Bagatelle Beach Club is becoming a private matter. The pool, restaurant and club connected to Tropicana and operated by The One Group has closed to the public and will exclusively host private functions.
I have what can be best described as an Issue With the Wall. It’s the lengthy barrier along the backstretch at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Appropriately, it is painted in thick black letters reading, “Las Vegas Motor Speedway.”
John Hunt slides into his row at Mystere Theater, something he has done 99 times before. On this night, No. 100, he has an aisle seat in Row D, just a few feet from the lip of the rounded stage.
Charolette Richards is rightfully considered the Wedding Queen of the West. As proprietor of A Little White Wedding Chapel since the late 1960s, her Las Vegas wedding fortress has hosted more than half a million services.
For all of their communal artistry and shared experiences and success, Penn & Teller differ on the moments that made them fall for Las Vegas. For Penn Jillette, it was a quick side trip to Vegas he made with a group of friends in the late 1980s. The plan was to tour the Grand Canyon, but, you know, Vegas was right there.
Officials of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Las Vegas Events have never allowed a National Finals Rodeo contract to expire. They don’t plan to let this one go dark, either. To state it simply: Unless there is a rift that no one in either camp can foresee entering this year’s rodeo showcase, NFR will stay in Las Vegas for a long spell.
The lead character in “Zarkana” is a tortured magician named Zark, who is trapped in an abandoned theater, having lost the love of his life and his gift of magic. Begging to the beyond for the return of both, Zark is plunged into a bizarre, arcane universe replete with surreal sights and echoing sounds. In a broader sense, there’s a different sort of return-to-magic effort being made at Aria.
Newly notorious "Gigolos" star Steven Gantt's arrest last Thursday night stemmed from an incident in May, not from his conduct at Prince Harry's party at Wet Republic on Aug. 18.
The Siegel Group continues its efforts to buy and reopen the Stirling Club at Turnberry Place, which closed May 19 and has since been posted for bid on Sotheby's International Realty website.
Joe Pesci and Four Seasons founding member Tommy DeVito hosted the Breath of Life Celebrity Golf Classic on Sunday and this morning. The pairings party was Sunday at Caesars and the tournament Monday at Cascata Country Club in Boulder City.
Wayne Newton and his wife, Kathleen, appeared in court Thursday morning to seek a temporary restraining order against their business partner in the planned Casa de Shenandoah museum project. They got what they wanted, but there seems a long and bitter fight ahead.
Claire Sinclair spent a few days in Las Vegas catching the Frankie Moreno show, dining with Holly Madison at Golden Steer Steak House and hanging out at Crazy Horse III.
Nick Hissom has a lot of forces working in his favor -- Steve Wynn and Kenny Ortega being chief examples -- but says if he doesn't produce, none of those connections matter.
"Vegas Stripped" aired on Travel Channel for six episodes beginning in February. Originally, South Point owner Michael Gaughan liked the show. But he's seen enough.
Elton John checked into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. on Wednesday and was ordered to take a week off from performing because of a serious respiratory infection.
The Billboard Music Awards were at MGM Grand Garden Arena tonight, with a tribute to Whitney Houston and a show-closing medley by Stevie Wonder highlighting the ABC special.
“Oh, we have done the research, and 75 percent of all household decisions are made by wives or girlfriends,” said Jonathan Segal, the Britain-based CEO of the One Group. “And 100 percent of guys think they are in control, so women have learned exactly how to make the decisions while making us think we’re making them.”
Mike Tyson’s “Undisputed Truth” was predicted to be either an entertaining exercise in multimedia storytelling or a train wreck of mythic proportions. “Muted” or “measured” never entered the conversation.
One of the city’s great voices has fallen silent. Michaelina Bellamy, the principal singer in “Folies Bergere” at Tropicana for a decade ending in 1990 and a backing vocalist who toured with such greats as Engelbert Humperdinck and the Airmen of Note, died today after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Visitors to the Palms walking into the hotel from its west entrance will immediately notice giant walls where there was once a sports book. There is a reason for that.
This was Brad Garrett’s kind of scene. A comedy club bearing his name, packed with friends, fellow comics and the resort executives who have provided him a place to play at MGM Grand.
MGM Resorts Chairman and CEO Jim Murren says the company is not heavy-handed about its message of environmental responsibility, but practices such at every level.
Mike Tyson is eager to show off his birds. Pigeons, specifically. More than 100 of them. They chirp away happily in the backyard of Tyson’s Seven Hills gated-community home. Tyson’s pets are perched in tall, wooden crates whose chicken-wire doors swing open to freedom.
Jamie Masada is trying to bring an identity to the Tropicana, one chortle at a time. Masada is the owner of the Laugh Factory franchise, which boasts comedy clubs in Hollywood; Long Beach, Calif.; and Chicago.
Half a billion dollars can pay for a lot. It can cover the finest in architectural planning and execution, the sturdiest construction materials and the most dazzling design effects.
He wants goose bumps. Myron Martin frequently talks of goose bumps. He seems always to be experiencing goose bumps, or ruminating about goose bumps, or awaiting the moment when he will once again get goose bumps.
Mike Tyson had not expected to readily recall this moment of his life, this time a lifetime ago. But when Tyson starts to talk, the conversation careens and boomerangs in directions even he can’t foresee. It was a moment when he was pulled over by two patrolmen in Los Angeles.
The Skating Aratas, the wheeled darlings of “V — Ultimate Variety Show” at Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood, are to be featured on Thursday's episode of “Ellen.” The show is broadcast locally at 3 p.m. weekdays on KLAS Channel 8.
Sunday was to be a day of rest following a night of weighty opulence at the Keep Memory Alive Power of Love gala at MGM Grand Garden Arena. But Sammy Shore had other ideas, and he is 85 years old.
Consider the ram, and its significance in the life of Blake Sartini. It is the official animal of his home state — Nevada. When he hunts big game, Sartini often tracks the powerful and elusive desert bighorn sheep.
Sometimes, you don’t need words to convey the message. Fifteen minutes before midnight on a Saturday in Las Vegas was one such time. Stevie Wonder had summoned Muhammad Ali to the MGM Grand Garden Arena stage. Wonder led the crowd in a chant, calling out, “You are the greatest! You are the greatest!” The crowd shouted back as Wonder rocked on his piano bench.
The tribute to Muhammad Ali was an endless barrage of knockout blows at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night as the stars streamed into the Keep Memory Alive “Power Of Love” gala. The event was expected to be the city’s greatest party, and it was shaping up to be a truly heavyweight affair. Early in the program, attended by about 1,800 people seated for dinner on the floor of the Grand Garden Arena, President Barack Obama sent a message of congratulations to Ali via a taped message from Washington, calling Ali, “A true champion,” on the event of his 70th birthday.
Ask Anna Robins about the size of the team that has been assembled to stage this year’s “Power of Love” gala, and she pauses. Then she chuckles. Then the number “380” is tossed out.