An enduring but long-struggling Las Vegas attraction, Vegas Indoor Skydiving, is set to close on Jan. 25, 2025. The attraction,...
Julian Serrano Tapas to Close at Aria

Julian Serrano Tapas to Close at Aria

A longtime Strip restaurant, Julian Serrano Tapas, which we never visited because we are an uncultured bumpkin, will close at...

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Boyd Gaming Tells Casino Employees No More Masks, Finally

Boyd Gaming Tells Casino Employees No More Masks, Finally

Las Vegas Season of “Queer Eye” is on Netflix

Las Vegas Season of “Queer Eye” is on Netflix

Wynn Resorts Nixes Fiola Mare Restaurant, Drama Abounds

Wynn Resorts Nixes Fiola Mare Restaurant, Drama Abounds