The more than 3,000-room Bellagio hotel is situated on the site of the former Dunes Hotel. The Dunes was imploded in 1993, and construction of the Bellagio started in 1996. It cost $1.6 billion to build, making it the most expensive hotel in the world at the time. The Bellagio was former Wynn Resorts Ltd. Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn’s second major casino on the Strip after The Mirage. MGM Resorts International acquired the property from Steve Wynn in 2000. (Tara Mack/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Aric Almirola capped an absolute Stewart-Haas Racing rout at Talladega Superspeedway with an overtime victory that earned him an automatic berth into the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs.
State contractors are closing entrances to abandoned mines in Gold Butte National Monument to keep humans out but allow wildlife in. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Jocelyn Hoffman had gotten little sleep the night before, arriving home about midnight after a full day of visiting east Las Vegas neighborhoods and encouraging people to register to vote.
The Golden Knights salvaged some good vibes with a shutout win in the finale of a season-long five-game road trip.
The Dark Arts Market is a place “for underground kids to come be seen, perform and sell their art work,” according to curator Erin Emre. Open once every three months, the market was hosted this month by the Cornish Pasty Factory in the Downtown Arts District. (Mat Luschek/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
HOUSTON — Within hours of being booked at a Border Patrol station in far West Texas, two teenage sisters from Guatemala came forward to allege that an agent conducted an improper strip search.
Authorities say 25 people were transported to hospitals with mostly minor injuries following a crash on a Los Angeles highway involving a bus and multiple cars.
Saudi Arabia on Sunday threatened to retaliate for any sanctions after President Donald Trump said the oil-rich kingdom deserves “severe punishment” if it is responsible for the disappearance and suspected murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi.
At about 1:25 p.m., the commission reported a traffic backup spanning at least 10 miles on southbound I-15.
