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1507 stories by Corey Levitan
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Gordon Ramsay Booted a Drunken Taylor Swift from His Restaurant
Taylor Swift and her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, returned to the Las Vegas Strip this weekend, to attend Patrick Mahomes' Las Vegas Golf Tournament dinner on Saturday night at the Bellagio. They were much better behaved than during their last appearance together in...
LOST VEGAS: Dancing Waters, Strip’s First Fountain Show
“Carmen Miranda, Danny Thomas, and other big entertainers here are being upstaged by a new star that dances, is pretty, but has no sex appeal,” read a wire story by United Press (UP) on May 3, 1955. “The new celebrity? Plain, ordinary...
Is Elon’s Boring Company Illegally Dumping Dirt Behind Vegas Strip?
A Clark County Commissioner has accused Elon Musk’s the Boring Company of illegally dumping wet dirt and other material dug out for its Vegas Loop underground tunnel project in a private Las Vegas lot just east of the Strip. “Thanks to @OyVegas,...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Dead Nevada Senator Kept on Ice for Reelection
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on April 21, 2023. Nevada’s US Senator Key Pittman died a few days before the November 1940 reelection that he was favored...
Casinos That Were Never Casinos
The word casino didn’t always refer to a gambling establishment. Deriving from casa, which is Italian for house, it originally denoted a small villa or summer house. During the 19th century, the word evolved to encompass social clubs and other buildings where...
Impersonated Vegas Restaurants Sue Uber Eats
He threatened legal action, and now he’s taking it. James Trees, the chef-owner of Esther’s Kitchen, has filed a class-action suit against Uber Eats, along with three other Las Vegas restaurants. The suit claims the website and app allow scammer food-preparers “to...
Tropicana Implosion Approved by Las Vegas Officials
Clark County has approved a permit filed by Bally’s Corp. to implode the historic Tropicana Las Vegas. The Rhode Island-based company has until October 20 to drop the Trop. The approval was granted on April 20, nine days after the permit was...
‘My Client Was Lying’ — Attorney for Accused Tupac Murderer
The defense attorney representing the accused murderer of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur said on Wednesday that his client, Duane “Keffe D” Davis, repeatedly lied about his involvement in the 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. “He himself is giving different stories,” attorney...
LOST VEGAS: ‘Tony The Ant’ Spilotro’s Circus Circus Gift Shop
When people talk about the mob running Las Vegas, they’re not referring to the gift shop at Circus Circus. But that’s exactly what Anthony Spilotro, the high-ranking Chicago Outfit member who inspired Joe Pesci’s character in the 1995 movie “Casino,” ran in...
UPDATE: Impostor Las Vegas Restaurants Removed by Uber Eats
UPDATE: Uber Eats has paused onboarding any new restaurants in the Las Vegas area as it investigates the claims brought to its attention by the following report. The company has also set up an email, ubereatsvegas@uber.com, for restaurants and their patrons to...
