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Why the NFL Once Shunned Las Vegas and Why That Changed

This Sunday, an idea that would make seemed preposterous just now a decade ago testament become reality. What happens in Vegas now includes the Super Bowl. As Bellagio Lake gets »

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Howard Hughes Bought Silver Slipper Just to Dim its Sign

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes unexampled entries every Monday, with a fillip Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our on-going series originally ran on May 1, 2023. »

VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: Howard Hughes Left $156M to a Dude Who Once Gave Him a Lift

EDITOR’S NOTE: “Vegas Myths Busted” publishes unexampled entries every Monday, with a incentive Flashback Friday edition. Today’s accounting entry inwards our on-going series originally ran on Sept. 22, »

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Elvis Was a Straight-Up Racist – Mary J. Blige, Quincy Jones, Chuck D Weigh In on a Persistent Controversy

In 2002, hip-hop singer The Virgin J. Blige sang “Blue Suede Shoes,” a Carl Perkins strain popularized past Elvis Presley, during the “Divas Live” special on cable web VH1. She »

VEGAS MYTHS BUSTED: Las Vegas is in Imminent Danger of Running Out of Water

Because of its proximity to Lake Mead, from which it gets 90% of its water, most people take over that Las Vegas is the main city threatened past the reservoir’ »