Las Vegas Advisor: World Series of Poker draws record field
The Main Event of the 54th World Series of Poker is in progress, drawing 10,043 players who put up $10,000 for the entry fee or won their way in through qualifying tournaments. Read more
The Main Event of the 54th World Series of Poker is in progress, drawing 10,043 players who put up $10,000 for the entry fee or won their way in through qualifying tournaments. Read more
A survey conducted last week by LasVegasAdvisor.com turned up 31 hotel-casinos with base rates of $50 and below. Read more
The planned timetable for the relocation of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas has been divulged. Read more
For decades, taking a free souvenir photo at Binion’s in front of $1 million in cash was a must-do for Las Vegas visitors. Read more
The Las Vegas Golden Knights beat the Florida Panthers 9-2 in Game 5 to win the NHL’s Stanley Cup four games to one. Read more
Downtown’s Plaza has completed a major expansion dubbed “Reimagination of Main Street.” It includes a new outdoor bar, a smoke-free casino annex, a Pinkbox Donuts outlet and an outdoor patio attached to Oscar’s Steakhouse on the second floor. Read more
The 54th World Series of Poker is underway, and for the second year it is being held on the Strip, this time officially at Horseshoe Las Vegas (the hotel was still Bally’s when the tournament was held there last year) and Paris. Read more
Lexi, Las Vegas’ first cannabis-friendly hotel, has opened. Read more
The Oakland Athletics have exited their deal to build a Major League Baseball stadium on the site of the former Wild Wild West casino and have forged a new agreement to build on land where the Tropicana now stands. Read more
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With the Vegas party machine back in full swing and the summer season beginning, the action at the pools takes center stage. Read more
After years of delays, dormancy, sales, restarts and unfulfilled potential, an official announcement has been made regarding the opening of the Fontainebleau on the north end of the Strip. Read more
Rumor no more, Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics have signed a binding agreement to construct a $1 billion baseball stadium on part of the nearly 100-acre site that used to be occupied by the Wild Wild West. Read more
A $700-million, 60-story resort called Harlem Nights has been proposed for a 2-acre site in the Historic Westside district in North Las Vegas, near the location of the former Moulin Rouge casino. Read more
Get ready for more traffic issues in Las Vegas. Work is set to begin on preparing the 3.8 miles of public roads that will make up the course for the Formula One Grand Prix race to be held in November. Read more
With the price of everything else in Las Vegas going through the roof, you’d expect it would be the same for show tickets. Read more
Beginning Monday, The STRAT (formerly Stratosphere) will become the latest Las Vegas casino to institute a parking charge. Read more
The small, round domed building that has fronted Caesars Palace for decades is no more. The Caesars rotunda has been demolished in order to clear space for grandstands for the Formula One race this fall. Read more
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has approved the sale of 10 vacant acres on the Strip that was formerly occupied by the Riviera casino, after an earlier $120 million deal for the parcel fell through. Read more
The Super Bowl is Las Vegas’ biggest sporting event, but March Madness isn’t far behind. Read more
After years of neglect and borderline irrelevance, things might be about to change at the off-Strip Rio casino. The site has emerged as a strong contender to be the location of a Major League Baseball stadium that would be the home of the Oakland A’s. Read more
Wildfire on Fremont has opened downtown. The 21,000-square-foot casino, owned by the Station Casinos group, is located near Boulder Highway on the site of the old Showboat and Castaways casinos. Read more