Viva Pot Vegas: Las Vegas May Soon Have Consumption Lounges

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Las Vegas Strip casinos get good news on popular vice ban

When a law or rule gets passed in one city, it sets a precedent for the same thing to happen in other jurisdictions. In some cases, when one city or state approves or outlaws something it creates a precedent for other locales to follow. That can create a sort of wildfire spread effect. In the five years since the Supreme Court allowed states to…

Law ・ 17 December 2023

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Las Vegas Advisor: Rio resort to undergo $350M redevelopment

After opening in 1990 as Las Vegas' premier off-Strip resort, the Rio lost much of its luster over the years after being sold and generally neglected. Now, under new ownership, plans have been announced for a complete overhaul in an effort to bring it back to prominence. New York-based Dreamscape Companies is embarking on a $350 million…

Industry ・ 06 August 2023

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Las Vegas pot-friendly hotel hopes cannabis law changes

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - A hotel that will allow patrons to smoke marijuana in some rooms opens on Friday, despite questions if it's actually legal to smoke on the property. The Lexi Hotel is located near Sahara and the I-15 and is considered the flagship property of Elevation Hotels and Resorts. Elevation developed the concept of a marijuana-inclusive…

Land-based ・ 01 June 2023

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Las Vegas, Las Vegas Strip Have An Unexpected Cannabis Problem

Legal marijuana consumption comes with some obvious problems but the Las Vegas Strip has an extra issue that's raising concerns. When Nevada legalized recreational cannabis people expected the normal array of problems as Las Vegas tourists over-indulged. It's not like Sin City's tourism industry lacks experience when it comes to people who have had…

Land-based ・ 06 March 2023

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This Is No Longer a Crime on the Las Vegas Strip

People come to Las Vegas to do things they might never do at home. Some of those can be pretty benign. You might stay up later than you normally do, imbibe a little more, or eat a few extra-extravagant meals. And, of course, Las Vegas has legal gambling and recreational cannabis with consumption lounges on the way. Las Vegas may not embrace the…

Land-based ・ 30 December 2022

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Las Vegas Strip-Adjacent Venue Adding Formerly Forbidden Vice

Las Vegas has few rules aside from the basic ones that forbid murder, theft, and harming others. The city deals in sin with lust, gluttony, greed, laziness, wrath, envy, and pride all being readily available on the Strip, or downtown if you want to get even more daring. And while gambling has become legal in a variety of states, it used to be the…

Land-based ・ 06 December 2022

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Las Vegas Strip Casinos Face Added Pressure to Ban a Popular Vice

Few people go to Las Vegas to have a nice, clean, healthy vacation where they pass on rich foods, alcohol, and other vices. In general, you book a Las Vegas Strip vacation (or business trip) to let your hair down a bit and indulge more than you do at home. The city has been dubbed "Sin City" because a Vegas vacation allows people to indulge in ways…

Land-based ・ 09 November 2022

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Las Vegas Strip Casino Workers Seek to Ban a Popular Bad Habit

Las Vegas caters to every vice. The city caters to gluttony with its endless supply of restaurants and all-you-can-eat buffets that range from absurdly cheap to decadently expensive. Sin City has greed covered as people try to win at the tables and slot machines. Lust, as you might imagine, happens all over the city in bars, strip clubs, and in the…

Land-based ・ 16 October 2022

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This Week in Gambling: Big new things coming to Las Vegas soon

Las Vegas news this week starts with a new attraction opening soon. There's also a spectacular new Vegas hotel coming, a big car race headed to the Strip, new rules on marijuana consumption, and a new way to get around town. Not to mention the Global Gaming Expo next week. First, the Global Gaming Expo is taking place in Las Vegas in just over a…

Travel ・ 03 November 2022

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Las Vegas Gamblers Can Soon Relax in Marijuana Lounges

Las Vegas is readying to open marijuana lounges following a recent council vote. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Cannabis lounges will soon arrive in the city of Las Vegas. A City Council vote Wednesday swung 5-1 in favor of the lounges, with councilwoman Victoria Seaman standing as the only one opposed. The city had already automatically opted into the…

Land-based ・ 22 September 2022

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Las Vegas, Las Vegas Strip Get Ready for Huge Cannabis Rule Change

Nevada has legal marijuana consumption and the city of Las Vegas has a number of dispensaries including some located just off the famed Las Vegas Strip. As a tourist, however, you can visit Planet 13 (PLNHF), MedMen, or another dispensary near the Caesars Entertainment (CZR), MGM Resorts International (MGM), and other major resorts on the Strip and…

Land-based ・ 20 September 2022

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Las Vegas Advisor: Mob Museum in Vegas plans to expand with land purchase

The National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement (aka the Mob Museum) has acquired a 30000-square-foot vacant lot next door to the existing building that will be used to expand its downtown footprint. Specifics haven't been revealed, but added exhibition space, and food and beverage facilities are expected. Since it opened in February…

Land-based ・ 04 September 2022

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Las Vegas Strip Adding Unique New Experience

The Las Vegas Strip has everything from virtual reality (VR), to augmented reality (AR), and sometimes even actual reality (that might be a bit augmented given the cannabis laws and how freely liquor flows in Sin City). If you want a bar devoted to giant candy-based cocktails, a place to play virtual sports, a venue to see a virtual Whitney Houston…

Land-based ・ 03 September 2022

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Indy Gaming: Bally’s says it will close purchase of Tropicana Las Vegas next month

Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. If a colleague or associate emailed this newsletter to you, please to sign up and receive your own copy of Indy Gaming in your inbox. - Howard Stutz More than a year after announcing a deal…

Valentine's Day ・ 10 August 2022

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Best Immersive Art Experiences in Las Vegas

It's no surprise that immersive art has taken hold in Sin City. As the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas is the perfect place to push the boundaries of art, technology, and theatricality. After all, Sin City is its own version of a surreal alternate reality. AREA15, which is home to 14 different augmented reality experiences, may have…

Religion ・ 09 August 2022

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Bet on This $1 Cannabis Stock (Just Off the Las Vegas Strip)

While the song says that New York is the place where if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere, the reality is that Las Vegas can claim that moniker as well. If you can manage to succeed as a restaurant operator, a retailer, a casino/hotel company, or an entertainment venue in Sin City, it's pretty likely you can be successful…

Land-based ・ 15 July 2022

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Viva Pot Vegas? Las Vegas Strip Land Sold to Mystery Buyer

Las Vegas loves mystery almost as much as it loves glamour and glitz. The city has a shady past tied to the mafia, and it has always been hard to distinguish legends from reality. Vegas has always offered speakeasy-type experiences, events you have to know about to attend, and other goings-on tied to the city's mystique. Over the past two years,…

Land-based ・ 07 June 2022

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Vegas Cannabis Lounges Are Coming, But Not to the Las Vegas Strip

Las Vegas (and the entire state of Nevada) have legalized marijuana, but have not made it easy to actually smoke it for tourists. That's because while dispensaries like Planet 13 (PLNHF) operate legally, they're not allowed to have on-site consumption lounges. In addition, hotels, including the massive casinos operated on the Las Vegas Strip by…

Land-based ・ 03 April 2022

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Las Vegas Strip Adding a Cannabis-Friendly Hotel

A company that operates a marijuana-positive hotel in Phoenix has bought a property just off the famous Las Vegas Strip. Las Vegas, really the whole state of Nevada, has been an odd place for cannabis operators. The state has legalized recreational marijuana, but it has never legalized consumption lounges. That's not a problem for locals, who can…

Land-based ・ 29 March 2022

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Is Las Vegas the next cannatourism hotspot?

California and Colorado have become popular destinations for cannabis enthusiasts. They are places where smoking is legal and the weed is good. But another Western state may offer even more for your hash holiday. Lately, the Las Vegas' tourism industry has seen a spike in cannabis tours and weed vacations. We put together a quick guide to Sin…

Religion ・ 27 October 2021

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Marijuana Megastore Set for Foxwoods Resort Casino Tribe

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation - owners and operators of the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut - is reportedly planning to open a marijuana megastore less than a half-mile away from its casino resort. Tell your bus driver to stop on the way!" Bruce Barcott, senior editor of the Seattle-based independent media resource for…

Poker ・ 25 August 2021

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Las Vegas Advisor: Cannabis lounges are coming to Las Vegas

While the sale of recreational marijuana in Las Vegas has been legal for four years now, the problem has been finding a place to consume it, as its use in public is not allowed. That's about to end, with the signing of a bill that authorizes the Cannabis Compliance Board to license and regulate cannabis consumption lounges throughout Nevada. Two…

Travel ・ 21 June 2021