Jay Sarno Jr., the son of the founder of Caesars Palace, sets the record straight on the tale of Evel Knievel’s infamous Caesars jump.
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John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
It’ll be temperature up, “Hands Down” at the Durango casino in July.Alt-rock band Dashboard Confessional is the latest headliner for the resort’s “Bel-Aire Poolside Concert Series.”
Bruno Mars is already the longest-running headliner at Dolby Live. The nine new dates he just added would take him to triple digits.
Justin Timberlake and the Kelce Brothers sounds like a fun Las Vegas show. And over the weekend, it was.
“The New Immersive Van Gogh: The Next Chapter” picks up where the original left off at the Shops at Crystals.
The Learning Center is not necessarily a replacement for Grant Hall, but “an expansion and augmentation” of the old building.
MGM Resorts reports 34 employees are losing their jobs at the concierge desks at a half-dozen MGM Resorts International properties.
Doberman Drawing Room, Corner Bar Management’s new nightspot in the Arts District, opens to the public on April 30.
The comic is performing at Dolby Live after selling out Encore Theater two years ago.
Elvis Presley’s first show at International Hotel is being replicated this July, and ticket prices are returning to 1969 levels.
The Red Rocker teams up with an all-star band to tap the robust Hagar-Van Halen catalog in an upcoming residency at Dolby Live on the Las Vegas Strip.
Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom says Sphere is contributing to the public more than any venue on the Strip.
“Wheel of Fortune Live!” will play consecutive weekends at a theater on the Las Vegas Strip this summer.
Carlos Santana remains committed to his upcoming return to House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.
“WrestleMania After Dark” reached its climax with a beach party on the Las Vegas Strip starring the shirt-slinging Rob Gronkowski.