Amid a spate of looming show closures, the “Coalition For a Better Times Square” is throwing its support behind a controversial casino project in the New York theater district. In a statement released today, the coalition noted 16 shows affecting 39% of theaters in the area are slated to end their runs over the next […]
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An alleged terrorist has succeeded in completely disabling the MGM Resorts Mega Array project in North Las Vegas, the main source of solar power for all of the company’s 13 Las Vegas casino resorts. According to KLAS-TV, which first obtained the arrest report, Mohammad Mesmarian, 34, faces terror charges for setting a fire inside one […]
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Daniel Friedberg, the former chief regulatory officer of collapsed crypto exchange FTX and one-time hotshot attorney for notorious online poker site UltimateBet (UB), is cooperating with the FBI, Reuters reports. Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX imploded in early November, leaving the company unable to repay more than $3 billion of customer funds. Bankman-Fried, 30, is accused of diverting billions […]
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The leading Las Vegas casino trade group — the Culinary Union — has launched a campaign targeting two local restaurants that are part of the Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que chain. Their protest is on grounds that the establishments’ brand might include discriminatory undertones. Lucille’s counts two locations in Southern Nevada, one in Henderson at Green Valley […]
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San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Devin Vassell will undergo left knee surgery. He’s expected to miss an unknown amount of time after sustaining the injury earlier in the season. Vassell wanted to postpone surgery until the off-season, but the pain and swelling were too much to handle. He recently missed eight games with left knee […]
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Madison Square Garden Entertainment (NYSE: MSGE) is reportedly mulling the sale of Tao Group, proceeds of which could be used to offset ballooning costs tied to the MSG Sphere on the Las Vegas Strip. Earlier this week, The New York Post reported that MSGE engaged Goldman Sachs to explore a possible sale of Tao to […]
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The New York Giants are locked in to the No. 6 seed, win or lose Sunday against Philadelphia. The Eagles can clinch the No. 1 seed with a win, and can drop all the way to No. 5 with a loss, which would mean opening the playoffs against Tom Brady in Tampa Bay. So, yeah […]
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Red Rock Resorts (NASDAQ: RRR) has sold 56.6 acres at the northwest corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Cactus Avenue for just north of $62 million. That’s according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The buyer is the HCA Healthcare chain. In July, Red Rock, the parent company of Station Casinos, purchased 126 […]
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The UK gambling industry is worth over £7.1 billion (US$8.43 billion) to the country. Placing too many restrictions on it, as anti-gambling pundits have suggested, would have dire results for the country, according to Member of Parliament John Spellar. Spellar authored an editorial discussing the importance of the gambling industry. He emphasized the “success story” […]
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The truth of racism’s shameful blight on Las Vegas history is bad enough. No embellishment is necessary. Yet, according to memes and articles posted regularly to social media and the internet, the entire swimming pool at the Last Frontier Hotel was once drained and cleaned because African-American entertainer Dorothy Dandridge dipped her toe into it. […]
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