An organizer for Tuesday’s We Make Events Red Alert campaign says, “This is a closed set, is is not a gathering place, it is not a protest. It is a visual installation. Period.”
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Smith Center President Myron Martin says of the We Make Events Red Alert campaign: “This is a plea for stagehands and artists who are not getting federal unemployment.”
In a pandemic, the Entertainment Capital of the World is a tough room. Las Vegas businesses that stage music along with food and drink are learning this the hard way.
Crews were called at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, and it remains under investigation.
Entertainment columnist John Katsilometes interviews singer Skye Dee Miles at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. supper club at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Entertainment columnist John Katsilometes interviews singer Savannah Lynx at Rose. Rabbit. Lie. supper club at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Canyon Ranch Las Vegas said it plans to continue furloughing 178 employees through at least the first couple weeks of September.
MGM Resorts Internatioal CEO Bill Hornbuckle says of reopening Park MGM, “Without Park Theater being open, it’s a challenge. That is the venue that drives that property.”
Siegfried Fischbacher says Roy Horn’s final words to him spoken as Roy was carted into an ambulance headed for MountainView Hospital: “Don’t let me go, don’t let me go.”
The Las Vegas Valley Water District, with 1,250 employees, was named the top employer in Nevada by Forbes magazine in rankings published Tuesday.
Franky Perez, on his “Crossing The Great Divide” tour: “I played alleys, sidewalks, porches, venues, bridges, health-care facilities, corn fields, lobbies, parks, parking lots.”
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will pursue the acquisition of the Las Vegas Monorail Co. and the authority’s board of directors will put it to a vote next week.
Rock legend Bill Medley says, “I’m not an electronics guy, and I’m not interested in trying to reinvent a wheel I know nothing about.”
Rossi Ralenkotter, former CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, had been facing two felony charges, theft and misconduct of a public officer.
A Dancing Drums Explosion video slot machine went boom on the Strip on Saturday night.
