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Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers gaming news on the US West Coast, including Las Vegas.
Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)
Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.
Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.
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MGM Resorts Charges $15 Extra Per Night to Book Vegas Rooms Via Humans
Booking directly from a casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip may sometimes still get you a better rate than an online travel agency. But if you try to do it over the phone, beware of a new fee that’s recently come...
VEGAS MYTHS RE-BUSTED: The Strip Tried Appealing to Families and Failed
EDITOR’S NOTE:?“Vegas Myths Busted” publishes new entries every Monday, with a bonus Flashback Friday edition. Today’s entry in our ongoing series originally ran Feb. 17, 2023. In one of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority’s funny new TV commercials, a father...
Las Vegas Approves New ‘Immersive Tourism’ District
If you’ve had enough of every new tourist attraction in Las Vegas declaring itself an “immersive” experience, then we know an area of the city you’re eventually going to want to avoid. On Wednesday, the Las Vegas City Council voted to approve...
Accused Murderer of Las Vegas Reporter Testifies in Own Defense
On Wednesday, a key defense witness in the murder trial of Robert Telles took the stand. Telles is the former Las Vegas public official accused of killing Jeff German, a veteran investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of Telles’ professional conduct, almost...
VEGAS MUSIC ROUNDUP: Janet Jackson Officially Announces Dates, U2 to Screen Sphere Concert Film at Sphere
Janet Jackson has officially announced the 10 dates for her Resorts World Theatre residency, which her manager confirmed last week. The stint will begin December 30 and include a show on New Year’s Eve, with eight additional 2025 performances -- at least...
MOVING MOUNTAINS: Popular Desert Art Installation Leaving Las Vegas
It looks like Seven Magic Mountains, the colorful sculptures popping out of the desert 20 miles south of the Strip on Interstate 15, is leaving Las Vegas. On Tuesday, the Washoe County Board of Commissioners voted 4 to 1 to help the...
VEGAS RESTAURANT ROUNDUP: SOL-Crushing News, Gjelina Betting on Venetian
SOL Mexican Cocina, which opened at Caesars Palace less than two years ago, is closing there on Sept. 30, according to a document filed with the state of Nevada. The upscale restaurant, known for its Baja-inspired food, is located in the Forum...
Warner Bros. Pledges $8.5B to Build Las Vegas Movie Studio
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) announced Tuesday that it will commit $8.5 billion to partner with UNLV to lease and operate a Nevada movie and TV studio built by Birtcher Development. However, the LA-based studio’s commitment depends on a film tax credit bill...
It Was 60 Years Ago Today … That the Beatles Nearly Lost Their Careers in Vegas
Ahead of the Beatles’ only two concert performances in Las Vegas, on Aug. 20, 1964, the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper warned of “thousands of adolescent females ready to tear down brick walls with their bare hands to get a look at the...
LOST VEGAS: The Foster Brooks Robot at MGM Grand
Dorothy, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion and Tin Man were the figures guests expected to see while following the yellow brick road through the MGM Grand beginning in December 1993. That’s when Kirk Kekorian’s newly relocated resort, flaunting its ownership of all MGM movie...