Post-Tropicana implosion, the brash high-roller Nick Pappagiorgi has a lethal review of the place.
The Strip
The temporary Flamingo Road bridge is planned to be installed over multiple days next week as Las Vegas Grand Prix setup moves ahead.
Elaine Wynn grabbed a sheet of lyrics and took it from there to support After School All-Stars.
The restaurant is relocating, after a decade at one Strip casino, to a luxury tower in another Strip property.
One of its signature ingredients is flown from warm coastal waters to the Nevada desert for an appointment with mustard sauce.
When the Neon Museum’s Aaron Berger asked for my recollection, I flashed on Tark relaxing on a king-sized bed one afternoon in February 1997.
As the Tropicana disappeared from view, Viki Lowell dropped her plastic cup, let out an enthusiastic and encouraging obscenity and clapped loudly. She had just witnessed history.
In 22 seconds the Rat Pack-era Tropicana’s two hotel towers were reduced to rubble, in part, to make way for the Athletics’ planned Las Vegas ballpark.
As one of the Global Gaming Expo’s keynote speakers, MGM CEO Bill Hornbuckle discusses attracting experience-craving Millennials to the casino floor.
The transportation system that can take as many as 10,000 resort corridor workers to and from work during the Las Vegas Grand Prix was approved Tuesday.
The Clark County Division of Air Quality has issued an air quality dust advisory during the early hours of Wednesday, as the Tropicana casino-hotel implosion will “produce a cloud of ‘Trop dust.’”
Las Vegas Stadium Authority staff say their review of A’s owner John Fisher’s family finances left them confident he can finance the team’s portion of their planned $1.5 billion Strip ballpark.
Spendy steakhouses are among the group, but so are a brunch destination, coffee shops, high-end Latin and a Mexico-inspired party place.
The casino resort — which is being built on the grounds formally occupied by the Mirage casino-hotel — is tentatively scheduled to open sometime in 2027.
Here is a roundup of some of the latest casino and tourism news.