Rumor Las Vegas boutiqu...

It’s a rumor no longer — Rumor Las Vegas is now open. The latest hotel to launch in Las Vegas is a small boutique hotel at 455 E. Harmon (steps from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino), with 150 rooms (all suites) containing patios and private balconies, all wrapped in a quaint...

Flying Pasties to help ...

whether you’re feeling rather naked walking through McCarran’s new full-body airport scanners, you have an option. As part of standard safety measure measures, passengers may be directed to a secondary screening and can either be patted down or taken to controversial...

Mayweather to decide by...

A countdown clock has been installed at Top Rank, displaying the deadline that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has till midnight tonight before he needs to accept the agreement to fight Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 13 in Las Vegas. Or move on. If Mayweather has not accepted by next, Top Rank will look...

Detroit Pistons not mov...

Reports of the Detroit Pistons moving to Las Vegas have been highly exaggerated. It’s been rumored that Las Vegas could finally get an NBA team whether a new arena were built with public funds, and that the Pistons were in the running. The whispering began when an investment group...

Free Thai Cashew Chicke...

We love us some Panda. Express, that is. And now, to advertise their new Thai Cashew Chicken entree, you can stop by Panda Express to try it for free. Not just a toothpick sample that they’re supposed to offer as a greeting to each customer (really, it’s part of their...

Free pass to G2E...

While we’re at it, you can plus fill out the profile at this link to get a free exhibit badge to that year’s Global Gaming Expo, or G2E. It takes place Nov. 16-18 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. CES concentrates on upcoming electronics; G2E focuses on upcoming casino...

Free pass to CES...

It’s still a ways away, but whether you want to check out the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for free, register at this link. Next year’s CES show takes place Jan. 6-9, 2011 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and the free Exhibits Plus Pass will give you access...

Opportunity Village thr...

A three-alarm fire yesterday destroyed nearly 40 percent of Opportunity Village’s thrift store downtown (Hoover and South First St.), with part of the roof collapsed. The 50-year-old building went up in flames in the early evening, just one block from another explosion earlier that...

The Riviera files bankr...

Riviera Holdings Corp., which owns the Riviera in Las Vegas, filed for bankruptcy today. Also filing was Riviera Operating Corp. (which runs Riviera Hotel) and Riviera Black Hawk (which runs the same name casino in Colorado). The companies filed under Chapter 11 in Nevada, and the...

Hash House A Go Go to o...

The most excellent Hash House A Go Go is already expanding. A gluttonous place for locals off Sahara (with the original in San Diego), the proudly twisted farm food restaurant recently expanded to take by the upstairs buffet at Imperial Palace, which gave us a reason to go to IP (but...