A Hawaiian resident celebrating his son’s 21st birthday won a $1.5 million jackpot on a Wheel of Fortune slot machine early Wednesday.
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Many Las Vegas Valley gyms had exceptions that allowed them to operate pools without lifeguards. The Southern Nevada Health District is ending those exceptions.
Atomic Golf customers had called its bays “stifling.” The off-Strip facility said it has fixed its system and is offering guests other ways to stay cool.
The shop also offers beer, Champagne, cigars, and wine and cocktail tastings led by certified sommeliers.
The 303-unit building is expected to be a mix of about 60 percent hotel rooms and 40 percent apartments.
While most of the focus on the planned $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat Las Vegas stadium is focused on the construction site at Interstate 15 and Russell Road, the Las Vegas Stadium Authority continues to monitor agreements it has reached with the stadium’s builders, the Oakland Raiders.
The stadium authority board unanimously approved a $546.3 million budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year and a collection of amended agreements designed to better account for funding of the $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat indoor stadium under construction at Interstate 15 and Russell Road.
Las Vegas is vying to land the NFL draft in 2019 or 2020.
A new NFL stadium is still a long way from completion and billboards all over town say, “The Raiders are coming.”
For much of Wednesday night, there were cheers for the Henderson Raiders. Oakland Raiders President Marc Badain said his football team couldn’t be happier with the neighborhood the team will move to in 2020, when the Raiders relocate from the Bay Area to the desert.
Las Vegas is largely defined by its ability to defy expectations, and recent forecasts predicting a decline in its appeal to younger travelers are no exception. Contrary to these gloomy predictions, which suggest that an aging core visitor base might render the city’s 150,000 hotel rooms less appealing to new generations, the reality is strikingly […]
A cocktail server at Wynn Las Vegas has filed a lawsuit against the hotel-casino claiming she was discriminated against on the basis of disability.
New development could be coming to the Las Vegas Strip as a plan to sell publicly owned land along the north end was approved Tuesday.
The off-Strip venue at the Strat, which has laid off workers, is dealing with online complaints. Sources say it has no way to cool its golfing bays.
Las Vegas had more honorees than any other city on Yelp’s list of top 100 sushi spots in the United States. The list includes Chinatown and Henderson restaurants.