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VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: ‘Cake Boss’ Star to Open 4th Strip Location, Peyote Shutters, Anime Café is 1st in US
Buddy Valastro of “Cake Boss” is turning his attention to pies -- of the tomato and cheese variety. According to What Now Vegas, the celebrity chef’s fourth Las Vegas Strip restaurant, Buddy V’s Pizzeria, is set to debut at Caesars Palace at...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Prostitution is Legal in Las Vegas
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new "Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Aug. 19, 2022. It is the most widely read of all 85 articles in this series so far. Yes, that billboard...
Pamela Anderson Stars as Vegas Showgirl in Dark New Indie Film
Pamela Anderson seems poised to bring not only her acting career but the spirit of the Las Vegas showgirl back to life in a dark new indie film. In “The Last Showgirl,” which was filmed over the past couple of years on...
‘Black Widow of Vegas’ Files Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit for Husband’s Murder
Margaret Rudin, the Las Vegas woman convicted of murdering her husband in 1994, is suing the State of Nevada for wrongful conviction. Rudin, 80, whose conviction was vacated in 2022 after she already served 21 years in prison, filed her lawsuit on...
Brightline West Selects Train Manufacturer for High Speed Vegas-to-LA Rail
The high-speed rail connection from Las Vegas to the Los Angeles area has chugged another step closer to reality. On Wednesday, Brightline West announced that Siemens Mobility will manufacture the trains. Siemens invented the first electric railway in 1879, when the German...
Elon’s Boring Company Makes List of ‘Dirty Dozen’ Worker Safety Violators
The National Council of Occupational Safety and Health (COSH) doesn’t dig the Boring Company. It's named Elon Musk’s tunneling business to its annual list of “Dirty Dozen” workplace safety offenders. According to the COSH report, workers at the Boring Company say Musk...
Oscar De La Hoya Lists Knockout Vegas Mansion for $20M
Former boxing champ Oscar De Hoya is attempting to flip the Las Vegas abode he purchased only two years ago for a profit just north of $5 million. He paid $14.6 million for the home in May 2022. De La Hoya, aka...
Oakland A’s Seek $500M Investor to Finance Vegas Stadium
The Oakland A’s are, once again, holding their baseball hats out for more money. According to a report in the L.A. Times, team owner John Fisher has just hired a firm called Galatioto Sports Partners to help attract one or more private...
Grateful Dead Museum Truckin’ to Venetian Las Vegas
The Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip will host an exhibit celebrating the legacy of the Grateful Dead. The Dead Forever Experience will open one day ahead of the Dead & Company's headlining summer residency at the Sphere on May 15 in...
New Casino Resort and Arena Proposed for Site of Vegas Strip’s Failed All Net Project
The Las Vegas Strip site of the failed All Net Arena project just may become a resort and basketball arena after all. LVXP, a new consortium of Las Vegas real estate developers that obtained the 27 vacant acres at 2601 S. Las...
