Las Vegas Boulevard — the world-famous Las Vegas Strip — is the central artery of Sin City and the main line to a majority of the city’s best sights, gambling, food and fun. With neon signs and dancing fountains along an eight-mile stretch of awesome, the Strip delivers sensory overload. Some of the latest sights to hit […]
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Pro Bowl Coming to Las Vegas in 2021
The first time Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson visited Las Vegas the year was 1983, the summer heat was so bad that the bottom of his feet felt like they were on fire and by the next day he was on the first plane back home to Los Angeles. Three decades […]
How Las Vegas Became Hawaii’s 9th Island
Hawaiians started moving to Las Vegas in the 1970s, and the community there continues to grow. When Eren Nalani Martin-Beat moved to Las Vegas in the mid-2000s, she had no idea the city was known as Hawaii’s ninth island. Martin-Beat is Native Hawaiian, but she was born and raised in Kansas. She didn’t grow up […]
Islanders, Rangers will play in Las Vegas as NHL chooses city as one of two hub sites
The NHL appears to be heading to Las Vegas as part of its return-to-play plan. If so, so will the Islanders and Rangers. Multiple reports indicate the NHL will announce its decision on the two hub cities that will each host 12 teams on June 22. Some of the reports indicate that Las Vegas – […]
NASCAR makes a right turn with flag ban
Did you feel that earthquake last week that started in the Deep South and moved across the United States in record time? It shook people to their core, it probably changed a few attitudes that centuries in America have been unable to move, and it rattled far more than a few cages — and White […]
Locals Flock to Lake Las Vegas for reopening of Aqua Park
Many beat the heat by escaping to Lake Las Vegas on Sunday. The aqua park opened to guests for the first time this season since COVID-19 closures. Shilo Borja and her children jumped into summer by visiting the Lake Las Vegas Water Sports Aqua Park on Sunday. “We’re super excited. it’s back open,” Borja said. […]
Las Vegas will reportedly be one of the hub cities
As originally reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Vegas is set to be one of the hub cities if the NHL proceeds with the Return to Play. Sportsnet confirmed the news, and though The Athletic says it isn’t quite a done deal, it would be surprising if two cities other than Vegas made the cut. The allure of Vegas […]
Californians turned out for Las Vegas’ reopening. Will they keep coming?
At Harrah’s, masked gamblers cheer after a winning round at blackjack. Others lounge by the pool with a drink in hand, or dine on a $150 steak at one of the property’s finer restaurants. Despite the Sin City-like offerings, this isn’t a Las Vegas property. It’s Harrah’s Resort Southern California, a tribal casino and one […]
Are You Ready for the Summer Housing Market?
As the health crisis started making its way throughout our country earlier this spring, sellers have been cautious about putting their homes on the market. This hesitation stemmed primarily from fear of the spread of the coronavirus, and understandably so. This abundant caution has greatly impacted the number of homes for sale and slowed the […]
Nevada Takes Important Step to Protect Endangered Fish
The Nevada state engineer today restricted groundwater pumping from a remote desert groundwater basin, throwing a lifeline to an endangered fish and crippling plans for a sprawling planned community 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Today’s order is the latest development in a multi-decade effort to reduce groundwater pumping across a 1,550-square-mile region and save the […]
