Marlene Ricci’s meeting with Frank Sinatra at the lounge at the Aladdin hotel-casino is the stuff of Vegas legend.
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“The Banana World Tour” covers 70 baseball games in 33 cities in 21 states. Shockingly, the team has a Las Vegas connection.
Mansion 54 was once known as Hartland Mansion, a famous party venue for Las Vegas’ elite.
The Jonas Brothers put on a multi-fold performance at Dolby Live, opening their five-show residency on the Strip.
Las Vegas production shows have been hit with dual challenges of CES and COVID to start 2022.
Rev. Run performed at halftime at Allegiant Stadium on Sunday. A night earlier, Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters talked of a Vegas residency.
Criss Angel posted Friday, “Ran to the hospital early this morning where my love Shaunyl had to have an emergency C-section 35 weeks into her pregnancy.”
Cirque’s ‘O,’ and ‘Mystere’ are selling at twice their pre-pandemic clip, and “MJ One” and “Love” are set to open simultanously.
Led by vocalists Steve Judkins and LaShonda Reese, Mayfair’s production showed no signs of rust.
”I’m running for mayor next!” Donny Osmond said as he and Marie Osmond were honored by the Las Vegas Walk of Stars.
Naughty By Nature performed as expected and Flavor Flav — conveniently a Las Vegas resident — showed up unbilled on the first On The Record “OTR Wednesdays,” the club’s industry night at Park MGM.