MGM Resorts International is phasing out plastic straws at all of its hotels. The Straw Reduction Initiative, as the company calls it, began Tuesday at Aria and Mandalay Bay.
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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.
In his 60 years as a Las Vegas resident, Wayne Newton has seen it all. Or so he thought.
Elton John’s next gig is at another palatial venue — the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle early Saturday morning in Windsor, England.
The Lamborghini Aventador Roadster Convertible customized with a Vegas Golden Knights logo and gold-and-silver color scheme is parked in the refurbished porte cochere at the Palms.
At age 21 Jason Mraz pulled into Hard Rock Hotel to hang before returning home to L.A. He won a grand, enough to buy time to become a working musician.
Of all the inventive collaborations out there, one we probably won’t see is Carnell “Golden Pipes” Johnson and Carrie Underwood.
Ceaselessly creative and prolific, the 76-year-old member of music royalty continues to expand his artistic horizons.
Golden Knights’ feverish playoff run inspired the band to change the lyrics of that tune, and ride the expansion team’s unlikely playoff success.
Stevie Wonder’s most recent concert in Las Vegas was as headliner of Life is Beautiful in September 2015.
In an only-in-Vegas coincidence, two busy singers who live in Las Vegas — Mikalah Gordon of Rose. Rabbit. Lie at The Cosmopolitan and Amanda Avila of Brio at Tivoli Village — were both finalists on Season 4 of “American Idol” in 2004.
Lady Gaga was led into the Colosseum with a team of security officers, but otherwise enjoyed the show as any other ticketed fan.
Carrie Underwood adopted the Golden Knights as her new favorite team just after Winnipeg beat the Preds in Game 7.
The book is a uniquelycrafted series of letters from Anderson to his mom, who passed away in 1990, but as he says remains “a tangible, real person to me.”
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman has made a traditional bet against her counterpart in the rival city, in this case Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman.
Bon Apetit’s Uncork’d food festival on the Strip launched Thursday afternoon with the Saber-Off at The Park promenade at the newly re-minted Park MGM.