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Reporter: Corey Levitan

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.

Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.

Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.

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1507 stories by Corey Levitan

Las Vegas Residencies Ranked by Money Earned

With “Weekends With Adele” and more than a full year of Sphere behind us, it’s time to create a new list of the highest-grossing Las Vegas residencies of all time. Nine of 10 of our ranking are based on Billboard magazine’s Boxscore...

Corey Levitan November 27, 2024

VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Adele’s $349 Vegas Live Album, Eagles Keep Landing

If you already miss spending lots of money on Adele, her new $349 box set of live Caesars Palace recordings will solve that problem for you. The superstar began selling the collection before all of the confetti was cleaned out of The...

Corey Levitan November 26, 2024

What ‘Casino’ Didn’t Tell You About Mob Wife Geri Rosenthal

What you didn’t learn about Geri Rosenthal from “Casino,” Martin Scorsese's 1995 film, may change the way you feel about her. As the wife of mobster Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, Geri -- a thinly veiled version of whom was played by Sharon Stone...

Corey Levitan November 26, 2024

Vegas Chippendales to Linq Back Up With Caesars Entertainment

They’ve undressed for success at the Rio for 22 years. But after performing for around the 9,000th time for bachelorette and divorce parties there this New Year’s Eve, these dozen famously bow-tied hunks are moving to the Linq on the Las Vegas...

Corey Levitan November 25, 2024

VEGAS MYTH BUSTED: Hotels Installed Sprinklers Because of the 1980 MGM Grand Fire

After the MGM Grand fire, which killed 86 people 44 years ago last Thursday, a fire safety commission was convened by Nevada Governor Bob List. That commission immediately came up with 11 recommendations for a new fire code to prevent this tragedy...

Corey Levitan November 25, 2024

VIDEO: Boyz II Men Ripped for Awful National Anthem at Las Vegas Grand Prix

Boyz II Men grabbed some unwanted attention from the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday by butchering an a cappella version of the national anthem. It was clear that the four-time Grammy winning soul stars, known for their chart-topping 1992 hit...

Corey Levitan November 24, 2024

Verstappen Wins 4th F1 Championship, Russell Wins Las Vegas Grand Prix

George Russell led a one-two victory for Mercedes in the second annual Las Vegas Grand Prix on Saturday, but it was once again Max Verstappen’s night. The 27-year-old Dutchman nabbed his fourth consecutive F1 Driver's Championship by coming in fifth place. This...

Corey Levitan November 24, 2024

Oyo Becomes Latest Las Vegas Casino to Charge for Parking

The Oyo knows your trick -- parking in its free garage and then walking across Tropicana Boulevard to gamble at the MGM Grand – and it has finally put a stop to it. Oyo now charges, via a parking app, $13 for...

Corey Levitan November 23, 2024

F1 to Remain in Vegas Year-Round Via New Interactive Experiences

After breaking down tonight's Las Vegas Grand Prix, next on F1's to-do list will be readying a year-round slate of experiences at Grand Prix Plaza. The 39-acre complex at 4400 Koval Lane, which features the race's pit building, has stood pretty much...

Corey Levitan November 23, 2024

Layoffs are Latest Immersive Experience at AREA15 in Vegas

AREA15 has confirmed that it is in the midst of a “restructuring ... to address evolving marketplace conditions,” as it said in a statement. The number of employees to be laid off wasn’t disclosed, and no layoff notice was filed with the...

Corey Levitan November 22, 2024