The 1,480-seat capacity Encore Theater on the Strip is the most intimate venue for the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers’ 2024 tour.
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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.
Heart is booked at BleauLive Thetater at Fontainebleau in December; Rick Springfield and Richard Marx play the Pearl at the Palms in August.
Westgate President and GM Cami Christensen is backing her lifelong friend and top Iowa assistant Jan Jensen in the Iowa-LSU game.
GM and comic headliner Harry Basil says this isn’t the end of the Laugh Factory in Las Vegas, just at the Tropicana.
The only bar open for Tropicana’s sendoff party is the Chill’m cocktail bar, which usually has a crowd of a dozen.
“ABBA Voyage” would play in a custom venue on the Resorts World property.
Last week, Clark County and the city of Las Vegas presented keys to Emmitt Smith and Chef James Trees.
Pro Football Hall of Famer and new Vegas restaurateur Emmitt Smith recalls bringing his family to Las Vegas in 1991 and staying at the iconic Strip hotel.
Vegas native and rock guitarist Frankie Sidoris is taking on the tour of a lifetime.
The Kats! Bureau visits Murray Sawchuck’s finale, a show where it would be easier to note who is not here.
Magician legend David Copperfield, the late Shecky Greene and acclaimed composer Keith Thompason will be honored by the UNLV College of Fine Arts Hall of Fame.
Gallagher, Folies Bergere and Gladys Knight are among my recollections as the Trop prepares to shut down.
Frank Marino is keeping Joan Rivers’ legacy alive as he extends his “Divas, Drag & Drinks” at Virgin Hotel.
Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo were the first headliners to play the Pearl in its revival under San Manuel Band of Mission Indians ownership in September 2022.
Flavor Flav said to Bruce Springsteen at T-Mobile Arena, “Thank you for all the good music, and the leadership!”