Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has been an early critic of the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, in the face of the Swift episode. The lawmaker says she wants the 2010 merger “unwound.”
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James Trees of Esther’s Kitchen says, “I’m super-surprised that the city jumped on the paid parking so fast. I thought it was in very poor taste.”
Billy Joel honored a hero, played some deep cuts and summoned The King at Allegiant Stadium.
“An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Concert” brings a new type of production to the Strip.
Sidelined Las Vegas stagehand Meg Leighton said that if her colleagues were called upon, “We would be ready to jump in.”
MGM Resorts International notified a large majority of its entertainment and sports division employees Monday that they will be laid off effective Aug. 31.