Live music is being scrapped for “The Nutracker” because of a dispute between NBT and Las Vegas musicians union.
John Katsilometes
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John Katsilometes’ man-about-town column appears on daily on page 3A. Katsilometes moved to Las Vegas from Northern California in 1996 and spent two years with the RJ before moving to the Greenspun Media Group in 1998, where he served as an editor, magazine writer and columnist. He returned to the RJ in August 2016. He has won numerous state and regional awards, including the 2013 Nevada Press Association Journalist of the Year honor, and has been awarded three times for column writing by the Best of the West contest.
Jim Murren recalls that Mandalay Bay ‘dramatically helped Luxor and Excalibur,’ and wants that type of high-tide result on the north Strip.
Cody Jinks, appearing this weekend at Dolby Live, says, “I never really got into the whole country scene.”
Jason Aldean honors Route 91 “Routers” at his Kitchen + Bar club at 63 CityCenter.
Brad Paisley’s “One Man Six Strings” plays this weekend at Encore Theater.
Andy Walmsley won an Emmy for “American Idol,” and his latest idol is a puppet named Artie.
Frankie Valli is the oldest headliner in Las Vegas currently, but not all-time. George Burns was 98 when he played Caesars.
The exhibit of wounded veterans’ art opens a day before National Finals Rodeo and several days before George Strait’s concert at Allegiant Stadium.
Dead & Company has announced that the group will return to Las Vegas for another series of shows at the Sphere.
The High Heeled Flip Flops were known to sing in British accents. They took a look something akin to the Ramones, dyeing their hair jet-black.
Cedric The Entertainer and Toni Braxton have announced an early Valentine’s Day gift at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Barry Manilow and Westgate owner David Siegel are friends for life, and have a contract to prove it.
Reveling in her final weekend in office, Mayor Carolyn Goodman posed for photos with the Chippendales.
The new Route 91 parcel owners invited the families to private events on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
“Christmas On The Strip” at the former Route 91 Harvest site opens Saturday and runs through Dec. 29.