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Las Vegas New Year’s Eve revelers can expect to pay more for a room

With 320,000 people expected in the Las Vegas area this New Year’s Eve, revelers can expect to pay a little more for a room this weekend.

Lady Gaga returning to Wynn’s Encore Theater

By JOHN KATSILOMETES / RJ

December 16, 2016 - 8:58 pm

Lady Gaga has played Cosmopolitan with Tony Bennet in December 2014, and Wynn Las Vegas as part of a CBS-TV special honoring Frank Sinatra. She’s back at Wynn again Dec. 30.

Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas announces pay-to-park program

By JOHN KATSILOMETES / RJ

December 9, 2016 - 10:24 am

Saying it is tired of being used as a free self-parking garage for competing hotels, the officials at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas have announced they, too, will charge guests to park at the resort.

MGM Resorts’ controversial parking policy still on local minds

By RICHARD N. VELOTTA / RJ

November 13, 2016 - 9:36 am

After a great Sunday afternoon at the Bellagio, I recalled that MGM indicated it may revisit parking policies at the end of the year.

Hotels experiment with vouchers at video poker bars

By DOUG ELFMAN / RJ

September 1, 2016 - 10:05 pm

In the old system if you gamble on the casino floor or at a bar, you get free drinks from bartenders who monitor your gambling. Some hotels are trying out vouchers so bartenders don’t have to spend as much time watching gamblers.

Riviera implosion goes off without a hitch — VIDEO

By JAMIE MUNKS and KIMBERLY DE LA CRUZ / RJ

June 15, 2016 - 7:48 pm

Las Vegas bid a bittersweet goodbye to the Riviera early Tuesday morning, as the historic hotel’s Monaco tower came crashing down to make way for expanded convention facilities.

Weather forecast looking perfect for Riviera implosion night

By RICHARD N. VELOTTA / RJ

June 13, 2016 - 12:11 pm

Locals and visitors hoping to witness Tuesday morning’s implosion of the 24-story Monaco tower of the shuttered Riviera will be on their own to find the best vantage point.

Food truck lifted by crane to Plaza’s rooftop pool area — PHOTOS

June 10, 2016 - 9:00 am

As part of a multimillion-dollar renovation to the rooftop Pool at the Plaza, a food truck was hoisted into place Thursday night at the downtown hotel and casino.

Here’s where to find an unobstructed view of the Riviera implosion

By CAITLIN LILLY REVIEWJOURNAL.COM

June 8, 2016 - 9:15 am

In true Vegas fashion, to celebrate the legacy of the Riviera, a spot near the site of the hotel and casino is holding an implosion viewing party to help give guests a front row seat to the once-in-a-lifetime implosion.