Contrary to conventional “wisdom” espoused elsewhere, Las Vegas hasn’t been a cultural desert for quite some time.
Mixologist Mariena Mercer found her passion for tequila at Treasure Island.
Looking back, 2012 almost seems more like a soap opera script than a business landscape. Think about it. Two billionaire casino developers are fighting a series of court battles, with each filing a lawsuit against the other in a back and forth struggle worthy of daytime-drama status.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Russ Smith ranked Louisville’s 80-77 victory over Kentucky on Saturday as one of the five favorites of his career.
It was deja vu all over again Saturday for Clark’s boys basketball team in the title game of the Las Vegas Prep Championship at Las Vegas High.
Adam Hughesman scored with 1:04 remaining in overtime to give the Wranglers a 3-2 victory Saturday over the Stockton Thunder.
Anthony Marshall puts up numbers. He fills a basketball stat sheet. He is at his best in the biggest moments, when the lights are bright and the opposing arena is rocking and a play must be made.
The Las Vegas Valley is expected to attract more than 300,000 visitors this New Year’s Eve with performing artists, celebrity appearances and a $500,000 fireworks show atop seven strip casinos.
A look at the most memorable images and multimedia from the past year, brought to you by the Review-Journal photo staff.
It is admirable that the Las Vegas Wranglers have survived a decade and also that it is a perennial contender for the Kelly Cup – which, I believe, is named for Kelly Ripa.
Jeff Probst would love the Las Vegas-based minor league hockey team. He hasn’t yet seen a survivor like it.
Ask anyone who has ever covered the news in Las Vegas and then has gone to work someplace else: The rest of the world is boring.
Well, that was a close one. 2012 was supposed to be the last year any of us were here. Alas, the apocalypse wimped out, and we’ll live to see 2013. But what a year it was.
