Whether you’re an avid planker, or you want to get the perfect Facebook profile picture or just want to impress your friends and prove that “Yes, I was there,” there are many spots in Vegas for breathtaking, silly or otherwise unique portrait opportunities. Here is but a sampling of locations: Very Big Views: Voodoo Lounge [...]
The family-built El Cortez celebrates 70 years in Las Vegas By Renée LiButti Vegas.com The El Cortez in downtown Las Vegas has a proud past and a more promising future. With 70 years under its belt, the resort exudes historic eminence. But that’s not what sets the El Cortez apart from other casinos. It’s the [...]
I have to admit it: When you live in Vegas, you sort of become a little bit blind to all the spectacle of this town. You just sort of… get used to it. Unfortunately, this goes double for the older parts of Vegas that don’t always have the same kind of modern dazzle as a [...]
If somebody combined a chic bar/lounge with a vintage arcade, you’d end up with something like Insert Coin(s), the “videolounge gamebar” that opened last week and brings yet another fresh venue to Downtown Las Vegas’ rising nightlife scene. As a pretty avid gamer, this is a pretty exciting prospect. Patrons can grab a drink, play [...]
By Jorge Labrador VEGAS.com There is a new wave of headliners in Las Vegas. You won’t see their names on the Las Vegas Strip’s big marquees, even though some of them are known around the world. You won’t find them in the city’s showrooms, theaters or lounges. Instead, you can find their craft on the [...]
The Golden Nugget unveiled the Gold to go ATM where you trade in your cash for gold.
Paris is known for the Louvre. New York City is home to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Los Angeles has the Getty Center. And though Las Vegas doesn’t seem like a place concerned with preserving historic relics, the city is actually home to several unique museums and exhibits. Many of them provide a chance to [...]
In retrospect, it probably wasn’t the best idea to venture downtown on a rainy day. True the Fremont Street Experience is covered by a Viva Vision canopy, and said canopy towers 90 feet above Fremont Street spanning the length of five football fields with more than 12 million LED lights. Also true, the Viva Vision canopy is by no means rain proof. It’s actually more of [...]
It’s easy to think that the Strip is all there is to see in Las Vegas. The casino corridor that runs down Las Vegas Boulevard is an awe-inspiring spectacle of lights, architecture and people made famous by countless movie and television shows. But long before the Strip was a gleam in a casino mogul’s eye, [...]
