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Sigma Derby Coming To Downtown, And More Changes In Store
February 6, 2012 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
Sigma Derby Coming To Downtown, And More Changes In Store

Last week, Vegas podcast Five Hundy By Midnight interviewed Derek Stevens, CEO and co-owner of Golden Gate and Fitzgeralds . The interview revealed a lot of updates on the two casinos, …

The Plaza Promotes Classic Sophistication. Its New Food Court? Not So Much
February 6, 2012 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
The Plaza Promotes Classic Sophistication. Its New Food Court? Not So Much

Ah, July 2011. Innocent times. When the Las Vegas Hilton was still a Hilton. Lions frolicked free at MGM . And, The Plaza announced two new restaurants to…

South Point Drops Its Chaps on ‘Vegas Stripped’
February 6, 2012 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
South Point Drops Its Chaps on ‘Vegas Stripped’

Not too long ago, we learned that Vegas would be getting yet another naughty-sounding reality TV show — Vegas Stripped . Yet despite it’s sassy name, the show is actually supposed to be about the inner-workings of…

Standoff closes I-15 north of St. George
February 6, 2012 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
Standoff closes I-15 north of St. George

A stretch of Interstate 15 has been closed to both north and southbound traffic north of St. George, Utah, as authorities are responding to a standoff with a driver believed to

Judge expected to set death penalty trials in Metro officer’s fatal 2009 shooting
February 6, 2012 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
Judge expected to set death penalty trials in Metro officer’s fatal 2009 shooting

A Clark County judge could decide Wednesday what the dates will be for the trials of four defendants who have been linked to an alleged 2009 North…

Officials identify motorcycle fatality victim as 23-year-old man
February 6, 2012 – 4:00 pm | No Comment
Officials identify motorcycle fatality victim as 23-year-old man

A 23-year-old motorcyclist who died Sunday morning after crashing into a van has been identified as Ryan Joseph Callahan, according to the Clark County Coroner’s Office.

Rebels fall three spots in both polls following weekend loss at Wyoming
February 6, 2012 – 4:00 pm | No Comment
Rebels fall three spots in both polls following weekend loss at Wyoming

The UNLV basketball team dropped three spots Monday in the Associated Press poll to a No. 14 national ranking, falling after losing last Saturday by two points at Wyoming. In the coaches’ poll, the Rebels

Because We Love Jacques…
February 6, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Because We Love Jacques…

…and because he taught us to cook — both in person and in his seminal La Technique et La Methode cookbooks.

Time For Restaurant Week Again Already?
February 6, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Time For Restaurant Week Again Already?

Last fall, Restaurant Week treated Las Vegas with a twice as nice, two week eating extravaganza . Restaurant Week 2012 brings another double dose as a spring week has been added…

Mandalame Bay
February 6, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Mandalame Bay

Almost two years ago, I wrote a piece about how Palms was no longer relevant in the very nightlife market that it practically created. We all soon found …

Service employees union OKs divisive contract
February 6, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Service employees union OKs divisive contract

By more than 80 percent, Clark County’s union of service employees ratified last week a new two-year contract that preserves longevity pay but eliminates merit pay increases over

Okada steps up pressure on Wynn
February 6, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Okada steps up pressure on Wynn

Dissident Wynn Resorts Ltd. board member and shareholder Kazuo Okada is stepping up the pressure on Wynn as he and the Las Vegas company head toward a court showdown.