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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Casinos Pump in Extra Oxygen
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 July 29, 2022. One of the most enduring myths of Vegas is that casinos pump...
— November 15, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: ‘World’s Most Haunted Object’ at Zak Bagans Museum
— November 1, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Elvis Was a Straight-Up Racist
— August 9, 2024
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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Casinos Pump in Extra Oxygen
— November 15, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Elvis Was a Straight-Up Racist
— August 9, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Old MGM Grand Was Imploded After the Fire
— November 17, 2023
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VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Accidental Drunken Wedding
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran on Nov. 4,...
— July 5, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Dry Heat is Safer Than Humid Heat
EDITOR’S NOTE: A new “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s edition originally ran on Aug. 28, 2023. But it’s...
— June 21, 2024
How to Not Die While Visiting Vegas in Summer Heat
— May 31, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Las Vegas Boasts 15K Miles of Neon
— May 31, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Streaks Can be Harnessed
— May 20, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The $20 Room Upgrade Trick
— May 17, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: You Can Buy Legal Weed On the Strip
— March 22, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: If Your ID is Expired, Your Jackpot is Forfeited
— February 23, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Sin City Has the Most Churches Per Capita
— February 16, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Hoover Dam Was Ever Officially Named Boulder Dam
On Sept. 30, 1930, when construction began on the dam at Black Canyon, 40 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Secretary of the Interior Ray...
— February 12, 2024
Why the NFL Once Shunned Las Vegas and Why That Changed
— February 5, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Casinos Employ Coolers to Stop Hot Streaks
— February 2, 2024
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: Las Vegas Details You Never Noticed
— January 26, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Traveling Welcome to Las Vegas Sign
— January 22, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Actor Lee Marvin Shot Vegas Vic with an Arrow
— January 19, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Showgirls Still Dance on the Strip
— January 12, 2024
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Las Vegas Strip is in the City of Las Vegas
— December 29, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: The Las Vegas Strip’s Official Boundaries
— December 18, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Hoover Dam Bodies
— December 15, 2023
Fontainebleau Las Vegas’s 6,145-Day Journey Into Opening Night
— December 15, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Flamingo Was the First Strip Casino
— December 8, 2023
VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Las Vegas is the World’s Gambling Capital
— December 4, 2023
