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OJ Simpson, NFL Great, Suspected Double Murderer, Convicted Casino Robber, Dies
O.J. Simpson, the disgraced former NFL hall-of-famer and suspected double murderer whose name came to be associated with Las Vegas casinos in the worst possible way, died in Las Vegas on Wednesday following a cancer battle. He was 76. “On April 10th,...
LOST VEGAS: The Hoover-Damned Town of St. Thomas
The human remains uncovered by the receding waters of Lake Mead claim the headlines, and rightly so. But they're not the only secrets that climate change has forced the nation’s largest reservoir to give up. Located on the northern reaches of what...
Off-Strip Ellis Island in Vegas Expanding Casino Floor
Ellis Island, a family-owned casino resort located a block east of the Las Vegas Strip, is expanding its casino footprint. The expansion will add 6,415 square feet, according to Clark County planning documents, including a new sportsbook and back-of-house area. “This renovation...
Vegas Strip Clubs Wrestle in Court Over Animal Names
The Spearmint Rhino has been at the top of the topless game in Vegas since 1999, before most of its currently featured employees were born. And now a new competitor is discovering just how territorial the original strip club with a gum-flavored...
Reggie Jackson ‘Embarrassed for Baseball’ by A’s Vegas Plans
Former Oakland A’s slugger Reggie Jackson says he’s “embarrassed for baseball” by the Oakland Athletics’ planned relocation to Las Vegas. The five-time World Series winner and two-time World Series MVP shared his distaste for his former team on the New York Post’s...
ESSAY: Remembering ‘The Beatles LOVE’ in My Daughter’s Eyes
When our daughter was three, I gave her the most unfathomably special gift I could think of, something I dreamed of having at her age but knew I never could … the memory of having seen the greatest band of all time...
Legendary ‘Beatles LOVE’ Show Bids Farewell to the Las Vegas Strip
As expected, “The Beatles LOVE” won't survive The Mirage’s transition to the second Hard Rock Las Vegas casino resort next year. The curtain will close on the Cirque du Soleil co-production, which was the only stage show ever mounted by the Beatles,...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: The Rap Pack, Adele Reschedules, Brian Newman Resides
If you’ve ever wondered what the Rat Pack would have sounded like as rappers, a new residency coming to Planet Hollywood’s Bakkt Theater in July will thoroughly answer that question. “Pass The Mic Live!” will star New York hip-hop legends Ja Rule,...
Work on High-Speed Vegas Train Proves $12B Project Really Happening
Work has finally begun on the long-delayed high-speed rail project from Las Vegas to LA. This welcome news comes despite half of the $12 billion budget for Brightline West still being unaccounted for, and despite a backlash caused by the recent admission...
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Golden Gate is the Oldest Casino in Vegas
What’s known today as the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino opened in 1905, a mere weeks after the original land auction that created Las Vegas. John F. Miller of Seattle paid a whopping $1,750 for the first three parcels sold by the...
