Zak Bagans says he nearly died when he saw a surviving part from James Dean’s Porche Spyder was available at auction.
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Drai’s has ended the company’s longest break ever in Las Vegas for its pool club on Friday.
Billy Idol is the first of several announcements at the Cosmopolitan’s live entertainment venue this year.
John Di Domenico is critical of Donald Trump’s campaign but says “secret” Trump voters will carry him to victory.
Smith Center President Myron Martin says of the We Make Events Red Alert campaign: “This is a plea for stagehands and artists who are not getting federal unemployment.”
The owners of the hotel that inspired The Killers’ album “Sam’s Town” has dropped its entertainment division.
Las Vegas artist Shawn Eiferman says, “I can appease someone who asks, ‘Hey, can you play the Jonas Brothers?’ I can actually play that.”
Travis Cloer’s family distilled three hours into a 45-second, time-lapse video to the song “ ’Til You Fall in Love.”
Businesses and attractions are closed across the country. But when the Las Vegas Strip is forced to close, the impact is indelible.
The “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign stands alone as a civic icon. It’s been standing largely alone, in fact, during the coronavirus outbreak.
The veteran impressionist headliner is returning to Golden Nugget Showroom on Feb. 11 in a show titled, “Lasting Impressions.”
The Righteous Brothers still sell out on the road, but Vegas is their home at least through 2020.
“Some of the humor can get a bit black,” John Cleese says. “In some big cities, that goes over very well. But in some cities, people are a bit startled by it.”
Lynette Chappell, the so-called “Evil Queen” in the Siegfried Roy fiefdom, says she was somewhat shaken by the two-hour special.
Raiding the Rock Vault is entering its fourth Las Vegas hotel since launching at Las Vegas Hilton in March 2013.