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VEGAS NEAR MYTHS PT. 2: Circus Circus’ Flying Pink Elephants & More Stories So Wild, They Seem Fake But Aren’t
In the nearly three years since we began this weekly rjvxnlsm.shop series, we’ve investigated many wild stories that we knew had to be myths. Most of the time, we were right. This is how we put to rest such widely held Vegas...
NEW YEAR, NEW STUFF: What to Expect from Vegas in 2025
Las Vegas has mastered the art of transforming itself into ever better (and more expensive) permutations of its former self. While no new hotels will open next year, here are some of the more anticipated attractions, restaurants and residencies scheduled for 2025....
‘XMAS MIRACLE’: Donors Rally For Las Vegas Theater Burgled on Xmas Eve
Troy Heard knew something was off when he pushed open the back door to the Majestic, the Las Vegas community theater for which he works as artistic manager. Heard had locked it before he left for the day on Christmas Eve. Heard,...
Oakland A’s Prez Resigns, Raising Questions About Las Vegas Move
Dave Kaval, the public face of the Oakland Athletics’ relocation to Las Vegas, announced his resignation as team president on Friday. Kaval, who has led the team for eight years, will exit on Dec. 31. In a statement released by Major League...
Cali Cardrooms Spent $3M Attacking Lawmakers Who Supported Gambling Bill — AFTER it Passed!
In an extraordinary display of political vengeance, California cardrooms spent more than $3 million this year punishing lawmakers who supported a bill allowing their competitors, the state’s tribal casinos, to sue them for offering illegal card games. Senate Bill 549, also known...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Strip is the Brightest Place on Earth
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 Oct. 30, 2023. On May 25, 2022, the “Cubby and Christine in the Morning” show on WLTW-FM/New York asked its listeners...
Top 10 Las Vegas Lies & the Truths They Hide
Las Vegas is a town predicated on pretend realities (and we’re not even talking about the one in which the Oakland A’s relocate to the Strip!) A unique language of pervasive mistruths must be penetrated to comprehend some of what's really being...
Remembering Las Vegas Legend Dean Martin on the Anniversary of His Death
December 25th isn’t only Christmas. It’s also the day, 29 years ago, that the world lost Las Vegas icon Dean Martin. Martin, who came to fame playing the straight man to cutup Jerry Lewis in one of the most successful comedy duos...
TEXAS CHOKEHOLD ‘EM: Man Put to Sleep by UFC Fighter to Settle Poker Debt
Was former UFC middleweight champ Chris Weidman being merciful or cruel when he agreed to choke out one of his friends to forgive his $5,000 poker debt? We’re not sure. Weidman recently posted a video to Instagram of the strangest way we’ve...
LOST VEGAS: Spring Fever Spa (aka The Soak n’ Poke)
Rarely does a town’s most notorious sex hotel so blatantly advertise what it is, but this was Las Vegas. Not only that, it was the ’80s. “Romantic private spa suites,” the steamy postcards, billboards and even TV ads for Spring Fever Spa...
