life in vegas

According to a new report, a big earthquake is just as likely to hit Las Vegas in the next 50 years as you are to seven out at craps. From KLAS: UNLV and UNR scientists estimate a magnitude 6.6 quake would cause $18 billion in damage to buildings. It would kill 900 people. About 300,000

I thought this was an odd headline, but when I clicked over, I found that it wasn’t at all about what I thought it was: State says ‘wait’ on solar system rentals – Las Vegas Sun The article makes more sense than my original impression, but is a lot less exciting.

Nightclubs in casinos make tons of money, but they’ve flown under the radar until recently. An LV Sun editorial begs the casino industry, in the name of all that is Vegas, to rein in the doormen and bartenders of these nightspots, lest the city get a bad rep: The river of money flowing into the

Everyone knows that in Las Vegas, time doesn’t exist: there are no clocks at all in casinos, and the sun stands still in the sky if a well-connected pit boss says so. I don’t think anyone takes it to that extreme, but the clock thing is pretty tired. But I’m not tired of talking about

You might be familiar with Cost Plus World Market–they sell vaguely exotic home furnishings and foods. And you might have heard of the World Market Center–the big furniture “mart” in downtown Las Vegas that’s adding a new building every month. They’re not getting along. Now, the World Jewelry Center is jumping into the fray. From

Bad news from the Las Vegas literary scene, as the Reading Room at Mandalay is closing. From the LVRJ: MGM Mirage is retooling some of the offerings inside Mandalay Place, the 100,000-square-foot shopping mall that connects Mandalay Bay with Luxor. Among the casualties will be the Reading Room, an upscale bookstore popular with the local

This is really serious, awful news: the Monte Carlo casino in Las Vegas is currently on fire. From KLAS: There is a 3-alarm fire on top of the Monte Carlo and evacuations are underway. The fire started around 11 a.m. at the Las Vegas Strip hotel which is near Tropicana. The fire is burning on

Ordinarily I wouldn’t spend the time posting about an adult entertainment expo, but this Las Vegas Sun article got me thinking, particularly this bit: Representing a more directly applied technology, Marques Lyons, a promoter for Zeus Electrosex, is luring passers-by with a demo of his somewhat frightening battery-operated products. “What we’ve done is take stimulation

If you’re a Vegas fan, you’ve probably read plenty of stuff about the 5-star, 5-diamond properties, three-star Michelin restaurants, and other top-notch accommodations. If you can’t afford to stay or eat at one of these places, you might get Vegas envy worrying that other people are having a better time in town than you. But