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VEGAS DINING NEWS: Cronut Creator Sets Opening Date, Guest House
Dominique Ansel will launch his second Strip eatery, Dominique Ansel Marché, at Paris Las Vegas on Friday, December 6. The new eatery will join Dominique Ansel Bakery, which the James Beard Award-winning French pastry chef opened at Caesars Palace in 2022. The new concept, which has claimed the...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: MGM Grand Fire Victims Died Because They Wouldn’t Leave Slots
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 March 18, 2024. This is by far the most repulsive myth we’ve had the displeasure of busting. Enough real...
F1-ed OVER: Grand Prix to Wreck Las Vegas Show Revenue Again
It’s not only restaurants and casinos that are taking a huge business hit from this week’s F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, though they’re the only ones that have sued so far. The operators of Las Vegas’ many production shows are feeling a...
Brad Pitt Now Filming an F1 Movie Around Las Vegas
Brad Pitt may be an F1 fan, but that’s not the primary reason he was spotted around town during last year’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix. Nor is it why he has returned, along with the second annual race, this week. Pitt...
Most Regrettable Las Vegas Experiences
Las Vegas offers dozens of ways to regret losing your money in each and every casino. This is a warning about some of the most popular nongambling ways. We’ve tried, and thoroughly regretted, all of these “must do” experiences, hopefully so you...
VEGAS DINING NEWS: Jason Aldean Sets Date to Fight Blake Shelton (Restaurant-Wise)
Do enough country music fans visit Las Vegas every weekend to make Jason Aldean’s new Southern restaurant and honky-tonk just as successful as Blake Shelton’s almost identical Ole Red across the Strip and a 10-minute walk north? TC Restaurant Group, the corporation...
Dennis Hof’s Love Ranch Brothel Near Vegas Demolished
One month after Las Vegas lost the Tropicana, another institution that locals and tourists visited but didn’t talk about as much was demolished. Dennis Hof’s Love Ranch, located 80 miles outside Sin City in Nevada's Nye County, where prostitution is legal, was...
Robert Telles, Las Vegas Journalist Killer, Files Appeal
Robert Telles, the former county administrator convicted of murdering the Las Vegas reporter who investigated him, filed a notice on Monday appealing that conviction to the Nevada Supreme Court. In August, Telles, now 48, was sentenced to 20 years to life for...
LOST VEGAS: Royal Nevada Casino Hotel, 1955-58
The Royal Nevada opened on April 19, 1955 and closed on January 30, 1958, making it one of the shortest-lived Las Vegas casino resorts. What happened in between was a clusterf*** of bad timing, bad decisions, and, especially ironic for a casino,...
VEGAS MUSIC NEWS: Sammy Hagar Parks it at Park MGM, New Edition’s Additions, Tyler Childers
Sammy Hagar will perform a residency at Park MGM’s Dolby Live in April and May, he announced on Monday. Hagar's "The Best of All Worlds Tour" will be Vegas residency No. 11 for the former Van Halen frontman. It follows jaunts at...
