Photo courtesy of Oscar’s Steakhouse Everyone always wants to know about what’s new in Las Vegas. Over the past couple years, Southern Nevada’s largest city has weathered the challenges of the pandemic, yet things continue to move forward. Between hotel openings and a wave of new restaurants, Vegas has barely […]
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Hotel news from Ventana Big Sur, Montage Healdsburg, Resorts World Las Vegas, Queen Mary
SFGATE is trying something new: “Get a Room,” a sporadic round-up of accommodation news, trends and oddball items of interest. It’ll be a collection of the good, the bad, and the ugly in hotels, vacation rentals, camping, glamping, staycationing, and whatever other obnoxious new travel portmanteau strikes SFGATE’s travel editor, […]
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Resorts World to Open in Las Vegas as Business Rebounds After Covid-19
LAS VEGAS—The first new megacasino on the Strip in more than a decade, the $4.3 billion Resorts World, opens here this week as throngs of mostly maskless tourists indulge in the city’s famous casinos once again. Malaysia’s Genting Group developed the 3,500-room hotel with 117,000 square feet of gambling space, […]
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Carlos Santana puts Las Vegas home on Nevada real estate market
Interior Screen grab from Realtor.com Rock icon and guitar player supreme Carlos Santana is putting his Las Vegas house up for sale for $2.795 million. Exterior Screen grab from Realtor.com According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the music star bought the 4,620-square-foot estate for $2.3 million in 2019. He also […]
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Harrah’s Las Vegas Unveils a $200 Million Renovation, Including Enhanced Accommodations, Casino Floor and More
LAS VEGAS, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Following a completed investment of more than $200 million, Harrah’s Las Vegas now features 2,542 redesigned guest rooms, a complete casino floor remodel and two new LED marquees at the north and south entrances. Guests can also enjoy a variety of hotel, dining and […]
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Make Music Day returns to Las Cruces June 21
From Staff Reports, Las Cruces Sun-News Published 11:52 a.m. MT June 5, 2021 CLOSE Buy Photo Pat “Guitar Slim” Chase and band members perform at the Don Felix Cafe Friday evening, March 26, 2021 on the first day of the Experience Mesilla Spring Music Fest 2021. (Photo: Leah Romero/Sun-News) LAS CRUCES […]
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Company builds Las Vegas tiny homes
Tiny living gifted Sally Lushin with a larger perspective on life. Courageously referring to herself as a rape survivor, Lushin remembers living like a prisoner in her own home after a violent home invasion that occurred 33 years ago. Struggling to rebuild her life, the outspoken speaker, writer and advocate […]
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Essential Arts: A largely Latino-free Oscars in L.A.’s Mexican heart
I’m Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, and it’s the weekend — which means it’s time for the week’s essential culture news: The award goes to … the security fence On Sunday, as a cavalcade of late-model SUVs were beginning to pull into […]
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Las Vegas strip clubs given OK to reopen May 1
LAS VEGAS — Topless dancers can shed coronavirus restrictions beginning next weekend in Las Vegas and get face-to-face with patrons again. But masks still will be required for adult entertainment employees and recommended for customers under rules accepted Thursday by a state pandemic task force. Sin City strip clubs that […]
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Research online before selecting plants for Las Vegas landscape
There are many plants to choose from when landscaping your home. But which will perform best? How and where should they be grown in your yard? Landscape plants can be chosen from your local nurseries and garden centers and will, for the most part, grow well in our desert environment. […]
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Las Vegas-area district moves to partially reopen schools amid surge in student suicides
The Clark County School District in Nevada is moving to partially reopen schools in response to a surge of student suicides, The New York Times reports. Eighteen students in the county took their own lives in the final nine months of 2020, the Times reports, leading the Clark County school board to […]
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Las Vegas chefs share the secrets behind their favorite holiday dishes
Of the thousand-plus meals we eat each year, there’s nothing quite as special as a holiday feast, whether you make family dishes handed down through generations or crib online recipes. Unlike the Thanksgiving meal anchored by turkey and classic sides, the holiday meal leaves much room for creativity and improvisation. […]
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One of L.A.’s most important art exhibitions is stuck in COVID-19 limbo
A re-creation of the late French-Moroccan artist Nicola L’s 1969 “La Chambre en Fourrure” (The Fur Room), part of the Hammer Museum’s biennial, “Made in L.A. 2020: a version.” (Joshua White / JWPictures.com) The late French-Moroccan artist Nicola L’s 1969 sculptural installation “La Chambre en Fourrure” (The Fur Room), slathered in royal purple […]