Mark Walhlberg was late, but the scene was great as Wahlburgers opened with a couple hundred fans whooping it up on the Strip.
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Vanessa Williams called her friend David Weinreb of the Howard Hughes Corporation to perform a couple of numbers to close the annual Nevada Ballet Theatre Black & White Ball at Aria.
Members of The Killers were once bounced from a bar by an employee of Jesse Garon, who this week portrayed Elvis in a promo clip starring … The Killers.
Music director and pianist Joey Singer worked with Debbie Reynolds for 30 years, and never saw her give anything but her absolute best.
Rich Little praised Gordie Brown on Brown’s final night, then performed as Richard Nixon during a show that elasted more than two hours at Golden Nugget.
Route 91 could well expand and move to the north end of the Strip, but why mess with this vibe?
A ‘Chuck E. Cheese gone bad’ is among the themes visitors to Fright Dome can expect.
It’s taken less than a week to find out who is moving (for now) into the post-Matt Goss Gossy Room.
Barbary Coast was crucial to the development of Michael Gaughan’s Coast Casinos, and E. Parry Thomas help fund its construction.