Southern Nevada’s appetite for hosting more special events to draw large numbers of tourists could result in a renewed push to build a stadium to stage events too large for facilities Las Vegas already has.
The Los Angeles Lakers signed forward Metta World Peace on Thursday to a reported one-year, non-guaranteed contract.
As the third annual Life is Beautiful festival approaches, here’s a look back at some of our favorite photos from the previous two years. The festival, taking place in downtown Las Vegas, features a variety of music, arts and food.
We recently spoke with three prominent figures in the Las Vegas entertainment scene about the impact the Life Is Beautiful festival has had since launching in 2013, how it differs from other festivals and some of their favorite Life Is Beautiful memories.
The Nevada Supreme Court has reversed the first-degree murder conviction of a Las Vegas man after concluding that “significant irregularities” deprived him of a fair trial.
Silverstone Ranch homeowners and their lawyers were in federal court Thursday seeking a new temporary restraining order to turn on the water at the community’s closed golf course.
Like mail delivery, nothing stops Life Is Beautiful, including rain, sleet or snow. While those things are unlikely, particularly the last two since we’re in Southern Nevada, the show will go on regardless. That said, if you have tickets, there are some things that you should know before you go — not to worry; we read all of the fine print, so you don’t have to.
The folks at Life Is Beautiful have done a splendid job of assembling a wide array of talent this year.
NBC makes over its Thursday night lineup with the revival “Heroes Reborn” and the Vegas-based action series “The Player”.
Like many young girls, Cristina “Kina” McAllister loved science when she was a kid. And, also like many science-loving young girls, McAllister drifted away from science during her middle school and high school years.
When poet Juan Felipe Herrera was a boy, he learned to find beauty everywhere.
The Utah Shakespeare Festival’s fall season kicks off Thursday in Cedar City with the Bard’s early comedy “Two Gentlemen of Verona.”
Calvary Chapel has forfeited its Friday football game to Lincoln County, representatives from both schools said Thursday.
No doubt about it; this is a lot of cocktails. Upward of 120,000 people are expected to attend the Life is Beautiful festival over three days this weekend, and many of them will be looking for adult beverages. And Life is Beautiful, with its emphasis on the culinary arts as well as the musical and cultural ones, isn’t about to force them to settle for the mundane.
A dozen punk and alternative bands convene starting at 6 p.m. Friday at the Dive Bar, 4110 S. Maryland Pkwy. Admission is $5, which might cover a beer at the downtown gathering.
Thomas Rhett, whose sophomore album, “Tangled Up,” drops Friday makes a direct nod to Marvin Gaye on “Die a Happy Man,” one of the first two singles from the album. Ironically, he makes another nod a few songs later — though this one is obviously indirect and inadvertent.
A 21-year-old Oakland, Calif., man was arrested Wednesday after police said he and an accomplice broke into a home in August and then lured the homeowner’s dog into eating broken glass.
Two weeks into the NFL season and after all of the preseason hubbub surrounding “Deflategate,” New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady leads the league in jersey sales.
The beginning of fall will certainly take everyone for a seventies spin. With Woodstock inspired festivals such as I Heart Radio and Life Is Beautiful happening in Vegas, not only the music, arts, and culinary followers, but the hippest of Vegas fashionistas will gather to showcase the best of bohemian style!
The Washington Redskins visit NFC East rival the New York Giants on Thursday night to kick of Week 3 of the 2015 season. Here’s how you can catch the game.
MGM Resorts International officials were not ready Thursday to offer a lot of details on parking and traffic plans for their new $375 million arena on the Strip.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed an agreement with other governors and state officials in China to promote renewable resources and clean energy technologies.
Rapper Kanye West says he’s serious about running for U.S. president in 2020 but noted in an interview released on Thursday that he has “a lot of growing up to do” before then.
Matt Youmans, Kelly Stewart and Golden Nugget sports book director Tony Miller preview the college football and NFL weekend:
Increases in Medicaid enrollment have led to a big jump in the number of Nevada kindergartners covered by health insurance, according to an annual health survey conducted by researchers at UNLV.
The NBA is changing the format for the Finals in 2016 to help with travel and give players more time to rest.
The American Gaming Association added six new members, including the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, to group’s board of directors.
Pope Francis challenged America Thursday to embrace millions of undocumented immigrants and join a global campaign against climate change and poverty, wading undaunted into the nation’s volatile politics in a historic address to Congress. How much do you know about him?
Nickelodeon has confirmed its intention to launch “The Splat!,” a block of programming and other content related to its 1990s heyday, when the Viacom-owned kids’ outlet produced memorable programming like “Ren & Stimpy,” “Clarissa Explains It All” and “Hey Arnold!”