Wrangler National Finals Rodeo & Boyd Gaming Events Plus This And That

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Continuing its nearly 40-year tradition of sponsoring the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (Wrangler NFR), Boyd Gaming properties, including The Orleans Hotel and Casino, Orleans Arena, Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall and Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, will be home to all things rodeo, December 1-10. This year will see the debut of the JCCF […]

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Plaza Hotel & Casino Announces Main Street Redevelopment Plans

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A longtime leader for the revitalization of downtown Las Vegas, the Plaza Hotel & Casino announces plans to continue to transform its corridor of Main Street by redeveloping the building that currently houses the Greyhound bus terminal into a new destination that enhances the offerings and ambiance of Main Street.   According to Plaza Hotel […]

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Hearts Alive Village Las Vegas Rescue Dog Featured In Chicken Soup for the Soul, Plus This And That

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A story about Hearts Alive Village Las Vegas (HAVLV) alumni Butters, is featured in Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Dogs (Chicken Soup for the Soul, LLC; Amy Newmark; July 14, 2020, 978-1-611590678, $14.95). This anthology highlights the human-dog bond (especially during the COVID-19 pandemic) and will have dog lovers laughing, tearing up, and nodding their heads in […]

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New Book Tells the Story of the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden

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Just in time for thoughtful holiday giving, a book about the Las Vegas Community Healing Garden, “Healing Las Vegas,” is on sale now with proceeds benefiting the Garden.  A compilation of photos, memories, poems, inscriptions and tributes to both survivors and victims of the 1 October mass shooting in Las Vegas, the book was inspired […]

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Historic $270,600 Roulette Winner Ashley Revell Returns to the Plaza Hotel & Casino

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Known around the world for his historic and life-changing roulette bet in 2004, Ashley Revell returned to the Plaza Hotel & Casino to place a ceremonial bet on the Plaza’s new and downtown Las Vegas’ only single 0 roulette table on Saturday (Nov. 2). The Plaza also introduced its “Red 7” single 0 roulette promotion […]

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Norm Review: Elijah Rock “The Singer” at the Italian American Club

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Photo Credit: Moran Photography Well, gang, I was one of the Standing Room only crowd, to see and listen to a new voice in our little village of Las Vegas at the Italian American Club last Friday night. Yep, the man known as “The Singer,” Elijah Rock sang his butt off, and clearly defined why […]

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Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s NASCAR Fall Weekend 2018

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The city of Las Vegas will be well-represented during four consecutive days of NASCAR racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway this week. In addition to Kurt and Kyle Busch competing in Sunday’s South Point 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs kickoff race, five other local drivers will turn laps at LVMS over the course […]

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Ronnie Rose’s Big Band Concert at the OMD, in the Historic Commercial Center District

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This writer took a couple of hours to travel back down memory lane the other night, when we accepted an invitation from a friend to attend a Big Band Concert at the OMD, located in the old Commercial Center on East Sahara. I asked a friend of mine, Cathie S, to travel along with me.  […]

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Comedy Central’s “Workaholics” Star Erik Griffin at the Laugh Factory

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Fans of the hit Comedy Central series “Workaholics” instantly recognize Erik Griffin as the show’s iconic series regular Montez. Griffin will be at the Laugh Factory, inside the New Tropicana Las Vegas, this weekend for a special engagement. Assisting him in keeping the audience laughing is Sandy Danto and Jeff Capri.   Griffin tours the […]

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John Wesley Austin at the Tropicana Laugh Factory

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With the streets of Nevada filling up with visitors wearing cowboy boots and hats, it’s only natural that the Laugh Factory, located on the mezzanine level of the New Tropicana Las Vegas, would have one of the top cowboy comedians booked for the week of Monday, Dec. 5 through Sunday, Dec. 11, John Wesley Austin. […]

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