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9 reasons you won't recognize Las Vegas on your next trip

The most common refrain you'll hear from anyone who's been to Las Vegas - besides "what happens there stays there" - is how it's nothing like it used to be. Vegas has been evolving since the very first pair of dice rolled down a craps table like desert tumbleweed. And it just keeps changing, so much so that it's virtually impossible for a Vegas…
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9 reasons you won't recognize Las Vegas on your next trip
Las Vegas Weekly

From drag shows and cannabis back to gambling and divorce, Las Vegas remains the place to indulge in ‘banned’ experiences

When Coco Montrese takes the stage at the Flamingo Showroom just steps away from the Las Vegas Strip, it's typically in front of a sold-out crowd of dedicated fans who adore the many queens of TV's RuPaul's Drag Race and have traveled here to see this fabulous live version of the show. After the performance, during the meet-and-greet, she gets to…
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From drag shows and cannabis back to gambling and divorce, Las Vegas remains the place to indulge in ‘banned’ experiences
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Why is Las Vegas called Sin City?

The Super Bowl is coming to Sin City. Most know exactly where Sin City is located. And many probably know why the nickname has stuck in Las Vegas. Especially those who have visited the strip, made far too many trips to the ATM, and uttered the phrase, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." Las Vegas is the ultimate adult playground, an uncensored…
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Why is Las Vegas called Sin City?
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Las Vegas Replaces Another Casino Buffet With a New Food Hall

The food hall trend in Las Vegas is going absolutely nowhere, with yet another casino swapping out its buffet for a new food court-style dining venue. The Rio Hotel & Casino is replacing its Carnival World Buffet with the Canteen Food Hall, a hub that will bring in five new dining destinations - many with ties to restaurants currently found on the…
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Las Vegas Replaces Another Casino Buffet With a New Food Hall
Travel Market Report

Las Vegas Food Hall Trend Fills a Niche

The Las Vegas hospitality sector's propensity for invention - and more importantly, reinvention - certainly helps to drive about 40 million annual visitors to the city. And the cutthroat competition on the Strip not only ensures a nonstop parade of new and upgraded accommodations, shows, and attractions; but it has also turned Sin City into a…
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Another Food Hall Opens in Las Vegas

Yet another casino is getting in on Las Vegas' food hall boom. In fall of 2023, the new Durango Casino will open along with a 25000-square-foot culinary venue, the Eat Your Heart Out food hall. The new food hall will introduce 11 food venues from Las Vegas and beyond inside a modern and greenery-filled space at the off-Strip Station Casinos brand…
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Another Food Hall Opens in Las Vegas
Review Journal

Golden Gate casino celebrates 117 years of Las Vegas history

Las Vegas may have a reputation for tearing down its vintage buildings, but there's one piece of history still standing: Golden Gate. The historic property at the corner of Fremont and Main streets is celebrating its 117th anniversary Friday, and as the city's first hotel it boasts a front row seat to some of the area's most identifiable…
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Golden Gate casino celebrates 117 years of Las Vegas history
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Proper Eats Food Hall Opens on the Strip, Replacing a Casino Buffet

The Proper Eats Food Hall is now open in the space where the Buffet at Aria used to be located. The new food hall inside the Aria Resort and Casino is home to nine new eateries that offer everything from breakfast sandwiches and smoked salmon to Korean fried chicken and Steve Aoki's pizza. Proper Eats is the fourth food hall on the Strip, joining…
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Proper Eats Food Hall Opens on the Strip, Replacing a Casino Buffet
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Las Vegas Advisor: Food halls gain popularity over buffets in Las Vegas

The Fremont is the latest casino to opt for a food hall (or court) in place of reopening its buffet. The six-outlet hall will open in December in a 13150-square-­foot space adjacent to what used to be the buffet. A similar swap is also in the works at Aria, which is building Proper Eats, a high-end food hall along the lines of Block 16 at…
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Las Vegas Advisor: Food halls gain popularity over buffets in Las Vegas
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Food Hall Is Planned to Open in Downtown Las Vegas

On the heels of food halls planned on the Strip and in the southwest valley, a new food hall is slated to open in downtown Las Vegas. The Fremont Hotel and Casino will debut its new food hall in December, according to a post. The food hall is part of Boyd Gaming's $50 million expansion. The 13150-square-foot food hall will become home to a Steak'n…
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Food Hall Is Planned to Open in Downtown Las Vegas
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When was the first reference made to Las Vegas as Sin City?

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - Locals hate the name, but it's stuck for years and years. How many years is the question: When was Las Vegas first called Sin City? To many, especially tourists and outsiders, the reference is obvious. But to those who make Las Vegas valley their home, calling the sprawling metropolis Sin City is insulting. Such a reference…
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When was the first reference made to Las Vegas as Sin City?
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Even before 'What Happens Here,' Vegas always understood how to market itself

What happens here, stays here, except when it's in a TV commercial, or on social media, or the subject of a film. That slogan has become legendary and ubiquitous since it began two decades ago as part of a "Vegas Stories" advertising campaign. Few remember "Vegas Stories," or much of the marketing of Las Vegas that came before, but the area has a…
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Even before 'What Happens Here,' Vegas always understood how to market itself
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Las Vegas reopens with new casino resorts, restaurants, bars

Las Vegas, the city that famously trades on luck, was dramatically out of it last year. The coronavirus pandemic dealt Las Vegas a losing hand, taking nearly all the sin (and most of its spending) out of the city. In 2020, the city recorded about 19 million visitors, a steep decline from the 42 million visitors in 2019. Unemployment, just 3.9…
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Las Vegas reopens with new casino resorts, restaurants, bars