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LOST VEGAS: Block 16, Sin City’s Only Official Red-Light District
Google “Block 16” and “Las Vegas” and you may think this article is about an expensive food hall at the Cosmopolitan on the Strip. It is about the human appetite for expensive vices, but food isn’t among them. Exactly how and when...
Taxi Fares to EDC Music Festival in Vegas May Be Even Higher than Some Attendees
If you found it hard to pay the $649 that Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) organizers are charging for general admission passes to this year’s electronic music festival, yet took the plunge anyway, we’ve got some bad news about getting to and from...
Former Las Vegas Casino Prez Scott Sibella Sentenced for Money Laundering
The former president of the MGM Grand and Resorts World in Las Vegas was sentenced by a federal judge Wednesday to one year’s probation and a $9,500 fine, plus a $100 special assessment. US District Judge Dolly M. Gee imposed the lenient...
Vegas Tourist Threatens Lawsuit After Crap Tattoo from Unlicensed, Possibly High, Artist
A Las Vegas tourist said she plans to sue a tattoo shop that allowed an artist to work on her without a valid license. The tourist, a woman from British Columbia, Canada who identified herself only as Melissa, contacted KLAS-TV/Las Vegas with...
Negatively Affected Vegas Businesses Float Petition to Stop F1 Race
A new Change.org petition calls on the Clark County Commission to deny a special use permit to F1, which is scheduled to stage its second Las Vegas Grand Prix on the Las Vegas Strip from November 21-23. “Stop the Las Vegas Grand...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: New Keith Urban Residency, Lovers & Friends Breaks Hearts
Keith Urban is changing his tune. The country superstar announced on Monday that he will headline a residency at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas beginning this fall. Urban was previously a Caesars Entertainment company man, having headlined a residency at Planet Hollywood from...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: One of the Crazy Girls in the Statue Was a Crazy Boy
When the Riviera closed nine years ago this past Saturday, its long-running topless revue, "Crazy Girls," was saved by being relocated to Planet Hollywood. So was its statue, which had greeted guests at the entrance of the casino resort since 1997. And...
WrestleMania Returning to Vegas After 32 Years
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) announced on Saturday that professional wrestling’s biggest event will be held in Las Vegas in 2025. WrestleMania XLI will place its chokehold on Allegiant Stadium over two nights, April 19 and 20. It will be the annual event’s...
Britney Trashed Her Wynn Las Vegas Suite — Report
On Thursday, gossip websites documented a dust-up between “Toxic” singer Britney Spears and her latest partner, Paul Soliz, that ended in paramedics and firefighters being called to LA’s Chateau Marmont hotel. On Friday, TMZ followed up with a report of a another...
As It Demolishes Tropicana Las Vegas, Bally’s Seeks to Keep Its Gaming License Active
The Bally’s Corporation, owner of former Tropicana Las Vegas casino resort, will ask the Clark County Board of Commissioners to keep its gaming license active for at least two more years. It will make the request at the board’s public meeting next...
