More than 80 country artists will host and perform at 18 events in 13 locations for the four days of partying when The Academy of Country Music roars into town for the 52nd Annual ACM Awards at T-Mobile Arena on April 2 and ACM Party for a Cause lineup.
Robin Leach
Shares in Steve Wynn’s hotel company bounced out of red and soared today on The New York Stock Exchange because of a rumor from two financial service sheets that rival billionaire Sheldon Adelson of The Venetian and The Palazzo was going to buy Wynn and Encore.
After a decade of decline, the number of marriage licenses issued in Clark County has stabilized in the last year due to public/private partnership of Las Vegas Wedding Chamber of Commerce, which celebrated its first anniversary Wednesday at Maggiano’s Little Italy at Fashion Show.
The D Las Vegas played host to famous faces in the NFL and entertainment world this week. Kicking off the fun, NFL Rookie of the Year Ronnie Stanley stopped by Joe Vicari’s Andiamo Italian Steakhouse and was joined by his parents for dinner.
It’s the day of Erin Go Bragh and Cead Mille Failte — allegiance to Ireland and 100,000 welcomes. The four-day St. Patrick’s Day Weekend starts today. There are four days of free music at Fremont Street Experience with 23 bands on three stages.
Timed dining! I had never heard of it, but it has started here. Better bring your iWatch or an old-fashioned alarm clock that counts down the minutes remaining on your 2-hour table allocation.
Fans are still talking about Sunday’s NASCAR altercation between our hometown racecar driver Kyle Busch and Joey Logano. NASCAR officials revealed this afternoon that Kyle, Joey and their respective crews will not face punishment for their post-race actions after The Kobalt 400 at LVMS.
Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas at The Linq Promenade is proof that rock and roll will never die with its recent run of sell-out shows. The latest was Martin Bresso, the French producer and Future House DJ better known as Tchami. Since the beginning of the year, BBLV has had five sell-out shows.
Parrot Heads are undisputedly one of the most loyal and dedicated fan bases in music history, and Jimmy is their undisputed champion. The legendary history of how this amazing subculture came to be is chronicled in this original feature-length film, “Parrot Heads.”
After graduating from UNLV, Jon Gray went to The Palms in 2005 as an assistant hotel manager in the marketing of George Maloof’s then new Fantasy Tower. Jon’s success took him through the corporate ranks to assistant to the president and vice president of Brand and Revenue.
The only reason I know that Gonzaga is playing in the current NCAA Tournament hoops action is that “Fantasy” at The Luxor bombshell Mariah Rivera and my esteemed editor Don Chareunsy are fans of the Jesuit Catholic university team in Spokane, Washington.
The Flamingo headliner Marie Osmond visits St. Rose Dominican Hospital as founder of Children’s Miracle Network, then hosts 9-year-old Miracle child James Kish battling a brain tumor at her show with her brother, Donny Osmond, at Donny & Marie Showroom at The Flamingo.
“Matilda the Musical,” at The Smith Center through Sunday, is a fun, exuberant evening of theater; wonderful, uplifting story from author Roald Dahl; joyous, boisterous work of music and lyrics; and brilliant performance from a terrific cast.
It was a record-breaking fundraiser for the 8th Annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation shave-athon at New York-New York on Saturday with more than $250,000 raised, surpassing last year’s $200,000. It took the total to more than $1 million from eight fundraisers.
Trick-shot pool prince Florian “Venom” Kohler of Las Vegas set out to break five Guinness World Records on Monday, in fact shattered six and in the process may have set a seventh for most Guinness Records achieved in one day.