With Kelly Curran’s departure, the parking of Sky 3 ends Channel 3’s 34-year run of sending helicopters over Southern Nevada.
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Barry Manilow is taping his annual Westgate Christmas show for network TV.
Wahlberg made a couple million on his townhouse sale and still has a myriad of interests in Las Vegas.
Jimmy Kimmel, who returned to the Strip to host a Project ALS event for his godson on Friday, has some free time to fill during the ongoing dispute.
Weezer most recently played the Strip at the NFL Draft event in April and was also at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in September 2021.
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.”
Luke Bryan is back on the Strip for a dozen dates next year, starting Feb. 1 and running through April Fool’s Day.
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 Gibbons says the new ZZ Top album “Raw” is due this summer, and the band is back at The Venetian in December.
Cynthia Kiser Murphey gave birth to a son about two months before the opening, and had to tend to the baby as the Palms was launched.
Billy Joel honored a hero, played some deep cuts and summoned The King at Allegiant Stadium.
Usher parked it with “Backstory Pass,” while Carrie Underwood summoned high tide at Resorts World.
Brad Garrett’s new room seats about 210 for comed, and he can pack about 85 ticket-holders into the lounge at the entrance.
“An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Concert” brings a new type of production to the Strip.
Piff the Magic Dragon says of his extension at Flamingo, “I now hold the record for longest run of any magic-performing dragon with a magic Chihuahua.”