Michael Jordan warned coach Phil Jackson about Chicago Bulls teammate Dennis Rodman’s getaway, “If you let him go to Vegas, we’re definitely not gonna see him.”
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Ex-MGM Resorts and Wynn Las Vegas exec Sean Christie says of his new venture, “I think that companies are going to need companies like mine to create content and create ‘wow.’”
Wassa Coulibaly says of her new pandemic pieces, “You can wear these in a variety of ways. You can even wear them after the pandemic is over.”
Frontman and guitar great Billy Gibbons says from Las Vegas, “ZZ Top can’t sit still. The outlook for the coming year will be a bonus. It’ll be time to rage.”
Amid the COVID-19 shutdown, HyperX Tournament Director Kevin Forrstrom said, “I might be able to run this out of the house.”
Wayne Newton was photographed wearing a medical mask 55 years ago while buying a newspaper in L.A.
Live Nation President Joe Berchtold says, “We are highly confident that concerts in 2021, 2022 will be bigger than ever.”
Jimmy Denning of Tenors of Rock says of his fight with presumed COVID-19, “Imagine trying to breathe in and nothing happens, and you are suffocating.”
The Killers moved their Instagram Live Q&A back to perform in “One World: Together at Home.”
In ABC’s “Behind the Magic,” a physician who treated Roy Horn says, “He actually flatlined … or died.
International star and Las Vegas favorite Celine Dion has connected emotionally to her fans in English and French.
As Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis says, “If you come over to the Silver and Black, there’s no going back.”
Robbie Williams said of dropping his July dates at Wynn: “I’m very sad that the July Vegas shows are now canceled, but obviously, the current global crisis requires them to be.”
Released in 2015, “Billy Topit” was a classic example of an industry answering the call of a popular star.
Chippendales managing partner Kevin Denberg says, “Bringing Chippendales to the consumer … is an initiative we’ve been working on for quite some time.”